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Bachelor of Science Advanced (Honours) (Biological Sciences)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Contribute to solutions for global challenges such as food security, energy and species extinction. Advanced learning in laboratories alongside staff at the top of their research fields from your first semester.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
418032, 102820D
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb
ATAR
90

About this course

Highlights
  • Designed for high-achieving students interested in a career in science research.
  • Bypass general science units to get straight into Biological Sciences.
  • Immerse yourself in real-world research from your first year - with authentic research environments and projects.
  • Study alongside other high-achieving students, with leading QUT researchers in the labs and facilities.
  • Specialised quantitative mathematics minor to build analytical skills needed to underpin your scientific research.
  • Students achieving a minimum unadjusted ATAR of 98 may be eligible for QUT Excellence Scholarships, valued at $30,000.
Highlights
  • Designed for high-achieving students interested in a career in science research.
  • Bypass general science units to get straight into Biological Sciences.
  • Immerse yourself in real-world research from your first year - with authentic research environments and projects.
  • Study alongside other high-achieving students, with leading QUT researchers in the labs and facilities.
  • Specialised quantitative mathematics minor to build analytical skills needed to underpin your scientific research.
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Entry requirements

Prerequisites

Before you start this course you must have obtained the required result for the Queensland year 12 subjects (or equivalent senior subjects) listed below within your Year 12 studies.

  • English or Literature or English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4 C); and

  • Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4 C); and

  • Biology (Units 3 & 4 B).

Assumed knowledge

Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge you can still apply for the course but we encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:

  • Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4 C); and

  • At least one of Agricultural Science Chemistry Earth and Environmental Science Marine Science or Physics (Units 3 & 4 C).

Additional entry requirements

You must be a 2022 Year 12 student or a recent Year 12 student returning from up to two gap years.

Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank

Elite Athlete Scheme adjustments do not apply to this course. Any other adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.

Find out if you're eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank

Academic entry requirements

You must be a current student completing Year 12 in Australia.

You will be considered solely on the basis of your ATAR or IB Diploma results.

Please refer to the Guide to entry thresholds.

Prerequisites

Before you start this course you must have obtained the required result for the Queensland year 12 subjects (or equivalent senior subjects) listed below within your Year 12 studies.

  • English or Literature or English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4 C); and

  • Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4 C); and

  • Biology (Units 3 & 4 B).

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

In this new embedded honours specialised course you can expect to study alongside a small cohort of high-achieving fellow science enthusiasts for four years. You'll be immersed in real-world research from your first year in authentic research environments with leading QUT researchers and projects.

Specialising in Biological Sciences you will study living things and how they evolved: animals insects plants and microorganisms; everything that breathes grows and feeds us.

Biologists are curious about all these things and want to know how they work how to grow and protect them-how to get involved with life on this planet.

Biologists love a challenge. How will we feed a population of eight billion people in 2025? Can we use biological waste to solve our energy crisis? How can we protect our plants and animals from exotic diseases? How do we conserve ecosystems and biodiversity?

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Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

As a graduate of Bachelor of Science Advanced (Honours) you will be an emerging research scientist having played a significant role in designing planning and executing an independent research project at the forefront of science and technology. Possessing advanced knowledge and skills in scientific research and analysis methods you will have experience in applying these skills to design experiments and solve complex real-world problems. High-level communication skills will ensure you can present knowledge and ideas clearly and effectively in both oral and written forms to diverse audiences. You will be a critical thinker able to apply judgement to develop new understanding to consolidate and synthesise new knowledge and to adapt readily to different contexts.

These transferable skills will make you a highly valued as a STEM professional and are applicable across multiple industries. Those skills together with your depth of knowledge in your specialist study area will provide a myriad of employment opportunities including:

  • Biotechnologist
  • Ecologist
  • Microbiologist
  • Molecular geneticist
  • Research scientist
  • Laboratory manager.
Professional recognition

Professional recognition can be achieved through membership of an appropriate scientific society such as the Genetics Society of Australasia the Ecological Society of Australia the Australian Society of Horticultural Science the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and others.

Research pathways

This honours-level qualification has a strong focus on research pathways in STEM and provides you with a more specialised degree for a particular science discipline. As a graduate you will be ideally prepared to enter a PhD program.

Possible careers
  • Biotechnologist
  • Conservation biologist
  • Geneticist
  • Inventor
  • Laboratory assistant
  • Microbiologist
  • Plant biotechnologist
  • Population ecologist
  • Science researcher
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Course structure

ST20 Bachelor of Science Advanced (Honours) comprises 384 credit points (32 units) including 4 core units (STB100 STB200 STB300 and a core option) 240 credit points (20 units) discipline specific major units (including 8 Honours level units) and 96 credit points (8 units) of complementary studies (2 minors).

The Biological Sciences Major consists of twenty (20) units 240cp:

Biological Sciences Majors are also required to complete the following study area B components (Minors)

  • Statistical Modelling minor

and one minor (48 cp) from:

  • Biotechnology and Genetics minor
  • Wildlife Ecology Minor
  • Advanced Science Minor

ST20 Bachelor of Science Advanced (Honours) comprises 384 credit points (32 units) including 4 core units (STB100 STB200 STB300 and a core option) 240 credit points (20 units) discipline specific major units (including 8 Honours level units) and 96 credit points (8 units) of complementary studies (2 minors).

The Biological Sciences Major consists of twenty (20) units 240cp:

Biological Sciences Majors are also required to complete the following study area B components (Minors)

  • Statistical Modelling minor

and one minor (48 cp) from:

  • Biotechnology and Genetics minor
  • Wildlife Ecology Minor
  • Advanced Science Minor
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