S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours)

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.

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

CLAYTON

Anatomy and developmental biology

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

Astrophysics

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

Atmospheric science

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

Biochemistry

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

Chemistry

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

Computational science

Part A. Coursework (24 points)

You complete:

a. the following unit:

• FIT4005 Research methods in information technology

b. three elective units (18 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 Advanced topics in security
• FIT5129 Enterprise IT security - planning, operations and management
• FIT5137 Advanced database technology
• FIT5139 Advanced distributed and parallel systems
• FIT5140 IoT and mobile applications
• FIT5145 Introduction to data science
• FIT5146 Data curation and management
• FIT5147 Data exploration and visualisation
• FIT5148 Distributed databases and big data
• FIT5149 Applied data analysis
• FIT5152 User interface design and usability
• FIT5163 Information and computer security
• FIT5196 Data wrangling
• FIT5197 Statistical data modelling
• FIT5201 Machine learning
• FIT5202 Data processing for big data
• FIT5212 Data analysis for semi-structured data
• FIT5214 Blockchain
• FIT5215 Deep learning
• FIT5216 Modelling discrete optimisation problems
• FIT5217 Natural language processing
• FIT5220 Solving discrete optimisation problems
• 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 points)

You complete:

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

Earth science

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

Ecology and conservation biology

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

Genetics and genomics 

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

Geographical science

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

Human pathology

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

Immunology

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

Mathematics and statistics

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

Microbiology

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

Pharmacology

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

Physics

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

Physiology

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

Plant sciences

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

Psychology

• PSY4100 Psychology honours: Research project (24 points)
• PSY4210 Statistics and data science for psychology (6 points)
• PSY4220 Ethics, legal and professional issues in psychology (6 points)
• PSY4270 Psychological assessment and intervention (6 points)

and one of:

• PSY4110 Psychology in society (6 points)*
• PSY4014 Digital innovations and their applications to cognitive and mental health (6 points)
• PSY4215 Advanced data science: From research problem to story-telling (6 points)

*Students at Malaysia must complete this unit.

Regenerative medicine

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

Zoology

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

MALAYSIA

Biotechnology

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

Medical bioscience

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

Food science and technology

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

Medicinal chemistry

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

Tropical environmental biology

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

Psychology

• PSY4100 Psychology honours: Research project (24 points)
• PSY4210 Statistics and research design for professional psychology (6 points)
• PSY4220 Ethical and professional issues in psychology (6 points)
• PSY4270 Psychological assessment (6 points)

and 

• PSY4110 Psychology in society (6 points)