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Students and professionals seeking to further develop their skills in engineering and computer science in order to meet professional requirements may apply to undertake individual units of study as non-award students.

Students who wish to undertake one or more units of study for their own interest but not towards a degree may enrol in single units as a non-award student.Many units listed in the University of Sydney Business School (Undergraduate) Handbook are open to applicants, pending departmental approval.

Students who wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for their own interest but not towards a degree, may enroll in single units as a non-award student.All units of study listed under Table A of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Table of Units of Study are available to non-award students.

The University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design & Planning offers a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program of single Units of Study providing a valuable opportunity for individuals to gain and update knowledge, enhance career pathways or explore a personal interest. These subjects are open to professionals with or without prior higher education in these fields.Our units of study span a range of specialist areas from Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Intelligent Building Controls, to Building Economics – all vital elements of a high performing building. Many of theses units are offered for the first time in Australia at postgraduate level.Please note that these CPD credits will not count towards a postgraduate award unless you choose to enroll as a part-time or full-time student in which case you will be required to fullfill the appropriate assessment tasks.There are limited places in some of the units and they will be allocated on first come, first served basis.

There are several ways you can study Psychology at the University of Sydney. For more information on the various ways you can study Psychology, please visit the Faculty of Science website.For graduates brand new to psychology, the Graduate Diploma in Psychology opens the doors to the discipline. Whether you want to gain registration as a practising professional or continue on to higher studies beyond, this postgraduate course will get you started on the path to becoming a psychologist.The Graduate Diploma in Psychology (GDP) is open to anybody holding a bachelor’s degree. Even if you have never studied psychology, the GDP lets you complete the psychology program, which then opens the doors to many other pathways in the discipline. The GDP has been fully accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) and is recognised as the equivalent of a three-year major in psychology (referred to as the psychology program), so you can apply to do a fourth year in Psychology (Honours) after undertaking the required units of study. After the Honours year, you have what it takes to get provisional registration as a professional psychologist in Australia, and you can choose to access a range of higher degrees such as the Master of Clinical Psychology; or Master of Clinical Psychology and PhD.

The Diploma of Social Sciences is designed to provide candidates who have already completed a bachelor's degree in a different field with an academic foundation in the social sciences. The diploma allows you to progress to an honours year or further postgraduate study in your chosen field.A social sciences qualification is ideal for those who wish to develop personal and professional skills as a basis for employment or as a foundation for postgraduate study. The additional honours year provides outstanding candidates with the opportunity for focused study and research, working under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field.

Our Diploma of Music offers programs in Classical Performance, Jazz Studies, Composition, Contemporary Music, Digital Music and Media, Composition for Creative Industries, Historical Performance and Chinese instrumental performance.Studying the Diploma of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium will provide you with vocational training in music skills at a high level if you are aspiring to a professional career in music performance or in music technology. It is also a great pathway to our internationally regarded Bachelor of Music degrees.

The Diploma of Language Studies is a flexible pathway program designed to offer you the opportunity to study language either alongside your undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or after you have completed undergraduate studies.You can choose from fourteen languages offered by the School of Languages and Cultures. This diploma will ensure that you are confident with language skills and have a strong understanding of the culture and societies in which that language is spoken.

The Diploma of Arts is designed to provide candidates who have already completed a bachelor's degree in a different field, with an academic foundation in the humanities. The diploma allows you to progress to further postgraduate study in your chosen field.An Arts qualification is ideal for those who wish to develop personal and professional skills as a basis for employment or as a foundation for postgraduate study.

If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to undertake cross-institutional studies. Use the Faculty of Science Handbook or the Departmental/School websites to identify Science units of study that you would like to do at the University of Sydney. You need to be able to meet the same criteria/prerequisites as students enrolled at the University of Sydney (or have done equivalent units of study at your home institution) to be able to enrol in a particular unit of study.Detailed information about cross-institutional study can be found on the information sheet on the Faculty of Science website .