COURSE: BSC IN NATURAL SCIENCE (BOTANY AND MIC...

This degree is aimed at students aspiring to entry-level positions as professionals in a wide range of sectors and careers such as industrial microbiologists, environmentalists, aquatic and soil ecologists, plant physiologists and pathologists, and engineers responsible for designing waste water treatment plants. This career flexibility stems from the programme’s focus on botany and microbiology.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Botany


• Chemistry


• Comprehension skills in science


• End-user computing


• Animal diversity

Second year subject:

• Botany


• Microbiology


• Chemistry

Third year subjects:

• Microbiology


• Botany


• Practical work

Careers: botanist, microbiologist, researcher.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za

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