Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours)

Harness even more of nature's potential

Our direct-entry Bachelor of Biotechnology(Honours) provides high achieving students with automatic entry into an honours year, provided a 4.5 grade point average (GPA) is maintained.

Biotechnology-integrating biology and technology to create innovative solutions-has enormous potential to feed, fuel and heal. This degree will prepare you to enter this exciting and vital industry with advanced capability and an employability edge.

Like the Bachelor of Biotechnology, the direct-entry Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) combines biology with aspects of engineering and computer science. During the first three years, you will:

• delve into molecular, genetic, animal and plant biology
• experiment with protein separation, fermentation, genomics and proteomics
• use revolutionary gene editing technology at Australia's first genome editing facility
• explore microbial biotechnology and bioprocess engineering
• learn how to produce food, drugs and other products
• consider global social, economic, environmental and ethical issues, patents and waste management.

In addition to a Molecular Biology major, you'll be able to choose a second specialisation in: Bioinformatics; Chemistry; Genetics; or Microbiology and Biomedical Science.

You can also gain valuable work experience through an industry internship. And your research skills will be honed through a major research project and/or industry-related project in your honours year.

You'll graduate with the biotech world at your feet. The bachelor degree's same vast range of career paths will of course be open to you. But with your additional honours qualification-and the enhanced capability it signifies-you'll immediately stand out to potential employers.

• Top 125 in world for Biological Sciences*
• Top 200 globally for Biotechnology**
• Learn from research-active experts

*Times Higher Education by Subject, 2023
**Academic Ranking of World Universities, by Subject, 2022

• BIOLOGY 1101 Biology I: Molecules, Genes and Cells
• CHEM 1100 Chemistry IA or CHEM 1101 Foundations of Chemistry IA
• Approved Level I Elective
• Approved Level I Elective

• BIOLOGY 1201 Biology I: Human Perspectives or BIOLOGY 1202 Biology I: Organisms
• CHEM 1200 Chemistry IB or CHEM 1201 Foundations of Chemistry IB
• SCIENCE 1500 Introductory Data Science - Becoming Smart About Data (or Semester 1)
• Level I Elective

• Elective courses from the degree of Bachelor of Science or other undergraduate courses offered by the University that are available to the student.

• BIOCHEM 2502 Biochemistry II (Biotechnology): Molecular and Cell Biology
• MICRO 2504 Microbiology II (Biotechnology)
• Level II Elective
• Level II Elective

• BIOCHEM 2503 Biochemistry II (Biotechnology): Metabolism
• BIOTECH 2010 Principles of Biotechnology II
• Level II Elective
• Level II Elective

• CHEM 2530 Environmental & Analytical Chemistry II
• CHEM 2540 Medicinal & Biological Chemistry II
• CHEM 2545 Organic Chemistry II
• GENETICS 2510 Genetics IIA: Foundation of Genetics
• MICRO 2505 Immunology & Virology II (Biotechnology)
• SCIENCE 2550 International Experience II
• SCIENCE 2700 Science Internship II
• or elective courses from the degree of Bachelor of Science or other undergraduate courses offered by the University that are available to the student.

• BIOCHEM 3000 Molecular and Structural Biology III
• Level III Elective
• Level III Elective

• BIOTECH 3000 Biotechnology Practice III
• Level III Elective
• Level III Elective

• ANIML SC 3043RW Animal Biotechnology III
• BIOCHEM 3001 Cancer, Stem Cells & Development III
• BIOINF 3000 Bioinformatics III
• BIOINF 3005 Transcriptomics Applications III
• BIOINF 3010 Genomics Applications III
• BIOTECH 3010 Advanced Research Platforms III
• BIOTECH 3020 Molecular Microbiology and Vaccines III
• BIOTECH 3030 Protein Purification: Principles and Practice III
• CHEM 3214 Medicinal and Biological Chemistry III
• ENTREP 3901 Tech eChallenge
• PLANT SC 3515WT Plant Biotechnology III
• or additional Level III courses from the degree of Bachelor of Science

Level IV

Students must complete courses to the value of 24 units from the appropriate specialisation area in the Bachelor of Science (Honours)