2009 5th Year Intern Program

Honours Program Overview

Honours First Class and Honours Second Class may be awarded at graduation to student who are eligable to apply for honours. To be eligable students require a WAM=> 70.

Students who are eligable to pursue honours may enrol in the honours unit of study instead of the two standard elective rotations offered in final year.

This unit of study provides students who have attained a suitable WAM based upon academic achievements in years 1-4 with the opportunity to develop greater proficiency in research within a veterinary related discipline.

To review a powerpoint overview of the program

Units of Study

The Honours Elective unit of study extends over two (one month) rotations in Year 5. The two rotations may be completed as a block or separately with the only timetabling requirement being the completion of the second honours elective rotation by the and of rotation ten of the final year rotation schedule.

Students who believe they may be eligible for honours and wish to complete honours elective rotations in Year 5 must submit an Honours Application Form to the Faculty Office together with a Draft Research Proposal in the format provided below. The Application Form and Draft Research Proposal must be submitted after the intra-semester break in second semester, Year 4, (7th October, 2008). These proposals and honours elective unit of study placements will need to be approved by the Honours Committee.

All proposed honours projects need to be approved by members of the Honours Committee prior to commencement. The Honours Committee consists of the Unit of Study Coordinator for Honours Elective and Honours Stream Coordinators. All honours projects require a Supervisor to be nominated and approved by the Honours Committee.

To review the draft 2009 Unit of Study Outline

To review a Gantt chart outlining the timeline of the unit of study

To review an Honours Research Progress Report

To review the Honours Research Student Attributes - Magnificent Seven

To review the Honours Research Supervisor's Report

Application

To download an Honours Application Form

To download an Honours Learning Agreement Form

Submission Process

All applications for Honours are to be submitted by Tuesday 7th, October, 2008.

Each application is to be submitted in a soft/electronic version.

Soft copies are to be emailed to: j.baguley@usyd.edu.au with the subject heading 'Honours Application'.