Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons))

• ANAT 490  Dissertation; and

• Three of
  ANAT 451  Functional Human Anatomy,
  ANAT 452  Reproductive Biology,
  ANAT 453  Special Topics 1,
  ANAT 454  Neurobiology,
  ANAT 455  Research Topic,
  ANAT 456  Developmental Biology,
  ANAT 457  Special Topics 2,
  ANAT 458  Current Topics in Anatomical Science,
  or other Science papers as approved by the Head of Department.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including at least four of ANAT 331, ANAT 332, ANAT 333, ANAT 334, ANAT 335, BIOA 301.

• BIOC 490  Research Project; and

• Three of
  BIOC 451  Contemporary Technologies in Biochemistry,
  BIOC 452  Metabolism and Regulation,
  BIOC 453  Molecular Biology,
  BIOC 454  Cell Biology and Development.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including at least four of BIOC 351, BIOC 352, BIOC 353, BIOC 354, BIOC 355, BIOC 360 (BIOC 360 highly recommended).

With approval from the Head of Department one 400-level BIOC paper may be replaced with a 400-level paper from another relevant subject.

• BTNY 490  Research Project; and

• Three of
  BTNY 461  Plant Physiology and Biotechnology,
  BTNY 465  Plant and Environment,
  BTNY 467  New Zealand Plant Ecology and Evolution,
  BTNY 469  Principles of Nature Conservation,
  BTNY 470  Special Topics.

  Prerequisites:
  BTNY 322, BTNY 325, BTNY 326 and two further approved 300-level papers.

• CHEM 490  Research Project,

• CHEM 461  Topics in Advanced Chemistry,

• CHEM 462  Topics in Advanced Chemistry,

• CHEM 463  Topics in Advanced Chemistry.

  Prerequisites: at least five 300-level papers including at least four 300-level CHEM papers.

• CLTE 490  Research Project: and

• Three of
  CLTE 451  Physical Properties of Clothing and Textiles,
  CLTE 452  Social Aspects of Clothing and Textiles,
  CLTE 453  Research Methods,
  CLTE 454  Clothing Materials and Workplace Injury,
  CLTE 455  Topic in Advanced Clothing and Textile Sciences,
  CLTE 460  Cooperative Education Programme.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including at least four of CLTE 303, CLTE 304, CLTE 305, CLTE 306, CLTE 309.

• COSC 490  Research Project; and

• Four of COSC 410, COSC 411, COSC 412, COSC 420, COSC 421, COSC 422, COSC 430, COSC 431, COSC 440, COSC 441, COSC 450, COSC 470, COSC 471, TELE 402.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including COSC 326, COSC 341, and two of COSC 342, COSC 343, COSC 344, COSC 345, COSC 346, COSC 348, COSC 360, TELE 301.

• ECOL 490  Research Project; and

• ECOL 411  Reading Ecology; and

• Two of
  BTNY 465, BTNY 467, BTNY 469, ECOL 450, GEOG 454, GEOG 459, GEOG 460, GEOG 461, GEOG 471, GEOL 427, MARI 427, MARI 432, SURV 508, SURV 509, ZOOL 410, ZOOL 411, ZOOL 415, ZOOL 416, ZOOL 417, ZOOL 418, or other suitable papers as approved by the Programme Director.

  Prerequisites:
  ECOL 313, ZOOL 316 and three of  BTNY 322, BTNY 325, BTNY 326, CHEM 304, GENE 312, GEOG 388, GEOG 390, GEOG 392, GEOG 393, GEOG 394, GEOG 395, GEOL 372, MARI 301, MARI 302, SURV 310, ZOOL 313, ZOOL 315, ZOOL 318, ZOOL 319, or other suitable papers as approved by the Programme Director.

• ECON 490  Econometric Methods and Dissertation,
  ECON 401  Advanced Economic Theory; and

• Two of
  ECON 402  Growth, Institutions and Development,
  ECON 403   Monetary Economics,
  ECON 404  International Economics,
  ECON 405  The Economics of Natural Resources and Public Choice,
  ECON 406  Labour and Population Economics,
  ECON 407  Special Topic in Advanced Economics.

  Prerequisites:
  ECON 371  Microeconomic Theory,
  ECON 375  Econometrics,
  ECON 376   Macroeconomic Theory; and
  one further 300-level ECON paper; and
  18 further 300-level points.

• ELEC 490  Research Project; and

• Three of
  ELEC 411  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  ELEC 412  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  ELEC 413  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  ELEC 414  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  ELEC 415  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  ELEC 416  Topics in Modern Electronics,
  One further 400-level paper, as approved by the Programme Director

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including
  At least three 300-level ELEC papers, and
  one further 300-level ELEC, MATH or PHSI paper.

• FOSC 490  Research Project; and

• Three of
  FOSC 451  Advanced Food Chemistry,
  FOSC 452  Selected Topics in Food Science/Technology,
  FOSC 453  Selected Topics in Sensory Science,
  FOSC 454  Advanced Food Processing,
  FOSC 456  Consumer Research Methods,
  FOSC 457  Fermentation Science and Technology,
  FOSC 458  Flavour Science,
  FOSC 460  Cooperative Education Programme.

  Prerequisites:
  FOSC 301, FOSC 302, MICR 331, and at least two of FOSC 303, FOSC 304, FOSC 305, FOSC 306, FOSC 307, FOSC 311.

• GENE 490  Dissertation; and
  GENE 411  Current Topics in Genetics; and
  GENE 412  Current Topics in Genetics; and

• One of
  BIOC 451  Contemporary Technologies in Biochemistry,
  BIOC 453  Molecular Biology,
  BTNY 467  New Zealand Plant Ecology and Evolution,
  MICR 461  Molecular Microbiology,
  PLBI 401   Special Topics,
  ZOOL 410  Evolutionary Genetics.

  With Programme Director approval, one of the papers listed above may be replaced by another 400-level paper.

• Prerequisites: At least five of
  GENE 311  Genetic Analysis of Eukaryotes,
  GENE 312  Evolutionary Genetics,
  GENE 313  Medical Genetics,
  GENE 314  Developmental Genetics,
  GENE 360  Special Topics in Genetics (highly recommended),
  BIOC 352  Advanced Molecular Biology,
  MICR 335  Molecular Microbiology.

  With Programme Director approval, one of the papers listed above may be replaced by another 300-level paper.

• GEOG 490  Dissertation; and

• Three further 400-level GEOG papers.

  Prerequisites:
  GEOG 380  Field Research Studies; and
  at least three of
  GEOG 387  Topics in Physical Geography,
  GEOG 388  Climate Change: Present and Future,
  GEOG 390  Soils and the Environment,
  GEOG 392  Climatology,
  GEOG 393  Plants, People and the Environment,
  GEOG 394  Rivers and Runoff,
  GEOG 395  Geomorphology,
  GEOG 397  Environmental Management,
  GEOG 398  Coastal Geomorphology, and
  One further 300-level GEOG paper

• GEOL 490  Dissertation; and

• Three further 400-level GEOL papers.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including
  GEOL 302  Independent Field Studies,
  GEOL 344  Advanced Field Studies,
  GEOL 353  Tectonics,
  and one further 300-level GEOL paper

• HUNT 490 Dissertation

• HUNT 451 Nutritional Assessment

• HUNT 452 Nutrition and Human Health

• HUNT 453 Community and Public Health Nutrition

• HUNT 454 Nutritional Biostatistics

Note: Any two of HASC 411, HASC 413, HASC 415, PUBH 721 may be substituted for HUNT 454

Prerequisites: HASC 311, HASC 312, HASC 313, HASC 314, HASC 355

• INFO 490  Dissertation; and

• Four papers from
  400-level INFO papers,
  SENG 401  Software Engineering,
  TELE 404  Wireless Networking.

  Prerequisites:
  INFO 312 Information Systems Development Project; and
  two of
  INFO 321  Database Systems,
  INFO 322  Information Systems Strategy and Governance,
  INFO 323  Distributed Informaton Systems,
  INFO 324  Adaptive Business Intelligence; and
  two further papers from
  300-level INFO papers,
  SENG 301 Software Project Management,
  TELE 303 Wireless Communications.

• MATH 490  Project; and

• Four 400-level MATH or STAT papers including at least three MATH papers.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including at least four 300-level MATH papers.

• MICR 490  Research Project,

• MICR 461  Molecular Microbiology,

• MICR 463  Trends in Microbiology,

• MICR 464  Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including at least four of
  MICR 331  Food Microbiology,
  MICR 332  Health Microbiology,
  MICR 334  Advanced Immunology,
  MICR 335  Molecular Microbiology,
  MICR 336  Applied and Environmental Microbiology,
  MICR 337  Virology.
  (MICR 360  Special Topics: Preparation for Postgraduate Study, highly recommended)

• NEUR 490  Dissertation; and

• Three of ANAT 454, COSC 420, COSC 421, COSC 422, NEUR 452, NEUR 455, NEUR 457, NEUR 459, NEUR 461, NEUR 462, PHAL 423, PHSL 472, PHSL 474, PSYC 469, PSYC 471, PSYC 474, PSYC 476, ZOOL 412

  With the permission of the Neuroscience Programme Director one of the following may be substituted for NEUR 490:
  ANAT 490, BIOC 490, PHAL 490, PHSL 490, ZOOL 490; and
  one of the following may be substituted for NEUR 462: ANAT 453, ANAT 455, ANAT 457, COSC 470, COSC 471, PHAL 430, PHAL 431, PHSE 527, PHSE 528, PHSE 529, PHSL 474, PSYC 472, ZOOL 419, ZOOL 420

  Prerequisites:
  At least five of
  ANAT 335  Neurobiology,
  ANAT 336  Selected Topics in Neurobiology,
  NEUR 301  Current Topics in Neuroscience,
  PHAL 303  Neuropharmacology,
  PHSL 341  Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology,
  PHSL 342  Integrative Neurophysiology,
  PSYC 313  Cognition and Neuropsychology,
  PSYC 317  Biopsychology,
  PSYC 323  Sensation and Perception,
  ZOOL 314  Neurobiology.

• PHAL 490  Research Project; and

• PHAL 421  General Pharmacology and Toxicology; and

• Two of
  PHAL 423  Neuropharmacology,
  PHAL 426  Clinical Pharmacology,
  PHAL 427  Special Topic: Cancer Pharmacology,
  PHAL 428  Current Research Literature in Toxicology,
  PHAL 430  Advanced Topic in Pharmacology and Toxicology,
  PHAL 431  Special Project.

  Prerequisites:
  PHAL 301  Principles of Drug Action,
  and four of
  PHAL 303  Neuropharmacology,
  PHAL 304  Human Pharmacology,
  PHAL 305  Molecular and Immunopharmacology,
  PHAL 306  Human Toxicology,
  PHAL 307  Special Topics (highly recommended).

• PHSI 490  Dissertation; and

• Papers worth 60 points from
   PHSI 431  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 432  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 433  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 434  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 435  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 436  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 437  Topics in Advanced Physics,
  PHSI 438  Topics in Advanced Physics; and
  20 further 400-level MATH or PHSI points

  Prerequisites:
  Four 300-level PHSI papers and
  one further 300-level ELEC, MATH or PHSI paper.

• PHSL 490 Dissertation

• PHSL 474 Research Topics

• Two of
  PHSL 471 Systematic Physiology
  PHSL 472 Neurophysiology
  PHSL 473 Cellular Physiology

  Prerequisites: at least five 300-level papers including at least four of PHSL 341, PHSL 342, PHSL 343, PHSL 344, PHSL 345

• PLBI 490  Research Project; and

• PLBI 401  Special Topics; and

• Two of
  BTNY 461  Plany Physiology and Biotechnology,
  BTNY 465  Plant and Environment; or
  approved 400-level BIOC papers

  Prerequisites:
  PLBI 301  Applied Plant Science.
  PLBI 351  Special Topics,  
  Three approved 300-level BIOC, BTNY or GENE papers.

• PSYC 490  Dissertation; and

• Papers worth 80 points from PSYC 401, PSYC 402, PSYC 403, PSYC 404, PSYC 405, PSYC 406, PSYC 461, PSYC 464, PSYC 465, PSYC 466, PSYC 467, PSYC 469, PSYC 470, PSYC 471, PSYC 472, PSYC 474, PSYC 475, PSYC 476, PSYC 479

  Prerequisites:
  At least five 300-level papers including
  PSYC 311  Quantitative Methods,
  and four from
  PSYC 313  Cognition and Neuropsychology,
  PSYC 315  Social Psychology,
  PSYC 316  Community Behaviour Analysis,
  PSYC 317  Biopsychology,
  PSYC 318  Developmental Psychology,
  PSYC 319  Comparative Cognition,
  PSYC 321  Special Topic: Psychology of Language,
  PSYC 323   Sensation and Perception,
  PSYC 325  Psychology in Legal Contexts,
  PSYC 326  Cognitive Engineering.

• STAT 490  Project; and

• Four 400-level STAT papers.

  Prerequisites:
  STAT 362  Probability and Inference 2,
  STAT 380  Statistical Computing,
  Two further 300-level STAT papers,
  One 300-level MATH paper.

• ZOOL 490  Dissertation; and

• Three of ZOOL 410, ZOOL 411, ZOOL 412, ZOOL 413, ZOOL 414, ZOOL 415, ZOOL 416, ZOOL 417, ZOOL 418, ZOOL 419, ZOOL 420, ZOOL 421.

  Prerequisites:
  ZOOL 316  Biological Data Analysis and Computing;
  and three of
  ZOOL 313  Environmental Physiology,
  ZOOL 314  Neurobiology,
  ZOOL 315  Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology,
  ZOOL 318  Freshwater Ecology,
  ZOOL 319  Conservation Biology,
  GENE 312  Evolutionary Genetics;
  and one further paper from
  ZOOL 313  Environmental Physiology,
  ZOOL 314  Neurobiology,
  ZOOL 315  Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology,
  ZOOL 318  Freshwater Ecology,
  ZOOL 319  Conservation Biology,
  GENE 312  Evolutionary Genetics;
  GENE 314  Developmental Genetics,
  MARI 301  Marine Ecology,
  MARI 302  Biology and Behaviour of Marine Vertebrates.