This degree will provide you with the foundation research skills that will support your future career as a scientist or researcher. Specifically, you will develop:<br>communication skills, critical thinking capability, advanced knowledge within your chosen discipline, knowledge of research practice and skills, research independence and capacity for self-directed learning.<br>Research experience is required for most academic and research positions, and increasingly for positions in other sectors. In consultation with your discipline honours coordinator and your supervisor, you'll be allocated a project to develop your skills to an advanced level.<br>These projects are developed for honours students and may be a preliminary exploration, a component of a bigger research project, or part of an existing or new collaboration. All projects draw from the wide range of disciplines taught across RMIT's science programs. Many projects involve substantial cross-disciplinary work.<br>Career<br>This pathway builds a solid foundation for a future career in scientific research. Graduates of this honours degree frequently advance to a Master or PhD course and undertake further research in their particular area of interest. Alternatively, honours graduates gain employment in industry and government as research assistants, advisors, and scientists in research centres like CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, Defence Science, the Environment Protection Authority, major Hospitals and medical research institutes and ANSTO.