Honours
Give yourself an edge by adding an Honours degree to your qualification. An Honours degree allows you to focus on developing your research skills in your chosen field and significantly enhances your employment prospects.
What is Honours?
Honours is generally a one-year qualification undertaken after a Bachelor’s degree, and involves focusing on an area of expertise through advanced coursework and extensive research.
Honours is a great way to investigate a subject of interest in greater detail. Honours is recognised as a prestigious qualification that develops further research, writing and organisational skills and demonstrates your ability to undertake high-level study.
In some areas, Honours is available as part of the final year of a four-year undergraduate degree. You can check this in Degree Finder. An Honours degree is also the prerequisite for entry to a Higher Degree by Research at the Masters and Doctorate levels.
To search for an Honours program, visit the relevant Faculty website below, or the Degree Finder.
Why study an Honours degree?
Completing an Honours degree provides you with the experience and skills to pursue a broad range of career opportunities, including a career in research. The deepened knowledge and transferable skills gained through an Honours degree at the University of Adelaide will set you up for success for rewarding, diverse career opportunities across industry, government, and business.
Ready to apply for an Honours Program?
Honours is a great way to investigate a subject of interest in greater detail. Honours is recognised as a prestigious qualification that develops further research, writing and organisational skills and demonstrates your ability to undertake high-level study.
To search for an Honours program, visit the Faculty website below or the Degree Finder.
Application information for 1-year honours programs
| Honours Program | Discipline | Semester 2 intake? | Proposed Project step required? | Proposed Project information needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH002 | Classics History Sociology |
No | Yes | Project title or state area of interest |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH002 | Anthropology Creative Writing |
No | Yes | Project description (150 - 200 words) |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH002 | Chinese Studies Criminology English Film Studies French Studies Gender Studies Geography Environment and Population German Studies International Development Japanese Studies Linguistics Philosophy Politics and International Relations Spanish Studies |
No | No | N/A |
| Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH003 | Accounting International Business Management Marketing |
No | No | N/A |
| Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH075 | No | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Economics (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH007 | No | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH008 | No | Yes | Project description (100 words) |
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| Bachelor of Finance (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH009 | No | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of International Development (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH006 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of International Relations (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH068 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Languages (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH071 | Chinese Studies French Studies German Studies Japanese Studies Linguistics Spanish Studies |
Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | No | N/A |
| Bachelor of Laws (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH068 | No | Yes | Project description (2 pages max) |
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| Bachelor of Media (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH015 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project description (250 words) |
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| Bachelor of Music (Honours) See discipline for individual SATAC code |
Classical Performance Classical Voice Jazz Performance Music Composition Music Education Musicology Popular Music Sonic Arts |
Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Audition/portfolio/interview requirements as outlined: https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/auditions/audition-requirements-by-program#honours |
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| Bachelor of Sociology (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH076 | No | Yes | Project title or state area of interest |
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| Bachelor of Science in Dentistry (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH065 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project title, Project supervisor and Project description (100 words) |
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| Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH066 | Biomedicine Medical Public Health |
Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project title, Project supervisor and Project description (200 words) |
| Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH064 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project title, Project supervisor and Project description (200 words max) |
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| Bachelor of Architectural Design (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH078 | Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project description (1000 words) |
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| Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH004 | Yes | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH010 | No | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH014 | Yes | No | N/A | |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH021 | Agriculture Plant Science Soil Science Wine Science Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chemistry Physics |
Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | No | N/A |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) SATAC code (if required): 3BH021 | Animal Behaviour Animal Science Molecular and Biomedical Science Energy Geoscience Environmental Geoscience Geology Geophysics |
Subject to availability - please consult Honours Coordinator | Yes | Project title and Project supervisor |
| Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology (Honours) SATAC applications N/A | No | No | N/A | |
International applicants
All international applicants, both existing students of the University and new students to the University should apply through the International Application System (IAS). International applicants do not need to lodge a separate Honours Nomination Form as the application in the IAS includes these questions.
Domestic applicants
- Submit your application to one of the following:
- Internal Transfer Application (for domestic students currently studying at the University of Adelaide)
OR
- SATAC (for domestic students who are not currently studying at the University of Adelaide)
- Internal Transfer Application (for domestic students currently studying at the University of Adelaide)
- Complete the Honours Nomination Form.
You will need either your University of Adelaide ID number, or your SATAC ID to complete the Honours Nomination Form.
All 1 year honours program applicants, with the exception of the *Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), must submit a Honours Nomination Form. Please submit the form ensuring you complete all sections
Within the form, there is facility to propose a project and supervisor/s. This information is a requirement for some honours programs, and without this information, the application is incomplete. The Proposed Project requirements, or not, for each honours program are included in the table above. Should you be required to complete the Proposed Project requirements, you are strongly encouraged to discuss your honours project intentions with the relevant Honours Coordinator and/or Supervisor/s prior to lodging the Honours Nomination Form.
Offers for domestic applicants are unconditional and as such, can only be made to applicants once they are academically eligible to receive an offer. Often this will include holding a completed bachelors qualification. Students completing studies over Summer or Winter School, will likely receive their outcomes later than most other applicants, but be assured this does not impact on your eligibility to receive an offer – you won’t ‘miss out’ or be disadvantaged. Final Summer and Winter School course grades must be finalised in time for you to be completed from your bachelors and for the offer outcome to be made available to you prior to Census Date of your commencing semester. Please check this with your proposed Honours Coordinator as for some honours program structures, this may be too late to start.
Application rounds
Applications for Semester 2, 2023 entry:
Domestic applicants: Now open. Apply by Friday 14 July to be ready to start on day 1
International applicants: Closed
Applications for Semester 1, 2024 entry:
Domestic applicants: Not yet open
International applicants: Not yet open
*Applicants to the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) should follow the application process and closing dates in Degree Finder.
Application information for 4-year undergraduate programs
Submit your application to one of the following:
- Internal Transfer Application (for domestic students currently studying at The University of Adelaide)
- SATAC (for domestic students who are not currently studying at The University of Adelaide)
- International Application System (for all international students)
Ahead of commencing the honours component of your program, consult your Program Director. You and your Program Director will then work with the relevant Honours Coordinator/s and Supervisor/s to formulate your honours project. You must not submit a Honours Nomination Form.
Applicants to the Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology (Honours) should apply as for the 1 year honours degree programs as you are applying for a new program admission. The Honours Nomination form should be submitted for the application round you wish to commence the honours component of the program.
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