Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc)

1. The Personal Programmes of Study Regulations apply in these regulations.

Admission

2. Candidates for the Degree must have qualified for admission to the University of Waikato and met any criteria set out in the Criteria for Admission to Particular Qualifications.

Requirements for the Degree

3. The normal minimum period of enrolment for completion of the Degree is three years.
4. Candidates must enrol in the Division of STEM and follow an approved programme of study.
5. Candidates must gain 360 points at 100, 200, and 300 levels or above, including at least 225 points above 100 level and 75 points above 200 level.
6. Candidates must complete the requirements of a major.
   1. Applied Computing¹
      Computer Science
      Data Analytics
      Mathematics
   2. Aquaculture¹
      Biomedical Science
      Chemistry
      Crime Science¹
      Earth Sciences
      Ecology and Biodiversity
      Electronics¹
      Environmental Sciences
      Marine Science
      Materials and Processing
      Materials Science
      Molecular and Cellular Biology
      Psychology
7. To complete the requirements of a single major, candidates must gain 135 points in that major, including at least 105 points above 100 level, of which at least 45 points must be above 200 level. Candidates must also meet any specific requirements prescribed for the major in the relevant subject entry in the Subject Regulations.
8. Candidates completing a single major may also complete a minor by gaining 60 points in any minor subject, including at least 30 points above 100 level. Candidates must also meet any specific requirements prescribed for the minor in the relevant subject entry in the Subject Regulations.
9. Candidates may complete a second major in any undergraduate major.
10. To complete the requirements of a double major, candidates must gain 120 points in each major, including at least 90 points above 100 level, of which at least 30 points must be above 200 level. Candidates must also meet the specific requirements prescribed for each major in the relevant subject entry in the Subject Regulations.
11. A paper completed towards the requirements of a major or a minor cannot be counted towards the requirements of another major or a minor.
12. Candidates must also complete at least 105 points from papers listed for the field of the Degree if completing a single major, or at least 120 points from papers listed for the field of the degree if completing a double major, including:
    1. for candidates enrolled in majors under section 6(a) of these regulations:
       CSMAX175, one of DATAX111, DATAX121, MATHS101, MATHS102, MATHS103, MATHS104, MATHS135 or MATHS165, CSMAX270, and at least 15 points of Work-Integrated Learning at 300 level from the list of Work-Integrated Learning options.
    2. for candidates enrolled in majors under section 6(b) of these regulations:

30 points chosen from List A: Science Fundamentals², SCIEN100 or another approved Cultural Perspectives paper, and 15 points chosen from List B: Work-Integrated Learning.

13. Candidates enrolled in the majors under section 6(b) of these regulations must include at least 30 points chosen from List C: Science Numeracy as part of their programme of study.
14. Candidates may take up to 120 points from outside the field of the Degree.
15. The field of the Degree is defined in the appendix to these regulations.

Conjoint component requirements – Single major only

16. Candidates must gain a minimum of 255 points at 100, 200, 300 and 400 levels, including at least 150 points above 100 level and 60 points above 200 level.
17. Candidates must complete the requirements of a major, as specified in sections 6 and 7.
18. Candidates must also complete at least 105 points from the papers listed for the field of the Degree, as specified in section 12. However, candidates may substitute any of the following papers for any other field of the Degree paper:
    1. or candidates enrolled in majors under section 6(a) of these regulations:
       1. CSMAX175, if the candidate completes the Disciplinary Foundations requirement of their other conjoint component as defined on that page,
       2. CSMAX270, if the candidate completes the Cultural Perspectives requirement of their other conjoint component as defined on that page,
       3. 15 points from papers as specified in the Work-Integrated Learning Regulations if the candidate completes the Work-Integrated Learning requirement of their other conjoint component as defined on that page.
    2. for the candidates enrolled in majors under section 6(b) of these regulations:
       1. 15 points chosen from List B: Work-Integrated Learning, if the candidate completes the Work-Integrated Learning requirement of their other conjoint component as defined on that page.
       2. SCIEN100 or another Cultural Perspectives paper, if the candidate completes the Cultural Perspectives requirement of their other conjoint component as defined on that page.
19. Candidates may take further points from outside the field of the Degree to enhance the coherence of their conjoint programme, with the permission of the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Division or delegated authority.
20. The field of the Degree is as specified in the appendix.

Variations

21. The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Division or delegated authority may permit more than 120 points to be taken from outside the field of the Degree in individual cases.
22. The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Division or delegated authority may vary or waive these regulations in individual cases.

Notes:

1. There will be no new intake into this major in 2025.
2. The requirement to complete 30 points from List A may be reduced for those candidates completing either a second major or a minor from the majors listed under section 6(b) of these regulations.

Appendix

The field of the Degree is defined as

1. the papers offered by the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, including DSIGN125, but excluding other DSIGN coded papers, and
2. the papers offered by the School of Science and School of Engineering, and
3. the Philosophy papers PHILO102 Introduction to Logic and PHILO208 Reason, Science, and Pseudoscience, and
4. the papers listed for the subject of Crime Science, and
5. any PSYCH coded papers (except work-integrated learning papers such as PSYCH300 and PSYCH301).
6. any BIOMD coded papers.
7. HELTH201