Honours course : UWA Handbook 2022 : The University of Western Australia

Honours in Zoology

The course for Honours in Zoology is a blend of coursework and research project work designed to introduce the student to the world of research on animals. It equips them with the skills and flexibility of outlook needed to deal with rapidly changing technologies and to lead them into habits of critical thinking, problem analysis and public presentation which would serve in any leadership role. Each of the stages of development of a research project through which the student is guided in the units is given immediate application in the formulation and development of the student's own project. The combination of formal study and practical experience offered by the course prepares students for entry into postgraduate academic research programs, and into workplaces including but not limited to environmental consultancy or local and national government research agencies.

Students develop skills of logical and creative thinking and writing in English through exposure to a range of research projects via seminars, the guided formulation of a research proposal, and the iterative cycle of production–feedback–review–refinement involved in the writing of a research paper. Cycles of broader research seminar attendance and critiquing help to develop the capacity to question accepted wisdom and to develop cultural literacy.

Outcomes: Students are able to (1) develop disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through study and research-based enquiry, at internationally recognised levels of excellence; (2) develop skills required for self learning which will stay with them through life, by being immersed within the research culture of the School of Biological Sciences, and its research divisions; (3) develop personal, social and ethical awareness in an international context through participation as a collegiate part of an honours cohort within the School; and (4) communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately in a range of contexts.

Entry requirements: A weighted average mark of at least 65 percent in the Level 3 units of the Zoology major; or equivalent, as recognised by UWA.

Intake periods: Beginning of year and mid-year

Honours in Zoology can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Honours sequence

Key to availability of units:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; NS = non-standard teaching period

Take all units from this group (38 points).

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	Unit rules
S1, S2	BIOL4446	Honours in Biological Sciences Research Presentation Skills	Prerequisites: Enrolment in BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours) (ID 4) SPC-Botany or SPC-Conservation Biology or SPC-Zoology or BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) BIOL5445 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 4 (ID 6632) Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	BIOL5442	Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 1	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-CONBI Conservation Biology (ID 1379) or HON-MARSC Marine Science (ID 1400) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) BIOL4441 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Development (ID 6625) Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	BIOL5443	Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 2	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-CONBI Conservation Biology (ID 1379) or HON-MARSC Marine Science (ID 1400) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) BIOL4441 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Development (ID 6625) And BIOL5442 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 1 (ID 6627) Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	BIOL5444	Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 3	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-CONBI Conservation Biology (ID 1379) or HON-MARSC Marine Science (ID 1400) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) BIOL4441 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Development (ID 6625) And Unit(s) BIOL5442 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 1 (ID 6627) And Unit(s) BIOL5443 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 2 (ID 6629) Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	BIOL5445	Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 4	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-CONBI Conservation Biology (ID 1379) or HON-MARSC Marine Science (ID 1400) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) BIOL5442 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 1 (ID 6627) And BIOL5443 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 2 (ID 6629) And BIOL5444 Honours in Biological Sciences Research Dissertation Part 3 (ID 6630) Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE4402	Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-CONBI Conservation Biology or HON-ZOOLY Zoology or HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management or HON-MARSC Marine Science or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 72520 Master of Biological Science or 72530 Master of Environmental Science or 72540 Master of Hydrogeology or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics or 74230 Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics or 74540 Master of Marine Biology and Successful completion of one Unit(s) STAT1400 Statistics for Science or Unit(s) STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics or Unit(s) SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis or Unit(s) SCIE4401 Data Use in Science or Unit(s) ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil

Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	Unit rules
S1	ANIM4410	Animal Identification	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72520 Master of Biological Science (ID 165) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	ANIM5110	Biology of Australian marsupials	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72520 Master of Biological Science (ID 165) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	ANIM5502	Evolutionary Biology	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72520 Master of Biological Science (ID 165) or HON-ZOOLY Zoology (ID 1393) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
NS	BIOL4408	Marine Ecology	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72520 Master of Biological Science (ID 165) or 70630 Master of Science (ID 202) or Of BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours) (ID 4) or 74540 Master of Marine Biology (ID 1902) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	BIOL4410	Environmental Genomics	Prerequisites: Successful completion of level 2 Unit(s) in genetics or equivalent Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	BIOL5301	Big Data, Modelling and Meta-analysis in Biology, Conservation and the Environment	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Successful completion of or Enrolment in Unit(s) SCIE4402 Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences (ID 2211) Incompatibility: Nil
S2	BIOL5542	Conservation Genetics	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72520 Master of Biological Science or 71580 Master of Biotechnology or 71570 Master of Geographic Information Science or BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Successful completion of one Unit(s) GENE4002 Integrated Topics in Genetics I or Unit(s) GENE2250 Principles of Inheritance Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	ENVT4411	Geographic Information Systems Applications	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Unit(s) GEOG2201 Geographic Information Systems (ID 1384)