Gone are the days of a stereotypical scientist – in today’s society, there is no one type of scientist. Career opportunities are ever-evolving and exciting. You might work in a lab, discovering life-changing scientific breakthroughs. You could work in science education, sharing your passion and knowledge with the next generation. Maybe you see yourself using science to shape government policy – or something else entirely.

With evolving career opportunities, the Bachelor of Science (Advanced) will allow you to create your own academic adventure. Tailor your majors and professional pathways to achieve your career goals. You’ll have access to specialised mentoring, exposure to the wider Faculty of Science community and additional opportunities to participate in work-integrated learning and industry engagement.

Majors:

• Biology
• Animal Biology
• Plant Biology
• Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry
• Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
• Chemistry of Advanced Materials
• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences
• Geology
• Water, Climate and Soils
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Marine and Coastal Science
• Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecological Sciences
• Marine, Coastal and Ecological Sciences
• Environmental Remediation
• Sustainable Resource Management
• Geography
• Integrated Geography
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Physics
• Psychology

What you will study

Most of the critical issues that face our society today require science to help find the right solutions for our current and future generations. Using the latest scientific developments and advancements, you'll learn first-hand from our actively involved researchers how to deliver innovative solutions for real-world problems. You'll also develop highly sought after and transferable skills in problem solving, communication and independent thinking.

You'll study core courses that give you the edge in the following areas:

• Professional scientific thinking – you will learn how science contributes new knowledge and finds solutions to challenges in our society. You will find out what it means to be a science professional through interactive and reflective processes.
• Communicating as a professional scientist – during this course you will complete your practical scientific project and gain experience in communicating to a range of audiences. You’ll also gain practical job seeking experience to help to gain employment in the scientific field that interests you.
• Lab and fieldwork skills – you will learn how to collect data to develop new findings through specialist scientific technical skills in the laboratory and in the field.
• Career planning – discover the type of scientist you want to be! you’ll be guided to make career and study decisions that interest you by understanding ten different types of scientists and the skillsets they require in the workforce.
• Problem solving and facing new challenges – you’ll gain further knowledge in a variety of areas within science along with integrative perspectives to develop solutions to complex scientific problems.
• Professional employment skills – you’ll develop the skills that employers are looking for in the workforce so that you can take advantage of the higher salaries typically available to those with science qualifications.
• Project planning and implementation – during this course you will have the opportunity to take the role of a freelancing scientist working for a client to solve a complex but practical scientific project.

Science professionals work in a huge range of areas including:

• geological surveys
• water quality
• land degradation
• drug discovery
• ecology
• plant science
• demographic change
• urbanisation
• marine science
• geophysics

Some typical roles include:

• Climatologist
• Conservationist/Ecologist
• Geographer
• Marine Biologist
• Microbiologist
• Neuroscientist
• Oceanographer

Because the Bachelor of Science emphasises problem-solving, teamwork and critical thinking, graduates are sought after across a range of sectors.