Honours is a fourth year of study that continues from a 3-year undergraduate degree. It’s a 1-year specialisation related to your undergraduate study.
There are two ways of doing an Honours degree; an extra year after completing your Bachelor degree, or direct entry 4-year combined bachelor and honours degrees and you apply for those via SATAC.
The information below focuses on the extra year after a Bachelor degree.
Why do Honours?
Honours is a qualification that demonstrates your capacity to undertake study at an advanced level in your area and it will help you progress to doing a research higher degree.
Even if you’re not interested in further study, an Honours degree will help your job prospects.
Entry into 1-year Honours is highly competitive. If you have demonstrated academic excellence (a Grade Point Average of 5.00 or above*) during your bachelor degree you are invited to apply for Honours.
Whether you’re invited to apply, or you want to apply, you will need to contact the Honours coordinator in your discipline to discuss your project and make arrangements for supervision.
*Please note that some courses such as Psychology (Honours) require a higher GPA.
(Select the Honours course you’re interested in to display Honours coordinator information.)
If you have never studied at or made an application to Flinders University, you can register and submit your application for admission to a 1-year Honours course using the eApplication portal. You will receive two emails once your application is completed: confirmation of application submission; and a second email with your student ID. Note, it may take 1-4 hours for your student ID to be created.
If you have studied at Flinders University within the last 12 months you can submit your application for admission to a 1-year Honours course via the Student Information System. You can apply for admission by selecting the My Applications tab at the top of the page, and searching for the course you wish to apply for.
If you have studied at Flinders University more than 12 months ago you will need to reactivate your FAN first. With an active FAN you will then be able to submit your application for admission via the Student Information System as advised above.
Once your submitted application is complete, including all questions and documentation, your application will be assessed.
Exception
Information on Laws and legal practice Honours.
Applications for Semester 2, 2018 are now closed.
Applications for Sem 1, 2019 will open in late September.
Applications for 1-year Honours will need to be submitted well before your Honours topics commence in semester 1 or 2, to give enough time for topic and project approvals.
Honours degrees are still classified as undergraduate so if you are a domestic student you will be able to continue deferring your Student Contribution through HECS-HELP provided you meet the eligibility criteria.
If you’re an international student you will need to pay your fees upfront. While eligible for Commonwealth support, permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible to defer their student contribution amounts to HECS-HELP.
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