Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Science

School

School of the Environment

Units

2

Duration

Two Semesters

Attendance mode

In Person

Restricted

Enrolment restricted to Bachelor of Science (Honours) students.

Assessment methods

Short Question, Presentation, Report, Attendance, Diary

Course enquiries

Doctor Renjie Zhou (Semester 1, Regular, St Lucia, In person)

Dr Renjie Zhou

Course duration

This is a year long course. It commences in Semester 1, 2024 and completes in Semester 2, 2024.

Course description

This course is no longer offered after 2024. Students should enrol in SCIE4000 (Research Methods) from Semester 1 2025.

BIOL6402 will introduce you to the broader scientific field of biology. You will read, discuss and present scientific knowledge outside the area of your research project. The course is run as a series of discussion groups. A reading list is compiled by SENV academics who select three papers on a theme in Biological Sciences for each session. You will attend and participate in five discussion groups over the course of the year. Course reading material will be available from the library (www.library.uq.edu.au course materials BIOL6402) as PDFs. At the beginning of the course you will select one topic to examine in depth. You will be assigned one of the papers from that topic to present. At each session three Honours students each present a 15 min critique of their selected paper to the group and then lead a ~15 min discussion period.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile