James Cook University
Faculty of Science and Engineering
and
Faculty of Health, Life & Molecular Sciences
Student Handbook
2001
Contents
THE UNIVERSITY MOTTO
CRESCENTE LUCE
light ever increasing
Correspondence concerning enrolment or courses offered
at the University should be addressed to:
- Manager, Student Administration
- James Cook University
- Townsville QLD 4811
- AUSTRALIA
- Telephone: (07) 4781 4445
- Facsimile: (07) 4781 4644
E-mail: Admissions@jcu.edu.au
WWW: http://www.jcu.edu.au/
Other official correspondence should be addressed to:
- The Registrar
- James Cook University
- Townsville QLD 4811
- AUSTRALIA
- Cairns Campus:
Enquiries should be directed to:
- The Rector
- P.O. Box 6811
- Cairns QLD 4870
- AUSTRALIA
- Telephone: (07) 4042 1111
- Facsimile: (07) 4042 1300
The information contained in this publication was current as of 30 September 2000.
Contents
Part 1
Part 2
- Undergraduate Awards, Courses & Subjects
- Research Activities, Postgraduate Awards, Courses & Subjects
- General Information
Undergraduate Awards, Courses & Subjects
- University Requirements for Undergraduate Coursework Awards
- Undergraduate Awards, Courses & Subjects
- Granting of an Award of The University
- Approval of Course of Study
- Concurrent Enrolment
- Maximum Enrolment
- Normal Period of Candidature
- Enrolment Status
- Completion of A Subject
- Prerequisite Subjects
- Inadmissible Subjects
- Withdrawal from Subjects By Candidates
- Grades Awarded
- Honours
- Credit for Previous Studies
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Award Requirements
- General
- Degrees in Science
- Bachelor of Applied Science And Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours
- Bachelor of Arts-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Arts-Bachelor of Science with Honours in Both or Either Disciplines
- Bachelor of Computing
- Bachelor of Computing with Honours
- Bachelor of Education-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Education-Bachelor of Science with Honours
- Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Science And Bachelor of Engineering with Honours-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology And Bachelor of Information Technology with Honours
- Bachelor of Psychology-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Psychology-Bachelor of Science with Honours in Both or Either Disciplines
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science with Honours
- Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Laws with Honours in Both or Either Disciplines
- Certificate of Science
- Awards in Engineering
- Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences Undergraduate Award Requirements
- General
- Bachelor of Animal Science
- Bachelor of Animal Science with Honours
- Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences
- Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours
- Bachelor of Indigenous Health
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Nursing Science
- Bachelor of Nursing Science with Honours
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy And Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Sport And Exercise Science
- Bachelor of Sport And Exercise Science with Honours
- Advanced Diploma of Indigenous Health
- Diploma of Indigenous Health
- Certificate of Biomedical Science
- Certificate of Sport and Exercise Science
- Undergraduate Courses and Strands
- Bachelor of Animal Science
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences
- Bachelor of Business-Bachelor of Computing
- Bachelor of Commerce-Bachelor of Computing
- Bachelor of Computing
- Bachelor of Education-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering-Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Indigenous Health
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Nursing Science
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science-Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science-Bachelor of Education
- Advanced Diploma of Indigenous Health
- Diploma of Indigenous Health
- Diploma of Science
- Certificate of Biomedical Sciences
- Certificate of Introductory Engineering Studies
- Certificate of Science
- Certificate of Science
- Certificate of Sport and Exercise Science
- Undergraduate Subject Descriptions
Postgraduate Awards, Courses & Subjects
- Research Activities
- Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research
- School of Biomedical And Molecular Sciences
- School of Information Technology
- School of Earth Sciences
- School of Engineering
- School of Marine Biology And Aquaculture
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- School of Nursing Sciences
- School of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- School of Tropical Biology
- School of Tropical Environment Studies And Geography
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Postgraduate Award Requirements
- General
- Framework for Postgraduate Courses
- Research Methods Courses
- Degrees, Diplomas in Science
- Master of Applied Science
- Master of Information Technology
- Master of Science
- Graduate Diplopma of Information Technology
- Graduate Diploma of Science
- Graduate Certificate of Information Technology
- Degrees, Certificates in Engineering
- Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences Postgraduate Award Requirements
- General
- Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Master of Biomedical Sciences
- Master of Health Science
- Master of Mental Health Nursing
- Master of Nursing Science
- Master of Nursing Studies
- Master of Occupational Therapy
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- Master of Public Health-Master of Business Administration
- Master of Rural And Remote Medicine
- Master of Tropical Animal Science
- Master of Tropical Architecture
- Master of Tropical Veterinary Science
- Graduate Certificate of Biomedical Sciences
- Graduate Certificate of Health Science
- Graduate Certificate of Tropical Animal Science
- Graduate Certificate of Tropical Veterinary Science
- Postgraduate Certificate of Allied Health Sciences
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Advanced Clinical Practice)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Cardiac Nursing)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Care of The Aged)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Clinical Teaching)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Intensive Care)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Perioperative Care)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Nursing Science (Rural And Remote)
- Postgraduate Certificate of Travel Medicine
- Diploma of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- Postgraduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing
- Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery
- Postgraduate Diploma of Neonatology
- Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing Science (Critical Care)
- Postgraduate Diploma of Public Health And Tropical Medicine
- Postgraduate Diploma of Rural And Remote Medicine
- Postgraduate Diploma of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene
- Graduate Diploma of Assistive Technology
- Graduate Diploma of Biomedical Sciences
- Graduate Diploma of Health Science
- Graduate Diploma of Tropical Animal Science
- Graduate Diploma of Tropical Veterinary Science
- Postgraduate Courses and Strands
- Introduction
- Allied Health Science
- Animal Health Science
- Applied Physics
- Applied Statistics
- Aquaculture
- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science
- Aquatic Ecology
- Archaelogy
- Assistive Technology
- Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
- Biodiversity Studies
- Biomedical Sciences
- Botany And Tropical Agriculture
- Business Administration and Public Health
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Conservation Biology
- Earth Sciences
- Economic Geology
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Entomology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Geoscience
- Environmental Physics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
- Ethnobotany
- Exploration and Mining Geology
- Fisheries Biology
- Geographical and Land Information Systems
- Geology
- Health Science
- Information Technology
- Marine Biology
- Marine Ecology
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Medicine Tropical
- Meteorology
- Midwifery
- Molecular Sciences
- Natural Resource Management
- Neonatology
- Nursing Sciences
- Occupational Therapy
- Oceanography
- Perioperative Care
- Physics
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Protected Area Management
- Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- Qualifying Courses
- Rural and Remote Health
- Rural and Remote Medicine
- Statistics
- Travel Medicine
- Tropical Agriculture
- Tropical Ecology
- Tropical Environment Studies and Geography
- Tropical Health
- Tropical Marine Ecology and Fisheries Biology
- Tropical Medical Science
- Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Tropical Plant Sciences
- Tropical Urban and Regional Planning
- Tropical Veterinary and Animal Sciences
- Wildlife Biology and Management
- Zoology and Tropical Ecology
- Postgraduate Subject Descriptions
General Information
- Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards
- Prizes
- Prizes in the Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences Available in Undergraduate Courses and Subjects
- Prizes in the Faculty of Science and Engineering Available in Undergraduate Courses And Subjects
- Prizes Available in Undergraduate Courses and Subjects Awarded by Bodies Other than the Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Prizes in the Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences Available in Postgraduate Courses And Subjects
- Prize in the Faculty of Science and Engineering Available in Postgraduate Courses And Subjects
- Policy on Credit Transfer
- Policy on Credit Towards Degrees and Diplomas Offered Within the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences
- Rules for Credit, Bachelor Degrees, Science
- Rules for Credit, Bachelor Degrees, Health, Life and Molecular Sciences
- Credit Transfer Between James Cook University and TAFE Queensland