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Overview

This is a prestigious program of coursework and research in science for high achieving students who have completed a relevant undergraduate degree. You will undertake research methodology training and carry out an independent research project in your selected discipline, working closely with a supervisor who will provide you with individual guidance and academic counselling. The course offers a pathway to higher degree research in science. In some circumstances, candidature embracing more than one discipline may be approved.

Completing honours demonstrates your advanced research, analytical and communication skills enhancing employability outcomes.

Course structure

Clayton honours research areas48 credit points

You must complete one of the following honours research areas

Malaysia honours research areas48 credit points

You must complete one of the following honours research areas

The handbook's description of this structure

This course consists of a combination of coursework and research. In the coursework component you will develop advanced theoretical and/or technical knowledge of your discipline within science and research methodologies appropriate to your discipline. In the research component you will plan and execute a research project under the individual guidance of an academic supervisor.

You must also complete prerequisite study as per the intended discipline. Refer to the honours prerequisites table.

For further information, visit our Science Honours Guide.

This course comprises 48 credit points including research (24 or 36 credit points) and coursework (24 or 12 credit points)

CLAYTON

Anatomy and developmental biology (Full time)

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Astrophysics (Full time and Part time)

Full time

ASP4100 Astrophysics honours research project (24 credit points)
ASP4200 Astrophysics honours coursework (24 credit points)

Part time

ASP4110 Astrophysics honours research project A (12 credit points)
ASP4120 Astrophysics honours research project B (12 credit points)
ASP4210 Astrophysics honours coursework A (12 credit points)
ASP4220 Astrophysics honours coursework B (12 credit points)

Atmospheric science (Full time and Part time)

Full time

EAE4100 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project (24 credit points)
EAE4200 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework (24 credit points)

Part time

EAE4110 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4120 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time B (12 credit points)
EAE4210 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4220 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time B (12 credit points)

Biochemistry (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Part time

BMH4110 Biomedicine research project part time A (18 credit points)
BMH4120 Biomedicine research project part time B (18 credit points)
BMH4210 Advanced studies in biomedicine part time A (6 credit points)
BMH4220 Advanced studies in biomedicine (6 credit points)

Chemistry (Full time and Part time)

Full time

CHM4100 Chemistry research project (36 credit points)
CHM4201 Chemistry honours coursework (12 credit points)

Part time

CHM4110 Chemistry research project part time I (18 credit points)
CHM4120 Chemistry research project part time II (18 credit points)
CHM4211 Chemistry honours coursework part time I (6 credit points)
CHM4221 Chemistry honours coursework part time II (6 credit points)

Computational science (Full time and Part time)

Part A. Coursework (24 credit points)

You complete:

a. the following unit:

FIT5125 IT research and innovation methods

b. three elective units (18 credit points) from the following:*

(This elective list may change from time to time and vary by campus.)

FIT5003 Software security
FIT5032 Internet applications development
FIT5037 Network security
FIT5042 Enterprise application development for the web
FIT5046 Mobile and distributed computing systems
FIT5047 Fundamentals of artificial intelligence
FIT5124 Emerging topics for cybersecurity in practice
FIT5129 Cyber operations
FIT5137 Advanced database technology
FIT5140 IoT and mobile applications
FIT5145 Foundations of data science
FIT5146 Data curation and management
FIT5147 Data exploration and visualisation
FIT5149 Applied data analysis
FIT5152 User interface design and usability
FIT5163 Introduction to cryptography for cybersecurity
FIT5196 Data wrangling
FIT5197 Statistical data modelling
FIT5201 Machine learning
FIT5202 Data processing for big data
FIT5212 Data analysis for semi-structured data
FIT5215 Deep learning
FIT5216 Modelling discrete optimisation problems
FIT5217 Natural language processing
FIT5221 Intelligent image and video analysis
FIT5222 Planning and automated reasoning
FIT5223 IT forensics
FIT5225 Cloud computing and security

* A maximum of one unit (6 points) may be selected from units offered by other faculties with the approval of the honours coordinator.

Part B. Research (24 credit points)

You complete:

FIT4441 Honours thesis part 1
FIT4442 Honours thesis part 2
FIT4443 Honours thesis part 3
FIT4444 Honours thesis final

Earth science (Full time and Part time)

Full time

EAE4100 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project (24 credit points)
EAE4200 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework (24 credit points)

Part time

EAE4110 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4120 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time B (12 credit points)
EAE4210 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4220 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time B (12 credit points)

Ecology and conservation biology (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BIO4100 Biology research project (36 credit points)
BIO4200 Advanced coursework in biology (12 credit points)

Part time

BIO4110 Biology research project part time 1 (18 credit points)
BIO4120 Biology research project part time 2 (18 credit points)
BIO4210 Advanced coursework in biology part time 1 (6 credit points)
BIO4220 Advanced coursework in biology part time 2 (6 credit points)

Genetics and genomics (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BIO4100 Biology research project (36 credit points)
BIO4200 Advanced coursework in biology (12 credit points)

Part time

BIO4110 Biology research project part time 1 (18 points)
BIO4120 Biology research project part time 2 (18 points)
BIO4210 Advanced coursework in biology part time 1 (6 credit points)
BIO4220 Advanced coursework in biology part time 2 (6 credit points)

Geographical science (Full time and Part time)

Full time

EAE4100 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project (24 credit points)
EAE4200 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework (24 credit points)

Part time

EAE4110 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4120 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time B (12 credit points)
EAE4210 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time A (12 credit points)
EAE4220 Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time B (12 credit points)

Human pathology (Full time)

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Immunology (Full time)

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Mathematics and statistics (Full time and Part time)

MTH4100 Mathematics research studies (24 credit points)
MTH4200 Advanced studies in mathematics (24 credit points)

Microbiology (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Part time

BMH4110 Biomedicine research project part time A (18 credit points)
BMH4120 Biomedicine research project part time B (18 credit points)
BMH4210 Advanced studies in biomedicine part time A (6 credit points)
BMH4220 Advanced studies in biomedicine (6 credit points)

Pharmacology (Full time)

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Physics (Full time and Part time)

Full time

PHS4100 Physics honours research project (24 credit points)
PHS4200 Physics honours coursework (24 credit points)

Part time

PHS4110 Physics honours research project A (12 credit points)
PHS4120 Physics honours research project B (12 credit points)
PHS4210 Physics honours coursework A (12 credit points)
PHS4220 Physics honours coursework B (12 credit points)

Physiology (Full time)

BMH4100 Biomedicine research project (36 credit points)
BMH4200 Advanced studies in biomedicine (12 credit points)

Plant sciences (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BIO4100 Biology research project (36 credit points)
BIO4200 Advanced coursework in biology (12 credit points)

Part time

BIO4110 Biology research project part time 1 (18 credit points)
BIO4120 Biology research project part time 2 (18 credit points)
BIO4210 Advanced coursework in biology part time 1 (6 credit points)
BIO4220 Advanced coursework in biology part time 2 (6 credit points)

Regenerative medicine (Full time)

MIS4100 Regenerative medicine research project (36 credit points)
MIS4200 Advanced studies in regenerative medicine (12 credit points)

Zoology (Full time and Part time)

Full time

BIO4100 Biology research project (36 credit points)
BIO4200 Advanced coursework in biology (12 credit points)

Part time

BIO4110 Biology research project part time 1 (18 credit points)
BIO4120 Biology research project part time 2 (18 credit points)
BIO4210 Advanced coursework in biology part time 1 (6 credit points)
BIO4220 Advanced coursework in biology part time 2 (6 credit points)

MALAYSIA

Biotechnology (Full time)

BTH4100 Biotechnology research project (36 credit points)
BTH4280 Honours coursework in biotechnology (12 credit points)

Medical bioscience (Full time)

MBS4100 Medical bioscience research project (36 credit points)
MBS4280 Honours coursework in medical bioscience (12 credit points)

Food science and technology (Full time)

FST4100 Food science and technology research project (36 credit points)
FST4280 Honours coursework food science and technology (12 credit points)

Medicinal chemistry (Full time)

CHM4180 Medicinal chemistry research project (36 credit points)
CHM4280 Honours coursework in medicinal chemistry (12 credit points)

Tropical environmental biology (Full time)

BIO4180 Tropical environmental biology research project (36 credit points)
BIO4280 Honours coursework in tropical environmental biology (12 credit points)

Areas of study

Other areas of study (25)

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

1
demonstrate advanced knowledge and technical skills in at least one area of science
2
develop, apply, integrate and generate scientific knowledge in professional contexts to analyse challenges and to develop effective solutions
3
convey ideas and results effectively to diverse audiences and in a variety of formats, and present scientific work in a potentially publishable way
4
work independently to undertake a scientific literature review, and to design, develop and implement a research project
5
collect, organise, analyse, interpret and present data meaningfully, using mathematical and statistical tools as appropriate to the discipline of specialisation
6
exercise personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen.

Entry requirements

English language

Monash Level A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test

This course also accepts the Monash English Bridging Program as meeting the English language requirements.

More information

Progression to further studies

Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to a Monash master's by coursework degree, and if admitted you may be eligible for credit.

Successful completion of this course may also provide a pathway to a graduate research degree.

Other information

This is a prestigious program of coursework and research in science for high achieving students who have completed a relevant undergraduate degree. You will undertake research methodology training and carry out an independent research project in your selected discipline, working closely with a supervisor who will provide you with individual guidance and academic counselling. The course offers a pathway to higher degree research in science. In some circumstances, candidature embracing more than one discipline may be approved.

Completing honours demonstrates your advanced research, analytical and communication skills enhancing employability outcomes.

Common questions

How long is Bachelor of Science (Honours)?

1 years full time, 48 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 2 semesters of full-time study.

Where can I study Bachelor of Science (Honours)?

At Malaysia and Clayton.

How do I plan my Bachelor of Science (Honours) units?

Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.

Course details

Qualification: Bachelor Honours Degree
AQF level: Level 8
Credit points: 48
Full time: 1 Years
Part time: 2 Years
Maximum time: 2 years

Faculty: Faculty of Science
CRICOS code: 030489K
Abbreviation: BSc(Hons)
Award title: Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Handbook years: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 20262027