Bachelor of Advanced Science

In the Bachelor of Advanced Science, students interact with world renowned researchers in second year to provide extensive and individual training to develop leadership and/or research skills. This involves completing advanced science subjects only available to Advanced Science students, which focus on research methodology and developing skills pertinent for a future works in science project management. Students in the regular Bachelor of Science also receive inquiry-based research introduction in first year, but the Advanced Science degree offers deeper research exposure and specialised subjects.

You can choose from the following majors: Agricultural Science, Animal Science, Applied Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Health (which is fully accredited by Environmental Health Australia and requires twelve major subjects rather than eight). Students selecting Environmental Health are required to complete twelve major subjects, while all other majors require eight major subjects.

Students must maintain a grade point average of 5 or above to remain in the Bachelor of Advanced Science program. Those who do not maintain this average will be transferred to the Bachelor of Science.

Yes. On completing a science major, the degree allows for completion of an additional minor or 4 free electives, so students can design their own learning journey. Students may use their elective subjects to complete a major (80 credit points) or one or more minors (40 credit points each) from the same or another discipline area, or up to 80 credit points from the wide range of units offered by Western Sydney University. Students may also choose to complete a second major such as the double major in innovative foods and human nutrition, and a minor in education is also available.

Students have access to new, $30-million, state-of-the-art research facilities and labs including an imaging lab, instrumentation lab, polarisation microscopy systems, food pilot plant, food science kitchen, development systems for detecting fingerprints, specialised light sources and cutting-edge photography technologies. Students can also perform cutting-edge research using high-tech instruments like the Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer, the confocal bio-imaging facility, and the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility, arguably the best in the Southern Hemisphere.