Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) (BH-SCI) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

The Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) year provides students with the opportunity to integrate their previous science or technology studies and focus their knowledge, skills and intellect on an exciting piece of original research.

Each program within the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) comprises two components:

Honours also develops students’ capacity for independent study and research that will help develop maturity and skills for transition to employment in a range of occupations and industries or a research higher degree.

• The advanced coursework component provides opportunities for increasing students’ depth of knowledge in their particular areas of interest and expanding the theoretical basis on which they will undertake their research work. It provides students with the opportunity to develop expertise in the broad scientific field(s) in which their individual research project is placed, including the methodologies of the relevant field(s), and the use of the scientific literature in their specialist area of study.
• The research project provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and technical skills in a supervised research project and develop skills in experimental design, project implementation and in the communication of the outcomes of a research project. The project develops students’ technical and data acquisition skills, their problem-solving and critical thinking capacities in the context of research, their skills in communicating to a variety of audiences and the application of appropriate risk assessment and ethical approval processes.

Generic skills

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) programs will have been provided with the opportunity to develop the skills to:

• Use and evaluate scientific literature;
• Apply their understanding to the design and implementation of a research plan;
• Acquire, analyse, evaluate and interpret data using appropriate techniques;
• Communicate advanced concepts in their discipline in written and oral form;
• Exercise responsibility for their own learning;
• Work effectively in teams, both collaboratively and independently;
• Manage their time effectively.

Graduate attributes