BHSc Honours Human Biology at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in the field of Human Biology is a course aimed at students with interests in the broad discipline of Human and Comparative Biology. It is a research intensive course with research areas related, but not limited, to human and comparative skeletal biology, The Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in the field of Human Biology is taught by the School of Anatomical Sciences. It is a research intensive course which deals with research skill development (scientific literacy, critical thinking) within the broad discipline of Human and Comparative Biology.

Faculty: Health Sciences | Department: Biomedical Sciences | Duration: 1 year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

The BHSc(Hons) in Human Biology is a one year full-time course. It has a coursework and research component. The coursework component involves: Morphological anatomical A series of seminars on key concepts underlying research in human and comparative biology Short courses in basic statistics and scientific writing Writing assignment(s) The research component consists of a major research project whi

Career pathways

Like many Honours courses, a BHSc Honours in Human Biology is primarily intended for students who wish to continue their postgraduate studies with an MSc or PhD. However, completion of the BHSc Honours in Human Biology may lead to careers involving work in: Curation Academia Research Forensic sciences Human rights and humanitarian recovery missions Possible employment opportunities may include: Mu

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Application information

Entry requirements

An undergraduate degree (BA, BSc, BHSc) with a strong performance in anatomy and biological courses are preferable. A minimum of 60% for third year major courses is required. This is the minimum percentage required for students to qualify to apply for this programme. Please note that meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee students a place in this programme. Students with higher marks will be given preferential acceptance. Note: Meeting the minimum entry requirements for the programme does not guarantee students a place in this programme.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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