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Honours

Honours in Science is available in the areas listed below. 

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 Honours Project Weighting
(Credit Points)
Honours Coursework Weighting
(Credit Points)
Advanced Coursework Weighting 
(Credit Points)
Agriculture  24  12 12
Anatomy and Histology  36  12  
Animal and Veterinary Bioscience  24  12 12
Animal Health, Disease and Welfare  24  12 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 12
Environmental Studies  36  12  
Financial Mathematics and Statistics  24  24  
Food and Agribusiness  24  12  
Food Science  24  12 12
Genetics and Genomics  36  12  
Geography  36  12  
Geology and 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 12
Statistics  24  24  
Taronga Wildlife Conservation  24  12 12