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Bachelor of Advanced Studies
Combined with your Bachelor degree or as a standalone final year
If you’re looking to improve your career prospects, open the door to further academic study, or pursue a passion, an additional year of study is your next step.
Combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies
The Bachelor of Advanced Studies is a combined four (sometimes five) year undergraduate degree that offers you the flexibility to explore multiple interests and to distinguish yourself in your final year.
In your final year, you can choose to undertake advanced coursework or an honours research project.
This degree enables you to:
- Design your own degree by combining majors from a range of disciplines.
- Complete a second major1 from either your primary study area or the shared pool of majors and minors.
- Deepen your critical thinking skills through advanced coursework and real-world industry, entrepreneurial, community and research challenges across disciplines or an Honours research project.
- Students commencing undergraduate study, including recent high school leavers, non-recent school leavers and mature-age entry.
- Current University of Sydney students who decide to continue to a final year by transferring from the single bachelor’s degree into the combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies. Learn more about changing your degree.
If you are a Commonwealth Supported student (who commenced your degree prior to 2021) and you are considering transferring to a combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies degree at the University of Sydney, please be aware that this transfer will be treated as a new course enrolment. This means you will be charged the new Jobs-ready Graduates Package fee rate for units going forward in your new degree. Any units you have already studied will be credited to your new course and noted as paid under the old rates. Please carefully check information on fees.
Architecture, design and planning
- Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Interaction Design) (from 2023)
- Bachelor of Design Computing and Bachelor of Advanced Studies
Arts and social sciences
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (International and Global Studies)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Languages)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Media and Communications)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Politics and International Relations)
- Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Advanced Studies
- Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies
Business
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars)
Education
Medicine and health
Music
- Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Composition)
- Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Performance)
Science
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Advanced)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Agriculture)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars including Mathematical Science)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Food and Agribusiness)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Health)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Medical Science)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Taronga Wildlife Conservation)
This course structure is indicative only and subject to change, but a combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies could look like this:
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major 1 | Major 1 | Major 1 | Major 2 |
| Core/elective | Open Learning Environment unit | Major 1 | Major 2 |
| Core/elective | Elective | Elective | Advanced coursework / Honours coursework |
| Minor/Major 2 | Minor/Major 2 | Minor/Major 2 | Advanced coursework / Honours coursework |
| Major 1 | Major 1 | Major 1 | Advanced coursework / Honours research project |
| Core/elective | Open Learning Environment unit | Major 1 | Advanced coursework / Honours research project |
| Core/elective | Elective/ Major 2 |
Elective/ Major 2 |
Project / Honours research project |
| Minor/Major 2 | Minor/Major 2 | Minor/Major 2 | Project / Honours research project |
Bachelor of Advanced Studies (one-year add on)
The Bachelor of Advanced Studies is an additional year of intensive study that complements your prior studies and deepens your expertise in your chosen field. It can increase your employment prospects or enable you to pursue further research.
The Bachelor of Advanced Studies can be completed via the Coursework or Honours pathways (see below).
- Students who have completed a qualifying bachelor’s degree at the University of Sydney or another institution.
- Students who have taken a break and wish to return to study to complete honours or advanced coursework, including a substantial real-world project in your chosen field. Students intending to apply for honours who may not meet the requirement of two majors in their undergraduate degree, will have the option to apply for an appended honours year instead.
The Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Coursework) provides an opportunity to experience work outside the classroom by collaborating on a substantial real-world project in a professional, community or entrepreneurial setting.
You'll also undertake advanced units that challenge and hone your critical thinking abilities.
Students will need to select a discipline area when applying. Options include:
The Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) provides an opportunity to undertake a supervised but independent research project as well as connected advanced Honours coursework. It is open to high achieving students who have completed an undergraduate degree with two majors and meet the admission criteria.
If you do not have two majors or are not on track to complete them in your undergraduate degree, you can consider an appended honours year instead.
Curious about honours? Learn how honours research projects work.
