Honours
Applications for Semester 2 are now closed. Applications for Semester 1, 2010 will open in August 2009.
Information about Honours at Macquarie University
Apply for Honours at Macquarie University
Enrolment Information
Information for Students currently enrolled in an Honours program
Scholarship Information
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Information about Honours at Macquarie University
Macquarie University offers a range of areas in which to undertake Honours studies. Honours at Macquarie University are open to both Macquarie graduates and graduates from other Universities.
Honours Program & Length of Course
Areas Of Study (Including Special Conditions and Availability)
Information About Qualifying For and Graduating With Your Bachelor Degree
Fees & Charges
Honours Program & Length of Course
The Honours program, comprising coursework and thesis components, is determined by the Department and Division in which you are registering. You should be provided with information by your Department/Division of registration outlining the details of the honours program to be completed, the dates for submission of work required and the basis on which assessment is to be made. This program is represented on your Macquarie University Academic Record by an Honours unit describing the general field of study of your Honours work.
The field of study is usually the same as the name of the Department e.g. Modern History Honours or Biology Honours. The class of honours awarded will be shown against this unit describing the field of study in which the program was completed.
It is normally expected that students enrolled in an Honours program will not be undertaking any other studies at the same time. If a student does wish to undertake other studies concurrently, such as complete the final units of a Law degree, they must request permission in writing at the time of lodging the Honours application form. The Department and Division in which they have applied to take the Honours program will be asked to make a recommendation and the matter will be placed before the Coursework Studies Committee.
The Honours course is one year full time or two years part time or equivalent. You are encouraged to make effective use of the preceding vacation period in preliminary reading and, where practicable, in laboratory or field-work.
Any change to the above periods of candidature, including any change from full time to part time candidature or vice versa, must be approved by the Division in which you are registered. If you wish to change your attendance to part time after enrolling you must make a formal request in writing with supporting documentary evidence of your other commitments (work of at least 20-25 hrs per week, family duties etc.) to the Coursework Studies Section of the Academic Registrar’s Office. Changes from full time to part time must be made before the census date of the relevant half-year (the last working day in March or August).
Areas of Study
The following is a list of Disciplines you can undertake in Honours at Macquarie and the relevant Grade Point Average (GPA) required for admission.
Special conditions apply for admissions in International Business, Linguistics, Optoelectronics, Physics, Politics and Sociology (see Department for details).
Please note that Business, Marketing, Cultural Studies, Music, Health Studies and Psychology do not have admissions in mid-year.
Discipline |
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average (GPA) |
Minimum 300-Level Grade Point Average (GPA) |
Aboriginal Studies |
2.5 |
to be determined |
Accounting & Finance |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Actuarial Studies |
2.5 |
3.25 |
Anthropology |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Asian Studies |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Technology |
2.5 |
2.5 (except for B Tech (ICS) 3.00) |
Biological Sciences |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Brain, Behaviour and Evolution |
2.5 |
3.25 |
Business Administration (No Mid-year Admission) |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Computing |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Critical and Cultural Studies |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Earth Sciences |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Early Childhood Education |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Economics (No Mid-year Admission) |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Education |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Electronics |
2.5 |
2.5 |
English |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Environmental Science |
2.5 |
2.5 |
European Languages |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Geographic Information Science |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Geography (Human or Physical) |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Geology and Geophysics |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Health (No Mid-year Admission) |
2.5 |
3.0 |
History (Ancient or Modern) |
2.5 |
3.0 |
International Business |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Linguistics - Conditions Apply See Department |
2.5 |
2.7 |
Marine Science |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Marketing (No Mid-year Admission) |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Mathematics |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Media |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Medical Sciences |
2.5 |
3.0 (except Psychomedical 3.25)* |
Museum Studies |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Music |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Philosophy |
2.5 |
3.25 |
Politics - Conditions Apply See Department |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Physics - Conditions Apply See Department |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Psychology (No Mid-year Admission) |
-Degree commenced prior to 2007: 2.5 GPA |
-Degree commenced prior to 2007: 3.25 GPA |
Social Sciences |
2.5 |
according to the discipline selected |
Sociology - Conditions Apply See Department |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Speech and Hearing |
2.5 |
3.25 |
Statistics |
2.5 |
3.0 |
Women's Studies |
2.5 |
3.0 |
A grade point average of 3.0 is equivalent to a credit average. If you think you will fall short of the GPA requirement and you wish to make a case for admission then you should attach an A4 page to your application form, setting out your case.
Information About Qualifying For and Graduating With Your Bachelor Degree
- If you are a Macquarie University student expecting to complete the requirements for your Bachelor degree in 2009 and commence Honours in second semester 2009 you should have informed the University of your ‘expectation to complete’ by completing a form at the Student Enquiry Service.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you are not sure whether you have provided this information or think you may have given the wrong date, you must email apsinfo@mq.edu.au stating your full name, student ID number, degree, area of study and when you expect to complete the Bachelor Degree in which you are currently enrolled.
- Allow a minimum of 72 hours for this information to be processed and then check your estudent account under “My Results - When will you complete your degree”.
- Failure to inform “apsinfo” will result in delays in the qualification process and may affect your entry to the Honours program.
- Students who qualify for the award of a Bachelor degree in July 2009 will be allocated to a graduation ceremony in September 2009. You must graduate twice, first with the Bachelor degree and then with the Honours degree when it is completed. However if you do not wish to attend the ceremony for your Bachelor degree, you may elect to graduate in absentia.
- Students taking a double degree (such as BAppFinBEc or BCom-AcstBSc) must first qualify for the award of the double degree if they are applying for admission to honours unless they plan to exit the program i.e. qualify for one degree and abandon the other. You cannot interrupt a double degree to take an Honours program.
- Students taking combined Law degrees (such as BALLB or BComLLB) can interrupt the combined degree program to undertake an Honours course provided they have met the requirements for one of the non law degrees such as the BA or BCom and advised the University that they expect to qualify (see point 2 above). Students completing the BBA component of the BBALLB must check carefully that they have completed appropriate modules.
- For information about graduation refer to www.mq.edu.au/graduation. Further enquiries should be directed to the Graduation Unit at graduation@mq.edu.au or ph 9850 7354.
- Students who are completing a Bachelor degree at another university must provide an official transcript showing their final grades and eligibility to graduate as soon as possible.
Fees & Charges
Local Students - Commonwealth supported places
- For 2009, all undergraduate students will have either a Commonwealth supported place, or an International fee-paying place.
- Details of student contribution rates for 2009 are available on the website at:
http://www.mq.edu.au/reforms/ - Full details about Commonwealth supported places and HECS-HELP assistance are set out on the Coursework Studies Section website at: http://www.reg.mq.edu.au/Undergrad/current/feescharges/index.htm
International Students
Please contact Macquarie International for information regarding tuition fees.
Macquarie International
Level 1 E3A
Macquarie University NSW 2109
E: iso@io.mq.edu.au
Tel: +61 2 9850 6320
Fax: + 61 2 9850 7733
Apply for Honours at Macquarie University
You should discuss your admission and possible honours research project with a member of staff in the relevant discipline, before submitting the application form. List of current honours convenors
Applications for Semester 2 are now closed. Applications for Semester 1, 2010 will open in August 2009.
FUTURE INTAKE APPLICATION INFORMATION
Course commencement |
Applications open |
Application Closing date |
Semester 2 2009 |
8 April |
12 June 2009 |
Semester 1 2010 |
End August 2009 |
30 October 2009 |
Application forms will be available for download from this website after the application open date indicated above. |
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Application Procedure for all Honours programs (except BADipEd(Hons), BEd(ECE)(Hons), LLB(Hons) and BAncHist(Hons).
Application Procedure for Continuation into 4th Year of the Bachelor of Ancient History (Honours)
Application Procedure BADipEd(Hons), BEd(ECE)(Hons), LLB(Hons)
List of Honours Convenors
Offer Of A Place & Enrolment
Deferment
Application Procedure for all Honours programs (except BADipEd(Hons), BEd(ECE)(Hons), LLB(Hons) and BAncHist(Hons)
To apply for all honours degrees (except the BADipEd(Hons), BEd(ECE)(Hons), LLB(Hons) and the final year of BAncHist(Hons)) you should:
- Lodge an application form for admission in the semester in which you will be completing the requirements for your Bachelor degree. You must qualify for a Bachelor degree to be eligible for an offer to enrol in an Honours program.
If you are applying for an Honours program with the department of Psychology you must also submit an "Honours Supplementary form".
- The outcome of applications will be available after they are considered by the Divisions, after final grades and GPAs for the previous half-year are known and eligibility to graduate has been determined. If you have completed your Bachelor degree at another university then please send a final transcript showing your eligibility to graduate as soon as possible.
Eligibility
Eligibility for admission is based upon the following:
- qualifying for a bachelor degree, and
- satisfactorily completing an appropriate program of study at undergraduate level including such units as have been prescribed by the Dean of Division, and
- attaining the standard of achievement approved by the Dean of Division.
Application Procedure for Continuation into 4th Year of the Bachelor of Ancient History (Honours)
To apply for the FINAL year of BAncHist(Hons) you should:
- Lodge a BAncHist(H) 4th Year application form.
- The outcome of applications will be available after they are considered by the Divisions at a meeting in June 2009, after final grades and GPAs for second half-year are known and eligibility to graduate has been determined.
Note: New Students, or students currently enrolled into another program who wish to commence the BAncHist(Honours) program should contact the Coursework Studies Section for advice on applying for this program.
Eligibility
Eligibility for continuation into 4th Year is based upon the following:
- satisfactorily completing an appropriate program of study at undergraduate level including such units as have been prescribed by the Dean of Division and
- attaining the standard of achievement approved by the Dean of Division.
Application Procedure BADipEd(Hons), BEd(ECE)(Hons), LLB(Hons)
BADipEd(Hons): Students need to apply and enrol into the BADipEd degree. A student who has completes this program of study with a high proportion of studies in Education and with outstanding merit may be awarded the BA DipEd with Honours. The combined degree may be awarded with Honours Class I or Class II Division I or Class II Division 2.
BEd(ECE)(Hons): Students need to apply and enrol into the BEd(ECE) degree. This program is available to students deemed eligible after completion of the first two years of the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) program. Honours candidates have the opportunity to pursue specialised research offerings. If you are currently enrolled in the Bed(ECE) degree and would like further information, please contact the department of Early Childhood Education.
LLB(Hons): Students need to apply and enrol into the LLB degree. A student who has completd the program of study for the degree of Bachelor of Laws with outstanding merit may be awarded that degree with first-class or second-class honours. See the heading “Award of LLB or BLegS with Honours” in the entry for the Division of Law in the Handbook.
Offer of A Place & Enrolment
Offers for second-half year 2009 will be made between June 2009 and July 2009, once exam results and eligibility to graduate are known.
You will be notified by mail of the outcome and if you are successful enrolment information will be provided with offer letter.
Deferment
If you are offered a place you can apply in writing to defer your offer, prior to taking up your place, for 6 months or one year (maximum). Deferment will be subject to approval from the relevant Department.
The deferment process takes some time, please ensure your request is made well before the census date.
You can NOT defer after enrolment.
If you wish to take a break in your studies, or withdraw completely, after completing your enrolment please see the information regarding WITHDRAWAL or INTERRUPTION.
Enrolment Information
New Student Enrolment
Continuing Student Enrolment
New Student Enrolment
Specific information regarding Enrolment will be sent to you with your offer letter. This will include pre-enrolment steps, such as submission of a Commonwealth Assistance Form (CAF) and the Enrolment steps.
NOTE: You should enrol in your Honours unit ONLY. A list of Honours units is available here. You do not enrol into any Coursework units or classes.
Continuing Student Enrolment
The student system will not allow you to enrol yourself into your second or subsequent semesters of your Honours program. Therefore your remaining enrolment will be loaded by staff in the Coursework Studies Section.
- Re-enrolment for Semester 1 (of any year) will be processed in January or February (of the same year). Eg. Started study in 2008 and need re-enrolment Semester 1 2009 (which will be processed in January or February 2009). NB: If Semester 2 2009 is also required, it will be processed at the same time.
- Re-enrolment in Semester 2 (only) of current year will be processed in April or May (of the same year). Eg. New full-time student commenced in Semester 1 2009 and needs re-enrolment in Semester 2 2009 (which will be processed in April or May 2009).
Once staff have processed your re-enrolment, you will be advised by email. You will be asked to review your enrolment is correct via eStudent.
NOTE: that official correspondence from the University will be sent to your student email account ONLY (…@students.mq.edu.au). Therefore you should regularly check this account.
Information for Students currently enrolled in an Honours program
Continuing Student Enrolment
Want to change Study Load?
What do Defer/Interruption/Withdrawal mean? Which should you choose?
Need an Extension?
“Honours Request to Change Enrolment” Form
Unavoidable Disruption (definition)
Study Load
Whether you will study Full-time or Part-time is an important option you selected when you first applied. Your offer of a place was made on the basis of your selection, and your Academic Department has made supervision arrangements based on your choice. Therefore changes to your study load (eg. Changing from Full-time to Part-time) need to be requested formally, and considered by the relevant Academic Department.
Please note that Changes are not automatically approved.
Complete the “Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form” if you want to change your study load.
Defer/Interruption/Withdrawal
Please note that enrolled students can not Defer.
However, if you wish to take a break in your studies, or withdraw completely, after completing your enrolment you will need to request a WITHDRAWAL or INTERRUPTION depending on your circumstances. See the below scenarios for further information.
Scenario |
Process |
1. First semester of your Honours program; and PRIOR to the Census date |
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2. First semester of your Honours program; and AFTER the Census date |
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3. One or more semesters of your Honours program completed already, and you want to return to study at later time (max 1 year) |
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4. One or more semesters of your Honours program completed already, and you do not want to continue study at any point in future. |
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All Withdrawal or Interruption requests should be lodged by completing a Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form |
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** Note: Interruption requests require supporting documents. |
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Census dates can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/reforms/census_calc_08.htm |
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Complete the “Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form” if you need to apply for an Interruption or Withdrawal.
Extension
If you are currently studying in your FINAL semester of your Honours Program and feel that you may require an extension please contact your Honours Supervisor and/or Convenor to discuss your case.
Extension requests are considered on an Individual basis, are subject to ‘Unavoidable Disruption’ criteria and require documentary evidence to support your case.
Please note that Changes are not automatically approved.
Complete the “Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form” if you need to apply for an Extension.
Students not in their final semester who are experiencing difficulty should contact their Honour Supervisor or Convenor, who may be able to recommend ways to catch up on work, or recommend a change to Part-time status, or he/she may simply record the current situation so that this can be considered if an extension is formally requested at the end of your studies.
Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form
To request a change is Study load, an Interruption, an Extension or formal Withdrawal please complete the below form.
Honours Request to Change Enrolment Form
Unavoidable Disruption
Contact Us
Administrative queries should be referred to:
Coursework Studies Section
Phone: 9850 6410
Email: coursework@mq.edu.au
Academic queries should be referred to:
The Honours Convenor in the relevant area of study. Please refer to the list of Honours Convenors.