RMIT University

Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Chemistry)

This degree will provide you with the foundation research skills that will support your future career as a scientist or researcher.

Specifically, you will develop:

• communication skills
• critical thinking capability
• advanced knowledge within your chosen discipline
• knowledge of research practice and skills
• research independence and capacity for self-directed learning.

Research experience is required for most academic and research positions, and increasingly for positions in other sectors.

In consultation with your discipline honours coordinator and your supervisor, you'll be allocated a project to develop your skills to an advanced level.

Chemistry units

• Science Honours Research Methods

The course aims to introduce you to the methods and practices employed in undertaking research in science. The topics studied will prepare you to succeed as an Honours student in science.

You will develop skills in the retrieval and critical analysis of scientific information.

You will develop a strategy to work safely on your project and develop skills to analyze and present your results in a form suitable within your Discipline.

• Science Honours Project 1

This course is part of the research project undertaken by all Science Honours students. The project, selected from the appropriate discipline area, allows students to develop skills in investigating a problem using scientific methodology. The project will be supervised by an academic research staff member and may involve direct collaboration with external bodies such as industries or government agencies.