What will I learn?
A Bachelor of Science (BSc) is about understanding and improving the natural world through observation, experimentation, modelling, and calculation. You will investigate the big issues confronting New Zealand and our planet, including climate change, human health and diseases, the global water crisis, food security, and environmental protection. A BSc will expose you to new ideas and technologies, develop your research skills, and help you make a contribution to the challenges facing our world. Study Involve: Learn from a wide network of field stations reaching from Antarctica to Nigeria and throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Do science’ right from the first semester of your first year. We have access to the most field stations of any New Zealand university and offer a range of practical experiences, research projects, and lab and fieldwork. Global study experiences, including exchanges to partner universities. You can choose to take a minor in Science, or from additional subjects in Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership. Biochemistry is the study of life at the cellular level, giving us insight into the history of all living species - animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses - and how they function. Biochemistry knowledge can be applied in broad and diverse ways, such as genetic engineering, conservation and restoration, biomedical science, and disease treatment. Study Involve: Practical exercises and labs. There is exciting research happening at UC and you can learn from many of our experts through Te Pokapu Taunekeneke Rapoi Ngota, Biomolecular Interaction Centre, with connections to other universities, industry, and international collaborators. You can also minor in Biochemistry within many different bachelor’s degrees to give your other studies a biological focus.
