AUT - Bachelor of Science
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Bachelor of Science
Quick facts
Programme Code: AK1041
Level: 7
Points: 360
Duration: Three years full time
Venue: City Campus
Start date: 16 July 2012 and 4 March 2013
There are limited places available. AUT encourages early application.
Applicants will normally be selected on the basis of their level of academic achievement and may be required to attend a selection interview.
Entry requirements
- University Entrance
- NCEA
- 24 Level 3 credits from a combination of Mathematics with Calculus, Statistics and Modelling, Physics or Computing (with a minimum of 12 NCEA Level 3 credits from Mathematics with Calculus and a minimum of 10 Level 3 credits in Statistics and Modelling)
- CIE
- Mathematics at A Level
The Bachelor of Science is a flexible degree. The majors have been developed to provide students with a wide range of options, all of which lead to specific career opportunities. For each major we recommend courses of study that include appropriate optional papers (minor options) to enhance your employment prospects. Many students choose to study part time in their final year so that they can gain valuable work experience.
Majors
These are:
- Analytics
- Applied Chemistry*
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Microbiology*
- Aquaculture*
- Astronomy
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies*
- Food Science*
- Health Protection*
*These majors are run through the School of Applied Science.
Additional Majors and/or Minors
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Science may choose a second major either from those available within their degree (double major) or from the list of additional majors available from outside their degree. Minors are also available in these subjects. The availability of additional majors and minors will depend on timetabling and subject restrictions, and in some cases, choosing an additional major or minor may require students to undertake extra points to complete their degree.
What this Qualification Covers
Year One
You will undertake papers in algebra, calculus, computer organisation, applied statistics, probability, introductory astronomy, physics and introductory java programming.
You start the first-year Java courses by learning how to programme cellphones. These first year papers are technology focussed, have many modelling applications in industry, provide an overall quantitative focus, provide tools for ‘evidence based’ decision-making and support and enhance learning in many disciplines.
Years Two and Three
For an outline of the papers and subject matter covered in the second and third year of this degree please refer to the individual major pages.