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Honours

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 9 August 2024.
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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.Ìý

Contact and further information

Science.Honours@sydney.edu.au
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AreaProject Weighting
(Credit Points)
Coursework Weighting
(Credit Points)
Anatomy and HistologyÌý36Ìý12
Animal and Veterinary BioscienceÌý24Ìý12
Animal Health, Disease and WelfareÌý24Ìý12
Animal ProductionÌý24Ìý12
Applied Medical ScienceÌý36Ìý12
Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyÌý36Ìý12
BiologyÌý36Ìý12
ChemistryÌý36Ìý12
Computer ScienceÌý24Ìý24
Data ScienceÌý24Ìý24
Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyÌý36Ìý12
Environmental ScienceÌý24Ìý12
Environmental StudiesÌý36Ìý12
Financial Mathematics and StatisticsÌý24Ìý24
Food ScienceÌý24Ìý12
Genetics and GenomicsÌý36Ìý12
GeographyÌý36Ìý12
Geology and GeophysicsÌý36Ìý12
HealthÌý36Ìý12
History and Philosophy of ScienceÌý24Ìý24
Human MovementÌý36Ìý12
ImmunologyÌý36Ìý12
Infectious DiseasesÌý36Ìý12
Marine ScienceÌý36Ìý12
Mathematics (Applied)Ìý24Ìý24
Mathematics (Pure)Ìý24Ìý24
Medicinal ChemistryÌý36Ìý12
MicrobiologyÌý36Ìý12
NeuroscienceÌý36Ìý12
PathologyÌý36Ìý12
PharmacologyÌý36Ìý12
PhysicsÌý24Ìý24
PhysiologyÌý36Ìý12
Plant ProductionÌý24Ìý12
PsychologyÌý(Semester 1 intake only)Ìý24Ìý24
Software DevelopmentÌý24Ìý24
Soil Science and HydrologyÌý24Ìý12
StatisticsÌý24Ìý24
Taronga Wildlife ConservationÌý24Ìý12
Veterinary Biology HonoursÌý(only available to students in the BVB/DVM)

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
7/12/2023Nanoscience and Nanotechnology included in the list of available honours subject areas.Nanoscience and Nanotechnology removed from the list of available honours subject areas.
8/08/2024Geology included in the list of available honours subject areas.Geology removed from the list of available honours subject areas.
8/08/2024Geology and Geophysics missing from available honours subject areas.Geology and Geophysics added to available honours subject areas.
9/08/2024
Agriculture and Food and AgribusinessÌýincluded in the list of available honours subject areas.ÌýAgriculture and Food and Agribusiness removed from the list of available honours subject areas.
9/08/2024
Geophysics included in the list of available honours subject areas.ÌýGeophysics removed from the list of available honours subject areas.