Enrolling at Monash (LLB+BSc)

What part are you stuck at specifically?

If you need resources:

• here’s a good resource for new students from the archives: monash new student thread
• if you need a general course map for law/ science: course map
• course handbook entry is here, which shows you your course requirements.

For science:

• you will generally need to pick at least 1 major at minimum eventually (most will do 1 major + 1 minor, but depending on how you allocate your units, you can also do 2 majors + 0 minors or an extended major + 0-1 minor - it’s really up to how you plan your course and what works, given you’re doing a double degree).
• you may have some extra units which are not part of your major or minor, these are generally filled with electives. Electives can be pretty much any units you want (even from other faculties eg. you could study an intro to Chinese unit if you so wished!) as long as you have the prerequisites and haven’t taken a prohibited unit (some units will not let you take other units because they’re similar in content, for example).
• You will need to take any compulsory units for the course sometime throughout your course. For science, it is SCI1000 and at least 1 first year maths or stats unit.
• You need to also take 2 first year sequence(s) to fulfil requirements e.g. BIO1011 + BIO1022 (two biology units). A sequence is usually 2 units of the same area e.g. biology, maths, chemistry.
• there are a lot of rules stated on the course handbook entry that state how many units you can do at what level. For now you’ll mostly need to care about the first semester or two for enrolment. (But you can change these later, up until the census date, so don’t worry.)

So, to start off with:

1. Pick the sequences you want to do. What do you think you’ll end up wanting to major in? This will probably determine at least 1 first year sequence you will take, because almost all majors have 2 first year units as prerequisites. The options for sequences can be found here under Requirements > Part A > Level 1 science sequences. The options for majors can be found at the same link under Requirements > Part B.
2. Start to build the course map around the requirements (majors/ minors) and your science sequences.
3. Fill in any left over spaces with elective units.

You don’t need to confirm any of these units yet and can still switch them around until census date (which is usually like late March next year), so you don’t have to immediately decide which major you want as long as you have a general idea e.g. biology, because most of those in the same field will have common first year units e.g. immunology and genetics have the same first year units of biology.

Hope that helps and all makes sense. Otherwise, please feel free to ask questions.

Hi there! I was also wondering, with those level 1 sequences, since one will count towards your major sequence, does that mean you have to do a third level 1 sequence to obtain 24 credit points in part A? Or will only one level 1 sequence count towards part A in the end? How will I ensure I've met the part A requirements if 2 units from one of my level 1 sequences is part of my major?

_sophiestudies_
The handbook has a lot of self-contradictory info and can be very confusing to read. I'm quite familiar with the course requirements since I just moved into a BSci and did a lot of investigation on its course structure for my credit transfer application, but I'd recommend that you submit a course advice request form to confirm if you're enrolling in the right units. I'll aim to demystify the course requirements here:

Part A of the course is 48 credit points in total, and it consists of a level 1 sequence not forming part of your major (12 CP), compulsory maths/stats/coding unit (6 CP), SCI1000 (6 CP) and 4 level 2/3 science electives (24 CP). They don't explicitly mention that the 4 level 2/3 sci electives fall under part A, but this is inferred from the course requirement to take 60 CP of level 2/3 science units across parts A and B of your course. Since you'll take at least 6 level 2/3 science units in your major (usually 2 level 2s and 4 level 3s), that leaves the remaining 4 science units in part A of the course requirements

Long story short, you only need to do 2 level 1 science sequences, but you can definitely use your free electives to try out a 3rd sequence

_sophiestudies_ It’s pretty much as Billzene has said. You’ll have two sequences: one that will eventually fulfil Part A and another Part B (major). You don’t need a 3rd because you’ll have the other compulsory units (maths/ stats, SCI1000, 4 units of Level 2/3 electives). Since you’re doing a double degree, you’ll have less wiggle room to do a 3rd Level 1 sequence.

I would highly recommend completing the course advice form as mentioned above by Billzene and visiting your managing faculty student services for specific course advice for the Law/Sci double degree, if that’s still available in person.

Note: I completed my BSci (pre-Hons) in 2017, so might not be super updated but did two mins of research.

Keep these questions coming if you have any! It’s super confusing the first time you read any course or unit handbooks.

_sophiestudies_ Also, with the 36 credit points required at level 1 for part A and B, that would include the compulsory maths and science communication units right?

Yes. So you’ve filled that with two science sequences (24 CP) + the two compulsory units (12 CP).

_sophiestudies_ They also say their is a limit of no more than 10 level 1 units, but do you know if there is a limit for level 2 and 3 across the whole degree (I know 60 credit points must be met for levels 2 and 3 for the science listed units/part A and B)? Although, I guess if probably can't have a limit though.

There’s a minimum amount of Level 3 units from memory (I forget how many though), but the maximum isn’t explicitly stated. I think you’ll be limited by how many units you can take due to the other requirements (like your major) and the prerequisite units anyway (and even more so since you’re doing a law/sci double degree).

Out of curiosity (and only if you wish to state it, of course), which major(s)/minor(s) are you interested in?

Billzene ok cool. Thank you!!!

AngelWings ok cool. I'll give them a call about it to see if that rule still applies (might not matter too much since I love chemistry too).

_sophiestudies_ this rule is still in effect, except there's another restriction where you can't double count units towards 2 minors, only towards 2 majors or a major and a minor

_sophiestudies_ yes

Billzene and lm21074 ok cool! Thanks everyone for all the help! Much appreciated!!!

_sophiestudies_ I’ve changed my nominations a million times already, you’re not locked in

_sophiestudies_ Already answered above, but just wanted to add, you can do some really weird things with your degree too, depending on the way you plan things. I did the BSci (Hons) at Monash, taking an extended major in genetics (which encompassed a genetics major and a molecular biology minor), and minors in chemistry and Japanese studies (the latter is from the arts faculty!). Back when I did it, I almost took biochem as my major as you could use 2nd year genetics units as the prerequisites for biochem or genetics majors.