HONOURS
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Students enrolling in the Honours
Year should enrol in the subject:
- PHYS4103 Physics IV (Honours Full time) or PHYS4113 Physics (Honours Part time).
Entry to the Honours year is
subject to the approval of the Head of School. Usually this
requires a credit average in previous course work. Students
who have completed Year 3 will be invited to enter the Honours
Year if their results are satisfactory. All normal re-enrolment
procedures should be followed in addition to the reply requested
of you in this booklet. If, due to personal circumstances,
you wish to defer enrolment in Honours it is possible to
take out your Pass Degree and to enrol in Honours subsequently.
The School would strongly advise against a deferment of
more than one year.
Honours students are required
to take 6 units of course work, each comprising 16 hours
of lectures, and usually two research projects, one in each
session. The lecture units are presented in a more condensed
form than in Year 3 and hence more private study is expected
from the student.
The relative weighting in assessing
performance in the Honours year between coursework and thesis
is 50:50. Students are expected to present a short talk
on one of their projects at the end of the year, to an audience
of fellow Honours students and academic staff.
The Honours grades are Class
I, Class II/1, Class II/2, Class III and Fail. To be considered
for the grade of Honours Class II/2 or higher a student
must obtain a pass in each of the lecture and project component.
Similarly, in order to achieve Honours Class 1, performance
in both the coursework and project components must reach
a superior standard. The lecture courses are usually given
in weeks 1-8 of each Session, with examinations held in
week 10. This leaves a clear period of 4-5 weeks for students
to finish the project work and to write the thesis.
Further Information
For more information about the
Honours Year contact:
