Honours in the School of Medical Sciences
The School of Medical Sciences offers Honours full-time (SOMS4001) and part-time (SOMS4002) courses. For entry into each Honours course, a Science student (this includes students in all Faculty of Science programs: i.e. Science - 3970, Advanced Science - 3972, Medical Science - 3991, etc.) must complete at least 18 units at Level III in the relevant Major sequence outlined for each discipline in SoMS (see the UNSW Online Handbook for prerequisites for Majors/Specialisations in Anatomy, Exercise Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology). Exceptions to these requirements will only be permitted with the consent of the Honours Coordinator (e.g. for Majors outside of the above mentioned SoMS disciplines).
Other requirements of all Science & Medical Science students prior to entry into honours are as follows:
- A credit average (≥65% weight average mark; WAM) for all pre-Honours courses.
- A credit average for all Level III courses relevant to the Major sequence.
- An applicant with an overall WAM of between 60 to 64 will only be considered if the weighted average for their Level III subjects is ≥65%. For combined degree students, only Science courses will be used in this calculation.
- Completion of all General Education courses (12 units in total with no units being undertaken in the Science or Medicine faculties). Please note: all 12 units may be taken from the one faculty.
There are
no exceptions to the above requirements.
Also note that the award of Honours is available in
Neuroscience as part of the BSc or BMedSci programs
.
Objectives and Structure of the Honours Course
The main aim of the course is to introduce undergraduate students to medical research. Students gain laboratory experience by undertaking a research project. Research projects are proposed and supervised by either a School staff member or a researcher affiliated with the School. Students also gain experience in scientific writing and oral presentation via the submission of a two written assessments, and two student seminars and a student interview, respectively. The course is also comprised of compulsory attendance at research techniques seminars (in session 1) and school research seminars (all year round). For details regarding enrolment, structure, assessable components, timetable etc., please visit the links below.
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