The attendance pattern for Year 1 and Year 2 of the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology is full time or part-time according to candidate choice.

The attendance pattern for Year 3 to Year 6 is full-time only.

Admission to this course is on the basis of a secondary school leaving qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents) and tertiary study. English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English. Special admission pathways are open for educationally disadvantaged applicants, rural applicants and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Applicants are ranked by merit and offers for available places are issued according to the ranking. Details of admission policies are found in the Coursework Rule. In addition, admission to this course requires the applicant to submit a Commitment to Veterinary Science Form. The results of this process will form part of the ranking of applicants.

The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the Table of units of study for the Bachelor Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

To qualify for the award of both degrees, a candidate must successfully complete 288 credit points comprising:

144 credit points from the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology, and

144 credit points from the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Progression to Year 3 of the course is based on successful completion of Year 1 and Year 2 of the course and academic merit in Year 1 and Year 2 of the course.

All students who have successfully completed Year 1 and Year 2 with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65.0 or greater at the end of Year 2 will be eligible for progression to Year 3.

Students who have successfully completed Year 1 and Year 2 with a Year 1 plus Year 2 WAM of less than 65.0 will not be eligible for entry into Year 3 of the course.

Students who commenced prior to 1 Januray 2018 and who fail to achieve progression into Year 3 of the combined course will be transferred to the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience until 2019.

Students who commenced prior to 1 January, 2018 and who fail to achieve progression into Year 3 of the combined course will be transferred to the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (AVBS) from 2020.

Students who commenced after 1 January 2018 and who fail to achieve progression into Year 3 of the combined course will be transferred into the Bachelor of Science (no stream), or the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (AVBS stream) with credit for the units of study completed.

Students for the course may enrol in the units of study prescribed for Year 4 of candidature only after completion of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3.

Students for the course may enrol in the units of study prescribed for Year 5 of candidature only after completion of Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4

Students for the course may enrol in the units of study prescribed for Year 6 of candidature only after completion of Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5.

Honours in the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology is available to meritorious candidates who complete an additional year of full time study, after the successful completion of Year 3. Students must complete the requirements for the honours course full-time over two consecutive semesters. If the Faculty is satisfied that a student is unable to attempt the honours course on a full time basis and if the Dean so recommends, permission may be granted to undertake honours part-time over four consecutive semesters.

Students who qualify to undertake honours in the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology may elect to enrol in the honours programme:

by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine for one year after successful completion of Year 3 or Year 4 or Year 5, with the permission of the Faculty; or

by undertaking the honours course after completion of both courses in the combined course.

The Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is awarded as either Pass or Honours. The honours degree, Bachelor of Veterinary Biology Honours/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, is awarded in classes ranging from First Class to Third Class.

The grade of honours and the honours mark are determined by performance in the honours course.

Honours is awarded in the following classes:

Candidates for the award of the Honours degree who do not meet the requirements, and who have not already graduated, will be awarded the pass degree.

A candidate may abandon the combined programme and elect to complete a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience in accordance with the resolutions governing that degree. Candidates who discontinue after Year 3 without completing the combined course, but have satisfactorily completed 144 credit points including all requirements for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 may exit with the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology. Completion of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in the future will require a new application for admission to that course and completion in accordance with the resolutions governing that course.

Students enrolled in a postgraduate unit of study prescribed for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 or Year 6 of candidature of the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, who fail one unit of study only within a semester may be offered the opportunity for re-assessment for the failed unit of study.

The scope of the re-assessment will encompass all topics and learning outcomes within the unit of study. The methods used for re-assessment may differ from those used in the original delivery of the unit.

Re-assessment will only be offered to eligible students on the dates prescribed in the year schedule, and it is the student's responsibility to be available to attend at these times.

The maximum mark awarded for a unit of study in these circumstances will be Pass (50 - PS for units of study with Mark and Grade assessment type or SR for units of study with Grade only (Pass/Fail) assessment type).

Students who have been awarded an Absent Fail grade for a unit of study will not be eligible for re-assessment for that unit of study.

These provisions apply for candidates who commenced after 1 Januray 2015.