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
 

AreaProject 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
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 24 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)