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Unit Information - 2026

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Moodle access to Semester 1- 2026 units will be available to enrolled students from 23 February 2026.
General information on assessment, objectives, and schedules for all units is available to the public via the links below.

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	1st Semester	2nd Semester
1st Year Units	BIO1011 - Blueprints for Life	BIO1022 - Life on Earth BIO1042 - Life in the Environment SCI1200 - Humans, Evolution and Modern Society
2nd Year Units	BIO2011 - Ecology & Biodiversity BIO2181 - Evolution of Plant Diversity BIO2231 - Animal Diversity GEN2041 - Foundations of Genetics	BIO2010 - Data Science for Biologists BIO2030 - Food Security in a Changing World BIO2040 - Conservation Biology BIO2242 - Animal Structure & Function BMS2042/GNA2042 - Human Genetics ENV2022 - Environmental field skills and monitoring GEN2052 - Genomics & Population Genetics
3rd Year Units	BIO3020 - Evolutionary Ecology BIO3021 - Marine Biology BIO3091 - Biology of Australian Vegetation GEN3040 - Genomics and its Applications GEN3051 - Medical and Forensic Genetics BIO3990 - Biology in Action Research project GEN3990 - Genetics in Action Research project	BIO3052 - Animal Behaviour BIO3082 - Global Change Biology BIO3100 - Advanced Methods in Field Ecology BIO3132 - Biology of Australian Vertebrates BIO3820 - Tropical Terrestrial Biology GEN3030/GNA3030 - Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Genetics GEN3062 - Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics BIO3990 - Biology in Action Research project GEN3990 - Genetics in Action Research project
4th Year Units	Full Year - 1st and 2nd Semester start. Part time offering for S1 also available. BIO4100/4200 - Biology Honours	BIO4100/4200 - Biology Honours
5th Year Units	ENS5010 - Global Challenges and Sustainability ENS5310 - Securing Biodiversity and Ecosystems ENS5901 and ENS5902 - Research project in environment and sustainability FSC5070 - Future food supply and security GNA5022 - Sequencing technologies GNA5040 - Genomics and it's applications	ENS5010 - Global Challenges and Sustainability ENS5901 and ENS5902 - Research project in environment and sustainability FSC5071 - Food Security in a Changing World GNA5010 - Advanced genetics and biotechnology GNA5011 - Genome Function GNA5012 - Applied bioinformatics

Units outside of Biology	BMS1021: Cells, Tissues & Organisms MCB2011: Molecular Biology and the Cell	MCB2022: The Dynamic Cell