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Applying for honours
Arts and social sciences
If you are currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Economics or Bachelor of Visual Arts and commenced your studies in 2018 or later (or transferred to the new curriculum version of your degree in 2018), you will need to complete your Bachelor degree then apply for appended honours.
You may be able to complete your honours requirements part time over up to four consecutive semesters. You’ll need to discuss this with your supervisor first. If allowed, you can then change your mode of attendance.
Commonwealth supported students who commenced their studies before 1 January 2021
The Australian Government’s Job-ready Graduates program made changes to fees for CSP students who commence a new course of study from 1 January 2021. Under the package, some students are 'grandfathered students', meaning they continue to pay their original fee rate. If you transfer to a new course to do honours, you may not be grandfathered and may be charged the new fee rates for honours. Read our page on the Job-ready Graduates Package for more information about the changes.
Types of honours
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) is an appended honours requiring an additional year of study, after the completion of your pass degree. It is available to current, returning and external students who completed a Bachelor of Arts (or equivalent).
Information on the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and how to apply can be found in Find a course.
The Bachelor of Economics (Honours) is an appended honours requiring an additional year of study, after the completion of your pass degree. It is available to current, returning and external students who completed a Bachelor of Economics.
Information on the Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and how to apply can be found in Find a course.
The Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) is an appended honours requiring an additional year of study, after the completion of your pass degree. It is available to current, returning and external students who completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts.
Information on the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and how to apply can be found in Find a course.
Commencing honours in Semester 2
Only some disciplines allow you to commence honours in Semester 2. This includes:
- American Studies
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient History
- Arabic Language and Cultures
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Biblical Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Classics
- Cultural Studies
- Economics
- Econometrics
- English
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Gender Studies
- Germanic Studies
- Hebrew Classical and Modern
- Indonesian Studies
- Italian Studies
- International and Comparative Literary Studies (ICLS)
- Japanese Studies
- Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture
- Korean Studies
- Latin
- Linguistics
- Modern Greek
- Philosophy
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Studies in Religion
Joint honours
If you'd like to apply for joint honours, you need to negotiate this with the relevant honours coordinator for each department. You'll then need to complete a plan of study form and have this signed by the two honours coordinators. This will also outline which seminars you will undertake and how your thesis will be supervised. You'll find a copy of the form in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - Honours Provisions (pp 9-14).
Last updated: 24 April 2024
