Students who return failing grades in a trimester amounting to 15 credits, or more, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic Progress policy. Students whose rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable will be referred to the Governing Board to be reviewed for exclusion from the programme.

Students who fail to progress from the stage of the programme they are registered to for more than two academic years (except where a period of Leave of Absence has been granted for one of those years) will also be contacted under the Continuation – Academic Progress Policy.

As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Students must select a total of 12 modules (60 credits) in Stage 1 with a minimum of 11 modules taken from core and option modules. Core, programme core and option modules are to be taken as directed. An elective module can be taken in the Spring trimester or alternatively, students can register for an additional module from the Science programme.

Students in Stage 2 Mathematics, Biology & Education (Stream A Biological & Environmental Sciences) take 8 core modules. Students must take MST20040 in Stage 2 or Stage 3.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
MATH10350	Calculus in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Autumn	5
SCI10010	Principles of Scientific Enquiry	Autumn	5
BIOL10110	Cell Biology & Genetics	Spring	5
CHEM10050	Basis of Organic and Biological Chemistry	Spring	5
MATH10410	Mathematics & Science Education & Communication	Spring	5
STAT10060	Statistical Modelling	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who did not achieve 02 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Biology must take BIOL00010.
BIOL00010	Fundamentals of Biology	Autumn	5
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who did not achieve 02 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Biology must take BIOL00010.
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students who intend to progress to Stage 2 Mathematics, Biology and Education should take at least two of the following modules in Stage 1 or Stage 2 You should also take either ACM10060 in Stage 1 OR ACM10100 in Stage 2.
BIOL10130	Biology in Action	Autumn	5
BIOL10140	Life on Earth	Autumn	5
ACM10060	Applications of Differential Equations	Spring	5
BMOL10030	Biomedical Sciences: Understanding Human Disease.	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students who intend to progress to Stage 2 Mathematics, Biology and Education should take at least two of the following modules in Stage 1 or Stage 2 You should also take either ACM10060 in Stage 1 OR ACM10100 in Stage 2.
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN1OF: Linear Algebra: Students must take either MATH10290 or MATH10340 in Stage 1.
MATH10290	Linear Algebra for Science	Spring	5
MATH10340	Linear Algebra in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN1OF: Linear Algebra: Students must take either MATH10290 or MATH10340 in Stage 1.
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students who intend to pursue a pathway in Mathematics, Biology and Education may wish to consider taking 5 credits in Physics in order to prepare them for teaching Junior Cycle Science. If you have not taken Physics before, you may wish to take PHYC10070 Foundations of Physics. If you have taken Physics and achieved an O2 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Physics (or equivalent), you may wish to consider other listed Physics modules. Note: Students of Biology will complete 10 credits of Chemistry as part of their Stage 1 and 2 core modules, but you may wish to take CHEM00010 if you have not taken Chemistry previously or did not achieve O2 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Chemistry (or equivalent). Students may wish to take COMP10290 Computation for Scientists in advance of ACM20030 Computational Science in Stage 2.
CHEM00010	Introductory Chemistry	Autumn	5
COMP10290	Computation for Scientists	Autumn	5
PHYC10050	Astronomy & Space Science	Autumn	5
PHYC10070	Foundations of Physics	Autumn	5
PHYC10210	Quanta, Particles & Relativity	Autumn	5
PHYC10080	Frontiers of Physics	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students who intend to pursue a pathway in Mathematics, Biology and Education may wish to consider taking 5 credits in Physics in order to prepare them for teaching Junior Cycle Science. If you have not taken Physics before, you may wish to take PHYC10070 Foundations of Physics. If you have taken Physics and achieved an O2 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Physics (or equivalent), you may wish to consider other listed Physics modules. Note: Students of Biology will complete 10 credits of Chemistry as part of their Stage 1 and 2 core modules, but you may wish to take CHEM00010 if you have not taken Chemistry previously or did not achieve O2 or H5 or better in Leaving Certificate Chemistry (or equivalent). Students may wish to take COMP10290 Computation for Scientists in advance of ACM20030 Computational Science in Stage 2.
Stage 1 Options - E)MIN0OF: Students must have a minimum of 55 credits in Science Programme modules. Students may select 60 credits from Science programme modules or they can choose 55 credits and one 5-credit elective for Spring. Careful selection of modules can increase the number of subject areas available to a student in Stage 2.
CHEM10040	The Molecular World	Autumn	5
CHEM20100	Basis of Inorganic Chemistry	Autumn	5
COMP10010	Introduction to Programming I	Autumn	5
PHIL10160	Critical Thinking	Autumn	5
PHYC20080	Fields, Waves and Light	Autumn	5
GEOL10050	Earth and Humanity	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
GEOL10060	Introduction to Earth Sciences	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
STAT10050	Practical Statistics	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ACM10090	Climate Change:Causes & Consequences	Spring	5
CHEM10100	Aspects of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology	Spring	5
CHEM20140	Introductory Transition Metal Chemistry	Spring	5
COMP10020	Introduction to Programming II	Spring	5
GEOL10020	Earth Science and Materials	Spring	5
GEOL10040	Earth, Environment and Society	Spring	5
MATH10320	Mathematical Analysis	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - E)MIN0OF: Students must have a minimum of 55 credits in Science Programme modules. Students may select 60 credits from Science programme modules or they can choose 55 credits and one 5-credit elective for Spring. Careful selection of modules can increase the number of subject areas available to a student in Stage 2.
Stage 2 Core Modules
BMOL20060	Biomolecular Lab Skills 1	Autumn	5
CELB20060	Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology	Autumn	5
EDUC20030	Key Ideas in Education	Autumn	5
MST20070	Multivariable Calculus with Applications	Autumn	5
BIOL20060	Scientific Communication	Spring	5
BOTN20050	Principles of Plant Biology and Biotechnology	Spring	5
EDUC20020	Science and Maths Pedagogy	Spring	5
ENVB20050	Principles of Environmental Biology & Ecology	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: CHEM20090 is a CORE module for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090.
CHEM20090	Chemistry for Biology	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: CHEM20090 is a CORE module for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090.
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: If not previously taken in Stage 1 students must take at least two of BIOL10130, BIOL10140 or BMOL10030 in Stage 2. If ACM10060 was not taken in Stage 1, then ACM10100 must be taken in Stage 2.
BIOL10130	Biology in Action	Autumn	5
BIOL10140	Life on Earth	Autumn	5
ACM10100	Differential & Difference Equations: Applications to Econ & Fin	Spring	5
BMOL10030	Biomedical Sciences: Understanding Human Disease.	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: If not previously taken in Stage 1 students must take at least two of BIOL10130, BIOL10140 or BMOL10030 in Stage 2. If ACM10060 was not taken in Stage 1, then ACM10100 must be taken in Stage 2.
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who intend to progress to Stage 3 Mathematics, Biology and Education should take MST20040 in Stage 2 or Stage 3.
MST20040	Analysis	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who intend to progress to Stage 3 Mathematics, Biology and Education should take MST20040 in Stage 2 or Stage 3.