古生物学荣誉学位由生物科学和地球与大气科学系共同管理。该学位是为希望进修研究生学习的学生而设。
古生物学是与生命进化史有关的基础科学。学生必须拥有广泛的生物学和地质知识知识库。 详细知识领域将包括脊椎动物和无脊椎动物古生物学，进化生物学，系统学，功能形态学，沉积学，地层学和板块构造学。古生物学家通常持有高级研究学位，并在大学、博物馆和工业实验室担任研究科学家和教师。
The Honours Degree in Paleontology is jointly administered by the Departments of Biological Sciences and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. This degree is intended for students wishing to pursue post-graduate studies.

Paleontology is a basic science concerned with the evolutionary history of life. Students are required to have a broad knowledge base of biological and geological knowledge. Areas of detailed knowledge will include vertebrate and invertebrate paleobiology, evolutionary biology, systematics, functional morphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, and plate tectonics. Paleontologists usually hold advanced research degrees and work as research scientists and teachers in universities, museums, and industrial laboratories.