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Honours

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 7 December 2023.
View details of the changes below.

Honours in Science is available in the areas listed below. The program is available via an appended or an embedded or an integrated Honours, depending on the degree a student is enrolled in.

Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit points of coursework and 24-36 credit points of research project. The table below outlines the project and coursework requirements for each area. For details of the units to be completed, refer to the table of units using the links below. 

Contact and further information

Science.Honours@sydney.edu.au
 

Area Project Weighting
(Credit Points)
Coursework Weighting
(Credit Points)
Agriculture  24  12
Anatomy and Histology  36  12
Animal and Veterinary Bioscience  24  12
Animal Health, Disease and Welfare  24  12
Animal Production  24  12
Applied Medical Science  36  12
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  36  12
Biology  36  12
Chemistry  36  12
Computer Science  24  24
Data Science  24  24
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  36  12
Environmental Science  24  12
Environmental Studies  36  12
Financial Mathematics and Statistics  24  24
Food and Agribusiness  24  12
Food Science  24  12
Genetics and Genomics  36  12
Geography  36  12
Geology  36  12
Geophysics  36  12
Health  36  12
History and Philosophy of Science  24  24
Human Movement  36  12
Immunology  36  12
Infectious Diseases  36  12
Marine Science  36  12
Mathematics (Applied)  24  24
Mathematics (Pure)  24  24
Medicinal Chemistry  36  12
Microbiology  36  12
Neuroscience  36  12
Pathology  36  12
Pharmacology  36  12
Physics  24  24
Physiology  36  12
Plant Production  24  12
Psychology (Semester 1 intake only)  24  24
Software Development  24  24
Soil Science and Hydrology  24  12
Statistics  24  24
Taronga Wildlife Conservation  24  12
Veterinary Biology Honours (only available to students in the BVB/DVM)

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
7/12/2023 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology included in the list of available honours subject areas Nanoscience and Nanotechnology removed from the list of available honours subject areas