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Diploma in General Studies (D-GENST) // Course structure

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Course structure

100 points (typically eight subjects including one core subject Academic Writing and Communication).

Subject options

All students complete the core subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MECM10005 Academic Writing and Communication
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5


Plus choose any 7 of the below elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MAST10017 Fundamentals of Mathematics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
ECON10006 Introductory Economics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
NRMT10007 Land Resources and Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
AGRI10044 Plant Systems
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
BIOL10006 Systems Biology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
ANSC10002 Animal Systems
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
ENST10004 Climate Change and Impacts
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
CHEM10008 Foundation Studies in Chemistry
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
ACCT10004 Introduction to Accounting
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
GEOG10002 Landscape Information Systems
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
MGMT10003 Organisation and Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5
AGRI10052 Agricultural Genetics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Dookie)
 12.5

Last updated: 2 May 2023