Bachelor (Honours)
In response to COVID-19, the University of Sydney has reviewed the availability of courses to be delivered remotely for students commencing their studies in 2021 and 2022.
Students commencing some subject areas in this course in 2021 and 2022 are required to commence their studies in-person on campus. Remote study is not available for the following subject areas:
Applicants will be eligible for admission for these subject areas only if they are able to demonstrate they are physically present in Australia on the date specified in the offer made to them by the University.
About this course
The Bachelor of Arts honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion.
Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.
The following Honours subject areas are not available for mid-year entry: Ancient History, History.
Subject areas
| American Studies | Germanic Studies (German) (Advanced) |
| Ancient History | History |
| Anthropology | History and Philosophy of Science |
| Applied Mathematics | Indonesian Studies (Introductory) |
| Arabic Language and Cultures (Introductory) | Indonesian Studies (Intermediate) |
| Arabic Language and Cultures (Intermediate) | Indonesian Studies (Advanced) |
| Arabic Language and Cultures (Advanced) | Information Systems |
| Archaeology | International and Comparative Literary Studies |
| Art History | Italian Studies (Advanced) |
| Asian Studies | Italian Studies (Intermediate) |
| Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew | Italian Studies (Introductory) |
| Biochemistry | Japanese Studies (Introductory) |
| Biology | Japanese Studies (Junior Intermediate) |
| Celtic Studies | Japanese Studies (Senior Intermediate) |
| Chemistry | Japanese Studies (Advanced) |
| Chinese Studies | Jewish Civilisation Thought and Culture |
| Classics | Korean Studies (Introductory) |
| Cultural Studies | Korean Studies (Intermediate) |
| Digital Cultures | Korean Studies (Advanced) |
| Economics | Latin |
| English | Linguistics |
| European Studies | Microbiology |
| Film Studies | Music |
| French and Francophone Studies (Introductory) | Philosophy |
| French and Francophone Studies (Intermediate) | Physics |
| French and Francophone Studies (Advanced) | Political Economy |
| Gender Studies | Psychology |
| Geography | Pure Mathematics |
| Geology | Socio-Legal Studies |
| Geophysics | Sociology |
| Germanic Studies (German) (Introductory) | Spanish and Latin American Studies (Introductory) |
| Germanic Studies (German) (Intermediate) | Spanish and Latin American Studies (Intermediate) |
| Germanic Studies (German) (Advanced) | Spanish and Latin American Studies (Advanced) |
| Government and International Relations | Studies in Religion |
| Greek (Ancient) | Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Germanic Studies (German) (Introductory) | Work and Organisational Studies |
| Germanic Studies (German) (Intermediate) |
To qualify for admission to honours students need to have completed a major in the intended subject area with an average of 70% or above. Some departments and programs have additional criteria, including advanced senior units of study designed to prepare students for the challenges of fourth year study.
NOTE: This degree requires completion of a major cognate to the Honours area you want to apply for. If you are on track to complete a double major and have not yet completed your penultimate semester of study, you have the option to undertake an embedded Honours component through a combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies degree after transferring to the degree.
The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Handbooks Online and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents.
For standalone honours degrees, apply directly to the University via the online application portal before the closing date. Before you apply, visit the How to Apply information for honours (and the faculty page for specific information). When you are ready to apply, select the `Apply' button on the right-hand side of this page.