Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours)
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) program and course requirements set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.
You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.
Students must complete a minimum of 4 units of advanced courses at Level 2, and 2 units of advanced courses at Level 3. Where available, these courses can be taken as part of a major or minor. If the major or minor undertaken does not include advanced courses, these must be completed as part of the program elective courses.
Majors
- Applied Mathematics - plan has changes for 2023
- Archaeological Science - plan has changes for 2024
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - plan has changes for 2023
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Science
- Cell Biology - plan has changes for 2023
- Chemistry
- Coastal and Ocean Science - plan has changes for 2023
- Computer Science
- Earth Science - plan has changes for 2024
- Ecology and Conservation Biology
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Food Technology
- Genetics
- Geographical Sciences
- Marine Biology
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Physics - plan has changes for 2023
- Plant Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Statistics
- Zoology - plan has changes for 2023
Field of Study
You must complete a field of study which is taken in your 4th year (honours year). There are 38 fields of study available. If you would like a study planner for your honours year, please refer to the online program planner and search for ‘Bachelor of Science (Honours)’ or ‘2031’.
Minors
Students may complete one or more minors. Courses taken in the minors may be counted towards the minimum of 48 units of science courses required for the program.
Students cannot undertake a minor in the same discipline area as a major.
Please refer to the program requirements special rules regarding completing courses towards more than one plan (major or minor) and substituting courses.
UQ Minors
Students may complete one or more UQ minors. Courses taken in the UQ minors count towards the 16 units of general elective courses available in the program.
Cross-listed courses in science programs guide (YouTube, 4m:05s)
Pre-medicine study planner
A pre-medicine study planner (PDF, 102.8 KB) has been developed for students in this program to prepare for subsequent study in the Doctor of Medicine program.