A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units
(1 unit) | 10cp | Compulsory Core unit totalling 10 credit points as detailed below:
SID403 Research Skills
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Research Units
(6 units) | 60cp | Research units totalling 60 credit points selected from the units listed below:
SCI701 Honours Thesis A
SCI702 Honours Thesis B
SCI703 Honours Thesis C
SCI704 Honours Thesis D
SCI705 Honours Thesis E (requires prerequisites SCI701 and SCI702)
SCI706 Honours Thesis F (requires prerequisites SCI701 and SCI702)
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Specialist Electives
(1 unit) | 10cp | Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points (at 400 or 500 level) selected from the units listed below:
ENV511 Real-World Statistics and Data Reasonings OR another research preparation unit approved by the course coordinator.
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| | 80cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2025
From 2025, the course structure has changed as follows:
- Six (6) new Research units have replaced the below Research units to provide students with greater flexibility
- SCI711 Honours Thesis #10 (10 credit points) (final offering 2024)
- SCI712 Honours Thesis #20 (20 credit points) (final offering 2024)
- SCI713 Honours Thesis #30 (30 credit points) (final offering 2024)
- The Information Technology and Health and Clinical Sciences specialisations have been removed as specified options from the Specialist Elective section.
List of units removed as specified options
Health and Clinical Sciences:
HEA562 Practice Evaluation Strategies (no longer offered)
PHM519 Clinical Trials and Other Intervention Studies (replaces PHM524 from 2021)
PHM526 Research Design
PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact
PHM552 Epidemiology
PHM553 Biostatistics
PHM588 Qualitative Research
PSY416 Ethics and Professional Issues (replaces PSY426 2022)
PSY417 Research Methods and Practice (replaces PSY447 2022)
Information Technology:
Unit approved by the project thesis supervisor and honours coordinator.
- HEA562 Practice Evaluation Strategies has been removed from the Health and Clinical Sciences specialisation in the Specialist Electives.
Transitional arrangements
- Students that have completed SCI711, SCI712 or SCI713 prior to 2025 will have these counted towards their Research unit requirements.
- Students that have completed SCI711, SCI712 or SCI713 prior to 2025 will be contacted by their Course Coordinator to discuss their enrolment options.
- Students who have completed a specialist elective prior to 2025 will have this counted towards their Specialist Elective requirements.
Any student who believes they will be disadvantaged by these changes should contact the course coordinator for assistance.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022
PSY426 has been replaced by PSY416. Students that have completed PSY426 prior to 2022 should not complete PSY416.
PSY447 has been replaced by PSY447. Students that have completed PSY447 prior to 2022 should not complete PSY417.
