BSc Honours Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The BSc Honours programme in the field of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences is a one-year degree comprising a research project, a compulsory Enabling Skills course, and three elective theory topics. Projects and topics span several themes in zoology, botany, and environmental sciences, including behaviour, physiology, ecology, evolution, systematics, sustainability, and conservation practices. Why study Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences at Wits?

Faculty: Science | Department: Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences | Duration: 1 year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

The degree comprises two main components: A research project A theoretical component, which includes a compulsory skills course and three elective theory courses. Theory courses span a wide range of topics including (but not limited to) animal behaviour and ecology, population and spatial ecology, ecophysiology, biocontrol, biogeography, entomology, ethnoecology, entomology, global change, taxonom

Career pathways

A BSc Honours degree is the minimum qualification required to register with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a professional natural scientist. Graduates with an Honours degree in Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences have a wide range of career opportunities, including: Conservation work in national, provincial and private protected areas and in non-gove

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Application information

Entry requirements

For an application to be considered, applicants must hold a BSc degree or equivalent that includes appropriate foundational training in biology, ecology, and supporting quantitative and chemical sciences. Typical academic preparation includes: Statistics and Chemistry courses (normally passed at 50% or above) Relevant second‑year biology and/or ecology courses Relevant third‑year biology and/or ecology courses with an average of 65% or above. Applicants with a third‑year average of 60–64%, who meet all other criteria, will be placed on a waiting list and considered for admission should space become available. Applications open around March and close on the 30 November. We recognise that not all applicants will have final transcripts available by this stage and applications are provisionally assessed using the most recent available results. Firm offers are made only after final third‑year

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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