Types of majors

Some courses provide the opportunity to specialise in one or more areas of study. These are known as majors and different courses offer a single majors, double majors and advanced or interdisciplinary majors.

Single major

A single major is a group of subjects in a single discipline of study. A course with a single major has one dominant field of study.

Example showing the initial enrolment of a student in a Master of Science, single major in Marine Biology & Ecology:

The Marine Biology & Ecology major consists of 4 core components (12 credit points), and 2 option components (24 credit points).

Example showing the initial enrolment of a student in a Master of Science, single major in Marine Biology & Ecology

Double major

A double major is when you have the option to select two single majors from the list of majors specified for your course. A course with a double major has two dominant fields of study. An example of a double major is: