Honours Degree

If you attain a sufficient standard in the pass degree you may be admitted to the Honours year to become a candidate for the degree with Honours.

The minimum requirements for admission to an Honours program are:

1. the successful completion of 144 units including a minimum of 48 units of 2000 level science or 3000 level science courses relevant to the proposed field of Honours study, of which a minimum of 24 units must be 3000 level science courses
2. the attainment of an average of 2 for the 48 units, where HD = 4, D = 3, CR = 2, P = 0
3. the recommendation of the Head of School concerned, in the light of availability of resources and appropriate supervision.

Schools may have additional entry requirements and intending Honours students should contact the relevant Honours convener.

The work of the Honours year consists of advanced work in a selected field of study, details of which are provided by the individual Schools. The Honours program has specific dates which are advertised in the Honours Handbook. If you complete the requirements for the pass degree at the end of the first semester it is possible, subject to the approval of the School concerned, to commence the Honours program mid-year.

Graduates of other universities may be accepted for admission to Honours candidature provided that the undergraduate program and performance in the program are of a standard comparable to that applying in the relevant School.

Fields of study in which a degree with Honours may be taken are:

ASTR4005F or MATH4005F or PHYS4003F Astronomy and Astrophysics*

BIAN4005F Biological Anthropology

BIOL4001F Biology

CHEM4005F Chemistry

COMP4005F Computer Science

ENVS4005F Resource and Environmental Management

ENVS4015F Geography

ENVS4025F Human Ecology

ENVS4035 or ENVS4045 or ENVS4055 Forestry**

EMSC4005F Geology

EMSC4008F Physics of the Earth

MATH4005F Mathematics

MATH4009F Computational Science

MICR4005F Microscopy

NEUR4005F Neuroscience

PHYS4003F Physics

PHYS4004F Theoretical Physics

POPS4105F Population Health

PSYC4005F Psychology

SCOM4005F Science Communication

STAT4004F Statistics

* The code depends on whether the Honours year is undertaken in the Mathematical Sciences Institute or the Reseach School of Physics and Engineering or the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

** The code depends on whether the Honours year is taken as part of the BSc, BSc(Res&EnvMan) or BSc(Forestry) degrees. Concurrent Honours is also possible in the fourth year of the BSc (Forestry) degree for students who commenced prior to 2010 and are enrolled in the four year program.

Details of codes are given in the Course Summary section.

Students commencing Honours in first semester should enrol in both first and second semester. Students commencing Honours in second semester should only enrol for that semester. Students will be advised when to enrol for the following year.

The Colleges have an Honours handbook giving broad information applicable across Science, including general criteria for the awarding of grades. The Honours Handbook is at http://science.anu.edu.au/Honours/index.php .

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.