Bachelor (Honours)
Advanced Science is an elite honours degree course offering tailored study in science, technology, and mathematics. It includes access to research groups, industry engagement, and interdisciplinary units, with majors ranging from Agricultural Science to Space and Planetary Science. Students gain practical skills through applied projects and a self-directed honours project.
Advanced Science is an academically elite, honours degree course in which you can tailor your study to your interests in science, technology and mathematics.
During your course, you will have access to world-class research groups, work-integrated learning, industry engagement, student-led projects and accelerated learning pathways.
You'll gain core knowledge in your discipline and have a choice of elective units that align with your passions. You'll also benefit from interdisciplinary units that are unique to the course and involve engaging with like-minded, high-achieving peers.
These are the majors that are available:
From your second year you'll build your expertise through career-relevant learning opportunities - gaining the practical, transferable skills that employers look for in graduates.
You'll also undertake full-year applied projects embedded in leading research groups or connected with external organisations. And, in your final year, you'll conduct a self-directed honours project that contributes new knowledge to your field.
This course is unique in Western Australia in its multidisciplinary, project-based learning and scientific professional practice involving entrepreneurship, communication and leadership skills. These professional skills are essential in enabling agile and innovative responses to changing industry and employment circumstances.