Honours
Boost your employability with honours in science
Be mentored by scientific experts as you immerse yourself in discipline-based research or a broader professional skills pathway.
An honours degree in science is one year of study where you concentrate on a project or area of science that interests you the most.
Both our disciplinary research and professional skills pathways:
- Enhance your professional skills and prepare you for greater career success.
- Include a coursework component which will help you gain the skills employers want.
- Involve a research, industry or community related science project of your choice.
- Can lead to further study at PhD level.
How can I study honours in science?
Disciplinary research
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- More research intensive.
- Coursework that focuses on the study area you choose.
- Prepares you for a career in your preferred discipline of science.
- Choose this option if you would prefer to work with a specific researcher or research group; or in a particular scientific discipline.
Professional skills
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Less research intensive.
- Includes coursework that is common across all students in this pathway.
- Prepares you for your career by building wider professional skills.
- Choose this option if you want to expand your science knowledge and skills more broadly, rather than in a specific discipline. We will help you find an expert to work with.
Other degrees with honours
- Honours Degree of Bachelor of Food & Nutrition Science (1 year add-on degree)
- Honours Degree of Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology (4 year degree)
- Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science in High Performance Computational Physics (4 year degree)
What's next?
Attend an information session
| Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2019 12pm | The Braggs Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus | Watch Recording |
| 16 May 2019 12pm | McLeod Lecture Theatre, Waite campus | Register |
| 30 May 2019 12pm | Richardson Lecture Theatre, Roseworthy campus | Register |
Apply or register your interest
Graduate story
My semester-long work placement in biomedical science gave me the courage and skills to start an honours year in bioinformatics. Here I created a project impressive enough to admit me one of the best bioinformatics institutes in the world.Brittany Howell - Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science); Bachelor of Science (Honours) Now PhD Candidate, Sanger Institute