Admission Information

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSES

Honours year in the Faculty of Science: Bachelor of Medical Science: BMedSc(Hons), Bachelor of Science: BSc(Hons)

 
After completion of the requirements for a pass BMedSc or BSc, a good student who has majored in Physiology may be permitted to undertake a fourth, or 'Honours', year. In some cases students having completed undergraduate training in subjects other than those offered by the Department of Physiology, but deemed suited to particular research programs may also be admitted. Fourth year work consists mainly of a research project carried out in the laboratory of a member of the Academic Staff, who acts as the student's supervisor. Early in the course the student is required to write an extended essay based on the subject of their research project and throughout the year to participate in a weekly seminar. Examination is mainly by thesis, but also by the student's performance in the laboratory and in the end-of-year public seminar. Opportunities exist to gain teaching experience by casual employment as a demonstrator in under-graduate practical classes. After the Honours year the student may be allowed to undertake a PhD or MSc.
To qualify for entry into these honours courses you need a WAM (weighted average mean) of 68 or above.

 
The section on Honours Research Projects contains a list of projects available to new students.

 

   

Application Deadline
 

There is no definitive deadline by which students must apply for Honours except if students are applying for Honours Scholarships, as the particular rules of the scholarship must be met. Ideally students should list a number of choices for laboratories in case they are not successful with the first choice. Academics tend to make decisions about who will be accepted for Honours at the end of semester 2.

 
 
Graduate Diploma in Science: GradDipSc

 Students who do not qualify for the above Honours courses, may be admitted to a program essentially identical to that of the BMedSc(Hons)/BSc(Hons) and obtain the diploma upon successful completion of this one year program. However, the GradDipSc is a full fee course while the Honours courses incur a HECs payment.
 

Pre-enrolment:
Students interested in these undergraduate research courses are encouraged to enquire about Honours projects early in semester two. They must pre-enrol with the Faculty of Science and with the Department towards the end of semester two.

 
 
 
Course coordinator: Professor David Allen