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Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences with Honours

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Build on your successes in the Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences by completing Honours to enhance essential employability skills or take your first step to a career in research, academia and beyond.Mentored by expert staff from La Trobe's School of Life Sciences, you'll develop a variety...

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
1 year full-time
Course Code
069550M
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
Domestic Fees
$8,021 per year / $8,021 total
International Fees
$37,800 per year / $37,800 total

About this course

Build on your successes in the Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences by completing Honours to enhance essential employability skills or take your first step to a career in research, academia and beyond.

Mentored by expert staff from La Trobe's School of Life Sciences, you'll develop a variety of scientific techniques by conducting your own research project. To complement your research, essential laboratory, scientific communication and presentation skills established during your undergraduate degree will be consolidated through workshops and exercises. You'll also be exposed to leading edge methodologies as part of a competitive research team.

Honours also gives you the opportunity to specialise in the following disciplines:

  • agriculture (Melbourne Campus)
  • biochemistry (Melbourne Campus)
  • botany (Melbourne Campus)
  • ecology, environment and evolution (Melbourne and Albury-Wodonga campuses)
  • genetics (Melbourne Campus)
  • microbiology (Melbourne Campus)

By completing Honours, you'll be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in your field and, through your professional behaviours, the values that shape the work of a professional scientist. You'll also have advanced skills in designing and successfully implementing scientific investigations, analysing and interpreting data and presenting your findings to scientific audiences.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences with Honours, students must complete a total of 120 credit points across 1 year.

Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:

  • 120 credit points from chosen Core
  • 120 credit points from chosen Alternate honours disciplines
Study options

Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.

Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 WOMINJEKA LA TROBE: INDIGENOUS CULTURAL LITERACY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABS0WOM 1 0 HONOURS ANIMAL SCIENCE A AGR4AHA 1 60 HONOURS ANIMAL SCIENCE B AGR4AHB 1 60
See La Trobe University Handbook for more details

The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.

  • Melbourne (Bundoora)

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Study locations

Melbourne

Career pathways

More than simply consolidating the knowledge gained from your undergraduate degree, Honours develops your abilities in research and enhances other essential employability skills, giving you a career-ready edge in today's competitive job market.

Honours is also the best foundation for a postgraduate coursework degree, a higher degree by research or a career in academia. Complete the Honours program with distinction, and you could qualify for entry into the Masters by Research. If you're a high achiever, you could gain direct entry into a PhD.