the bachelor of biological sciences by completing honours to enhance essential employability skills or take students first step to a career in research, academia and beyond.

mentored by expert staff from la trobe's school of life sciences, students develop a variety of scientific techniques by conducting their own research project. to complement their research, essential laboratory, scientific communication and presentation skills established during their undergraduate degree will be consolidated through workshops and exercises. students will also be exposed to leading edge methodologies as part of a competitive research team.

honours in biological sciences also gives students the opportunity to specialize in the following disciplines: