Degree Structure

The 6 compulsory core science communication courses will all be offered in 2010:

First Semester

SCOM1001       Science and Public Awareness

SCOM2001       Practical Skills for Communicating Science

SCOM3002       Science in the Media

Second Semester

ENVS1003        Environment and Society Research Methods

SCOM2003       Science in Popular Fiction

SCOM3001       Science, Risk and Ethics

 

Thematic clusters of non-core courses

Students who need assistance in selecting the 4 non-core courses can use the following clusters as thematic guides to choices. Choosing according to clusters is not compulsory: these are only a guide based on categories of interest. Note that in making selections, prerequisites and program requirements must still be taken into consideration, and fulfillment of these is not indicated here.

Noted that SCOM3003  Special Topics in Science Communication can be taken as 6 units or 12 units.

Practical communication skills cluster

COMP1710       Tools for New Media and the Web

DRAM1005        Page to Stage 1: Acting

DRAM2005        Page to Stage 2: Directing

ENVS3007        Participatory Resource Management: Addressing Environmental Conflict

SCNC3200        Science & Mathematics Teaching in Secondary Schools

 

Environment cluster

ENVS1001        Resources, Environment & Society

ENVS1008        Contemporary Issues in Asia and Australia

ENVS2012        Cities & their Hinterlands

ENVS2013        Environment & Development

ENVS3007        Participatory Resource Management: Addressing Environmental Conflict

ENVS3020        Climate Change Science & Policy

ENVS3021        Human Futures

ENVS3028        Environmental Policy & Planning

ENVS3033        International Environmental Policy

LAWS3103        Law & the Environment

SOCY2022        Environment & Society

 

Bioscience cluster

ANTH1002         Culture and Human Diversity

ANTH2127         Genes, Memes & Cultural Difference

BIOL2152          Advances in Human Genetics

BIOL2191          Ecology of Health and Disease

BIOL3191          Biotechnology in Context

 

Philosophy cluster

ASIA3009          Knowledge & Society

MATH1042        Philosophy of the Cosmos

PHIL2057          Philosophy of Science

PHIL2061          Philosophy of Psychology

PHIL2082          Philosophy of Biology

 

Science in society cluster

ANTH1002         Culture and Human Diversity

ANTH2026         Medical Anthropology

ANTH2127         Genes, Memes & Cultural Difference

ASIA3009          Knowledge & Society

BIOL2191          Ecology of Health and Disease

BIOL3191          Biotechnology in Context

GEND2025        Gender, Health and Embodiment

GEND2026        Technoculture & the Body

HIST2117†        Technology & Society 1800-2000

PSYC1003        Psychology 1: Understanding Mind, Brain & Behaviour

PSYC1004        Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context

PSYC2001        Social Psychology

SOCY2022        Environment & Society

SOCY2053        Imagining the Future: The Social Origins of Utopias and Science Fiction

The Degree with Honours

Information on honours for Bachelor of Science (Science Communication).

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.