Honours and undergraduate research

If you're looking to get more from your studies, honours and undergraduate research projects offer the perfect way to deepen your knowledge, or simply find out if a career in research is for you. Both are excellent ways to give yourself that extra edge in your chosen career.

Why study honours?

The honours course provides foundation skills in designing and undertaking research. For most 3 year degrees, honours requires an additional year of study. Some of our 4-year degrees offer honours integrated as part of the course.

An honours year normally consists of:

• one semester's coursework study
• preparing a research hypothesis and methodology
• presenting the research results in a thesis.

Honours is ideal for recent graduates from bachelor degrees.

Deeper discipline knowledge

If you are part way through your undergraduate course and are interested in studying at a more detailed level, an honours year allows you to more deeply investigate a topic of interest.

First steps to a research career

For most students, honours provides a pathway to further higher degree research, including a PhD.

Honours courses

During your honours year, you will study and apply research techniques, which will give you an advantage in any research or professional career you choose.