Master of Science in Veterinary Science (MScVetSc)
Persons holding a bachelor€™s degree with honours first or second class may apply for admission to candidature for the degree of Master of Science in Veterinary Science. Applicants holding the degree of Bachelor of the University of Sydney without honours but who have completed work equivalent to a degree of bachelor with honours or who have passed a preliminary examination or examinations as prescribed by the faculty may be accepted as candidates.
A candidate for this degree shall complete such units of study as are prescribed by the head of the department concerned and carry out research under the guidance of a supervisor for not less than one year. A thesis must be submitted, embodying the results of this research.
Master of Science in Veterinary Science
1 Course codes
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NC003 |
Master of Science in Veterinary Science |
2 Admission to candidature
(1)
Except as provided in Part 9, section 47 of the University of Sydney (Amendment Act) Rule 1999 (as amended), the Faculty of Veterinary Science may, on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, admit to candidature for the degree of Master of Science in Veterinary Science:
(i) who holds the degree of bachelor of the University of Sydney without First or Second Class Honours; and
(ii) who has completed equivalent work or passed a preliminary examination or examinations as prescribed by the Faculty.
(2)
A candidate may be accepted by the Faculty on a probationary basis for a period not exceeding one year and, upon completion of this probationary period, the Faculty shall review the candidate's work, and either:
(3)
The candidature of a candidate accepted on a probationary basis shall be deemed to have commenced from the date of such acceptance.
(4)
A candidate who, before admission to candidature, has spent some time in advanced study in the University of Sydney, or in another university, or in another institution whose courses are deemed by the Faculty to be equivalent, may be deemed by the Faculty to have spent such time after admission to candidature.
3 Method of candidature
(2)
A candidate shall proceed either as a full-time candidate or as a part-time candidate and shall so advise the Faculty.
(a)
shall pursue candidature for the degree continuously throughout the year except for a period of recreation leave; and
(5)
The degree may be taken in any of the subject areas in which research and teaching are undertaken by departments in the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
(6)
The Faculty shall appoint, on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, a full-time member of the academic or research staff of the University to act as supervisor of each candidate.
(b)
carry out supervised research on a topic approved by the Faculty on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students;
(9)
Any papers of which the candidate is sole or joint author arising from the work of the thesis may be lodged in support of the thesis.
(10)
The thesis shall be accompanied by a statement from the supervisor stating whether, in the supervisor's opinion, the form of presentation of the thesis is satisfactory.
(11)
A candidate may not present as the thesis work which has been presented for a degree in this or another university.
(12)
After the thesis has been lodged with the Registrar, the Faculty, on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, shall appoint at least two examiners, of whom at least one shall be an external examiner.
(13)
The reports of the examiners shall be transmitted to the Associate Dean, Staff and Students who shall make them available to the professor most concerned and the supervisor.
(a)
The Associate Dean, Staff and Students shall transmit these reports to the Faculty, together with a recommendation concerning the award of the degree; and
(14)
In special cases the Faculty, on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, may require the candidate to take a further examination in the area of the thesis.
(15)
The Faculty may permit an unsuccessful candidate to revise and resubmit the thesis if, in the opinion of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, the candidate's work is of sufficient merit to warrant this concession; and
4 Time limits
(b)
except with the permission of the Faculty on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, not later than three years after the commencement of candidature.
(b)
except with the permission of the Faculty on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, not later than six years after the commencement of candidature.
5 Satisfactory progress
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The Faculty may on the recommendation of the Associate Dean, Staff and Students, call upon any candidate to show cause why that candidature should not be terminated by reason of unsatisfactory progress towards completion of the degree; and where, in the opinion of the Faculty, the candidate does not show good cause, terminate the candidature.