Bachelor of Science University of Queensland - UQ

Positives: Lots of choice, passionate lecturers, good tutors, and they take you into great detail with the content of each course. There's also a lot of other extra options you can take to enrich the experience, like doing extra research courses.

Negatives: Some of the first year courses had way too much content, and some of the group work assignments were difficult when the groups were made too large.

My advice to future students is: If you are going to study science at UQ, try and join some extra groups so that your experience is broadened, especially in the first few years of study so you can find an area that you are most interested in.

I majored in Ecology.

Positives: The tutors are so friendly, and the the other people on the course are all on your wavelength, and people are generally really friendly around the campus.

Negatives: It's seriously expensive, and there is too much workload and the deadlines really are deadlines with no movement on dates.

My advice to future students is: Make time for yourself and try to have time to kickback and relax.

Positives: It was the right level of challenging, was very interesting and allowed for a choice in aspects of the field you're interested in

Negatives: Without the Honours year, the bachelor degree itself doesn't leave you ready to work in a science environment like research. The practical element is not at all similar to how research is (I did Honours and now work in research)

My advice to future students is: Make sure it's what you want to do because to make a career out of it requires a lot of time and dedication

I studied biomedical science (Honours).

Positives: I think the course was very thorough, and made me really well versed in a lot of aspects of biomedical science (my major). A lot of it was very interesting, and theory-wise, it prepared me very well for medicine, which I always intended to go on to. Having the honours year was highly beneficial because it taught me what being a scientist actually was, and I got to learn a huge amount about research, and I even went to a conference at the end of it (not everyone would get to, but quite likely if you actively try!).

Negatives: I think a lot of people go into science (especially biomedical science) because they have an interest in human biology but aren't sure what to do, and I wouldn't recommend it to those people. The OP requirement isn't high but that's because being such a general course, their intake is huge. The content is quite hard and a lot of work has to be put in. The contact hours are long as well. So unless you want to go into a science career as a researcher, or you intend to do medicine after, I wouldn't hugely recommend it. Even if you do intend to do medicine after, it's super valuable but if you don't get in, you're left with little options for work after, especially if you don't do honours.

My advice to future students is: I sort of said it already in the other section, but don't go into it unless you want to be a scientist, or as a pre-med course. It's a lot of work. It's very interesting though, and you'll come out with a lot of knowledge.

Positives: I am treated like an adult, and it expands my knowledge in the forensics section

Negatives: not much help and harder

My advice to future students is: try as hard as you can and just hang in there, it'll be worse it all in the end

Positives: The positive aspects of this course is that it is allowing me to transfer into Veterinary Science next year. It also contains 2 subjects that give credit for Vet Science, and it is also a very broad degree with many majors so there is a lot to choose from

Negatives: The subjects are quite boring, but that is to be expected for 1st year classes

My advice to future students is: Don’t follow the recommended list of subjects if you’re trying to get into Vet Science

Positive is that you have majority of lecturers conducting their own current research, so what you’re learning is at the forefront of knowledge. Very supportive tutors and staff. Only negative is the workload of the course, as it is generally more highly regarded than the same course offering at other institutions.

My advice to future students is: Attend tutorials and pracs, but don’t stress if you miss lectures. Everything is recorded in high definition and available generally 1.5 hours after the session, online.

Access to world class researchers as lecturers, and first access to leading research as course content and involvement in innovative research as part of practical lessons

My advice to future students is: Ask questions and take advantage of all the resources available to you