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Overview
- Specialise in your particular area of interest, acquiring knowledge and analytical skills you can apply throughout your career.
- Opportunity to progress on to the PhD program.
- Gain research and development skills with specialist facilities, laboratories, hardware and software.
- Work with a supervisor to complete a research project in your field of study.
| QUT course code | SC60 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 1 year full-time
2 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
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On campus
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| CRICOS code | 009041G |
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Details
If you have an inquiring mind, take your passion further—extend your studies with an honours research program in your chosen field.
Overview
Through a combination of research and advanced coursework units, you can pursue specialised studies in your particular area of interest in science and technology. An honours degree builds on your undergraduate degree studies, providing further depth of knowledge and analytical skills you can apply throughout your career. It offers opportunities to cultivate research and development skills and to work on cutting-edge technology, and provides access to specialist facilities, laboratories, hardware and software. Honours is an ideal pathway for high-achieving graduates to enter the doctoral program (PhD), and provides a wider range of career opportunities, including research, analytic or teaching positions.
An honours degree can be undertaken in most of the Faculty’s study areas. Consult your course coordinator in second or third year to assess what projects may be available within your areas of interest.
Course design
The core of the honours program is a 36, 48, or 60 credit-point project (depending on your study area) that will provide students with the opportunity to learn about research by conducting a research project with an experienced researcher who acts as both supervisor and mentor. Students will learn the types of processes, creativity and analytical thinking that lead to scientific and technological advances and how to communicate such findings in a rigorous, systematic manner.
Dean’s Scholars Accelerated Honours Program
While this program has been designed primarily for high school leavers, high-achieving information technology undergraduate students may be invited by the Faculty to enter the program as an incentive to continue on to honours. Eligibility is based on a minimum grade point average.
Units
Course Design
The core of the honours program is a 36, 48, or 60 credit-point project (depending on your study area) that will provide students with the opportunity to learn about research by conducting a research project with an experienced researcher who acts as both supervisor and mentor. Students will learn the types of processes, creativity and analytical thinking that lead to scientific and technological advances and how to communicate such findings in a rigorous, systematic manner.
Course Structure
The Honours year comprises coursework and a major research project supervised by QUT staff, in some cases in conjunction with local industry. Majors are offered in chemistry, ecology, environmental science, geology, life science, mathematics and physics.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Applicants must have:
- a bachelor degree from QUT or its equivalent, completed within 18 months prior to enrolment, with a minimum grade point average of 5 (on a 7-point scale) or its equivalent, or
- demonstrated outstanding performance in the final year of the degree, or
- work experience or research considered appropriate by the course coordinator.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: CSP $4200 (indicative) per Semester (48 credit points) (subject to annual review)
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Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours)
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Checked important dates - the honours application form needs to be submitted for approval in December
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Found a supervisor
- Discussed your options and developed your topic
- Written your research proposal
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
