Honours

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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
 

AreaHonours Project Weighting
(Credit Points)
Honours Coursework Weighting
(Credit Points)
Advanced Coursework Weighting 
(Credit Points)
Anatomy and Histology 36 12 
Animal and Veterinary Bioscience 24 1212
Animal Health, Disease and Welfare 24 1212
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 1212
Environmental Studies 36 12 
Financial Mathematics and Statistics 24 24 
Food Science 24 1212
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 1212
Statistics 24 24 
Taronga Wildlife Conservation 24 1212

Post-publication amendments

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4/02/2025Agriculture was available for selection from list of study areas.Agriculture removed from list of study areas.
4/02/2025
Food and Agribusiness was available for selection from list of study areas.Food and Agribusiness removed from list of study areas.