Science with Honours

Description

This course is designed to allow well-qualified graduates to extend their studies in areas relevant to the sciences, either to improve their career prospects or to proceed to higher degree studies.

Please note that admission to Honours in Psychology is only available in Trimester 1.

Career Opportunities

Exciting research career options are possible in industry, government, universities and research organisations such as CSIRO, Australian Nuclear Service and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). There are also opportunites in the departments of primary industries, resource management, water and land resources, environmental protection authorities, forestry commissions, national parks and wildlife services. Industry opportunities include positions in computing, consulting, botanical gardens and museums, manufacturing, electronics, mining and oil.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline You are advised to apply as early as possible Tuition fee

• EUR 14900 Year (National)
• EUR 14900 Year (International)

Start date February,June,October 2015 Credits 48
Duration full-time 12 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode Online Educational variant Part-time, Full-time Intensity Flexible Attendance No Attendance Teacher support Continuous support with feedback on request

Course Content

Course Aims

The aim of the Bachelor of Science with Honours is to have an understanding that -

• · Science encompasses both a body of knowledge and a reliable process of discovery. It is founded upon the recognition of fundamental laws that make nature systematic and reproducible.
• · Scientists observe, measure, classify and perform experiments upon the natural world. They employ scientific methods to test hypotheses and use empirical evidence to support or refute their hypotheses. The natural variability, or uncertainty, inherent in the natural world, means that scientific conclusions are reliable but contestable: they may be revised or modified as new evidence emerges. Scientists are curious about the natural world, and are creative in formulating hypotheses and in designing approaches to problem solving.
• · Mathematics is used in science to model real-world systems and scientific data are often analysed using statistical methods.
• · Science operates within a paradigm of peer review and replication that provides a collective responsibility for the reliability of scientific knowledge. Scientists have a responsibility to communicate the outcomes of their work accurately and without bias to their peers and to society.
• · Science is embedded within a context that reflects both the history of scientific endeavor and the culture of present society. Scientists generate and build knowledge, develop technologies, investigate and solve problems.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

demonstrate a broad knowledge of science, including the creative endeavour involved in acquiring knowledge, and the contestable and testable nature of scientific knowledge;

demonstrate knowledge of the principles and concepts underlying at least one sub-disciplinary area;

use and apply recognised methods of science, appropriate practical techniques and tools for processes of discovery and inquiry;

demonstrate personal and social responsibility through an awareness of the ethical frameworks, by working safely and responsibly in individual and team environments; and

use scientific literacy to understand and explain scientific issues to peers, scientific non-experts and the general community.

Graduate Attributes

Knowledge of a Discipline

Graduates will understand ways of scientific thinking and the nature of science as a broad discipline. They will also have specialised knowledge in at least one sub-disciplinary area of science.

Communication Skills

Graduates will be able to communicate scientific results, information, or arguments, to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes.

Global Perspectives

Graduates will understand, and be able to articulate, aspects of the place and importance of science in the local and global community.

Information Literacy

Graduates will be able to communicate scientific results, information, or arguments, to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes. They will also be able to synthesise and evaluate information from a range of sources, using a range of technologies.

Life-Long Learning

Graduates will be able to take personal responsibility for lifelong learning by demonstrating a capacity for self-directed learning.

Problem Solving

Graduates will be able to investigate and solve problems by using recognised methods of science and appropriate practical techniques and tools. Also, by formulating hypotheses, collecting valid and reliable data, and incorporating quantitative evidence into arguments.

Social Responsibility

Graduates will be able to take social responsibility by recognising the relevant ethical frameworks within which science is practised and show a capacity for working responsibly and safely in both individual and team environments.

Team Work

Graduates will have an awareness of the need to function effectively as members or leaders of scientific or multidisciplinary teams.

Requirements

1. Admission to a final honours course shall be at the discretion of the head of the school concerned and subject to the provisions of Rule 2.

2. (a) Except as provided in Rules 2.(b) and (c), a candidate for admission to a final honours course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours, shall have:

(i) fulfilled the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science; or

(ii) passed units to the value of 144 credit points, including the Bachelor of Science component of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws or the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Teaching and shall have completed appropriate units.

(b) The head of the school concerned may approve for admission to a final honours course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours a candidate who has fulfilled the requirements for an appropriate degree or other qualification of equivalent standing at another university or other institution recognised by the school for this purpose. The school may require additional evidence which will be specified in each case of the ability of such a candidate to undertake a final honours course in the school concerned.

(c) With the approval of the head of school concerned a candidate who has completed at least 36 credit points at 300- or 400-level, including 12 credit points from units other than ARPA, GEPL or PSYC, chosen from units of the Bachelor of Science or from any other institution approved by the school or other units equivalent to those additional units specified for the award of Bachelor of Science, may be admitted to candidature to the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of New England.

Funding

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers The Sciences Encouragement Award each year. Further details are available from the Faculty Academic Director (adfas@une.edu.au).