Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Animal and Veterinary Bioscience

16 units from either

School of Veterinary Science
4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
VETS6001 2 Epidemiological and Research Methods for Animal and Veterinary Biosciences
VETS6640 2 Critical Thinking and Scientific Writing in Animal and Veterinary Biosciences

and 12 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
VETS6616 12 Honours Research Project in Animal & Veterinary Biosciences
VETS6617 12 Honours Research Project in Animal & Veterinary Biosciences
VETS6628 12 Honours Research Project in Animal & Veterinary Biosciences
VETS6629 12 Honours Research Project in Animal & Veterinary Biosciences

School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6631 2 Agricultural Research Methodologies

and 14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6001 14 Honours Research Project
AGRC6002 14 Honours Research Project
AGRC6005 14 Honours Research Project

Archaeological Science

16 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
ARCA6008 8 Honours Research Thesis
ARCA6030 4 Archaeology Honours Research Seminar 1
ARCA6040 4 Archaeology Honours Research Seminar 2

Biological Sciences:

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology, Nanotechnology, and Parasitology

16 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC6511 16 Honours Project [1]
BIOC6512 16 Honours Project [2]
BIOC6513 16 Honours Project [3]


Biological Chemistry, Botany, Ecology, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Marine Biology, Wildlife Biology, and Zoology
14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL6501 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences [1]
BIOL6502 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences [2]
BIOL6503 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences [3]

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL6402 2 Critical Thinking & Communication in Biology [1]
BIOL6403 2 Critical Thinking & Communication in Biology [2]


Anatomy, Biomedical Science, Developmental Biology, Drug Design and Development, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology

16 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOM6191 16 Research Project in Biomedical Sciences [1]
BIOM6192 16 Research Project in Biomedical Sciences [2]
BIOM6193 16 Research Project in Biomedical Sciences [3]

Biophysics

16 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC6511 16 Honours Project
BIOC6512 16 Honours Project
BIOC6513 16 Honours Project

Chemistry

16 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM6511 16 Honours in Chemistry [1]
CHEM6512 16 Honours in Chemistry [2]
CHEM6513 16 Honours in Chemistry [3]

Computer Science

16 units comprising -

4 units or 8 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ COMP6801 8 Computer Science Honours Project [1]
[ or
[ COMP6802 8 Computer Science Honours Project [2]
[ or
[ COMP6803 4 Computer Science Research Project [1]
[ or
[ COMP6804 4 Computer Science Research Project [2]

and the remainder from -

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP4000 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 4A
COMP4001 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 4B
COMP4002 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 4C
COMP4003 2 Special Topics Computer Science 4D
COMP4004 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 4E
COMP4005 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 4F
COMP4403 2 Compilers and Interpreters
COMP4500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS4200 2 Computer Networks II
COMS4507 2 Advanced Topics in Security
CSSE4004 2 Distributed Computing
CSSE4010 2 Digital System Design
DECO6500 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
INFS4203 2 Data Mining
INFS4205 2 Advanced Techniques for High Dimensional Data
BISM6211 2 Information Systems Honours

Food Science and Technology

14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
FOOD6001 14 Honours Research Project [1]
FOOD6002 14 Honours Research Project [2]

and 2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6631 2 Agricultural Research Methodologies

Food Science & Nutrition

14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
FOOD6001 14 Honours Research Project [1]
FOOD6002 14 Honours Research Project [2]

and 2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6631 2 Agricultural Research Methodologies

Geographical Sciences

14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
GEOS6001 2 Research Design
[ ERTH6501 12 Honours Research Thesis
[ or
[ ERTH6502 12 Honours Research Thesis

Geology

12 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ERTH6501 12 Honours Research Thesis [1]
[ or
[ ERTH6502 12 Honours Research Thesis [2]
[ or
[ ERTH6503 12 Honours Research Thesis [1]
[ or
[ ERTH6504 12 Honours Research Thesis [2]

and 2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
GEOS6001 2 Research Design

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH3003 2 Geomicrobiology
ERTH3060 2 Advanced Structural Geology
ERTH3103 2 Sedimentary Environments
ERTH3110 2 Marine Geoscience and Paleoceanography
ERTH3203 2 Energy Resources
ERTH3205 2 Geochemistry and Geochronology
ERTH3222 2 Exploration Geochemistry
ERTH3250 2 Hydrogeology
ERTH3301 2 Ore Body Modelling
ERTH4222 2 Exploration Geochemistry

Mathematics

6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MATH6010 6 Mathematics Honours Research Project [1]
MATH6020 6 Mathematics Honours Research Project [2]
MATH6030 6 Mathematics Honours Research Project [4]

and at least 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MATH3306 2 Set Theory & Mathematical Logic [5]
MATH4090 2 Computation in Financial Mathematics
MATH4091 2 Financial Calculus
MATH4104 2 Advanced Hamiltonian Dynamics & Chaos [6]
MATH4105 2 General Relativity
MATH4106 2 Advanced Mathematical Methods & Models A [5]
MATH4107 2 Advanced Mathematical Methods & Models B [6]
MATH4202 2 Advanced Topics in Operations Research
MATH4301 2 Advanced Algebra [6]
MATH4302 2 Combinatorial Designs [6]
MATH4303 2 Advanced Combinatorics [5]
MATH4304 2 Number Theory [5]
MATH4402 2 Ordinary Differential Equations III/IVH [5]
MATH4403 2 Partial Differential Equations III/IVH [6]
MATH4404 2 Functional Analysis III/IVH [6]
MATH4405 2 Measure Theory [5]
MATH6006 2 Special Topics A
MATH6007 2 Special Topics B
STAT4401 2 Advanced Statistics I [5]
STAT4402 2 Advanced Statistics II [6]
STAT4403 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I [5]
STAT4404 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II [6]

Physics

8 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PHYS6487 8 Physics Honours Research Project [1]
PHYS6488 8 Physics Honours Research Project [2]

and at least 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
MATH4105 2 General Relativity
PHYS4030 2 Condensed Matter Physics: Electronic properties of crystals
PHYS4040 2 Advanced Quantum Theory
PHYS4045 2 Quantum Technologies
PHYS4055 2 Laser Physics & Quantum Optics
PHYS4070 2 Advanced Computational Physics
PHYS4080 2 Frontiers in Astrophysics
PHYS6004 2 Special Topics in Physics

Plant Science

2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6631 2 Agricultural Research Methodologies

and 14 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC6001 14 Honours Research Project
AGRC6002 14 Honours Research Project
AGRC6005 14 Honours Research Project

Psychology

16 units comprising -
4 units of core courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC4050 2 Psychological Research Methodology IV
PSYC4121 2 The Scientist-Practitioner Model

2 units of electives from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC4000 2 Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
PSYC4181 2 Applied Social Psychology
PSYC4191 2 Improving Human Performance
PSYC4211 2 From Classic to Contemporary Topics in Organisational Psychology
PSYC4981 2 Current Issues in Psychology 1
PSYC4982 2 Current Issues in Psychology II

2 units of seminar course from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC4881 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology I
PSYC4882 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology II
PSYC4883 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology III
PSYC4884 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology IV
PSYC4885 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology V
PSYC4886 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology VI
PSYC4887 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology VII
PSYC4888 2 Advanced Topics in Psychology VIII

and 8 units from either -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ PSYC4071 8 Individual Research Thesis
[ or
[ PSYC4091 6 Team Research Thesis
PSYC4221 2 Work and Research in Applied Psychology [7]

Public Health

16 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
HLTH6000 4 Advanced Discipline Readings
HLTH6001 4 Research Methods & Thesis Preparation
[ HLTH6002 8 Thesis [4]
[ or
[ HLTH6003 8 Thesis [8]

Statistics

6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
STAT6010 6 Statistics Honours Research Project [1]
STAT6020 6 Statistics Honours Research Project [2]
STAT6030 6 Statistics Honours Research Project [4]

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
STAT4401 2 Advanced Statistics I [5]
STAT4402 2 Advanced Statistics II [6]
STAT4403 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I [5]
STAT4404 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II [6]

and 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
STAT6003 2 Special Topics A
STAT6004 2 Special Topics B

End notes

  • [1] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 1. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 2.
  • [2] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 2. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 1 the following year.
  • [3] Code for part-time students completing the course over multiple semesters.
  • [4] Code for students completing the course in one semester.
  • [5] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.
  • [6] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.
  • [7] Only available to students enrolled in the Team Research Thesis.
  • [8] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same code in each semester.