What is Honours?
A university degree can be awarded with Honours, an award based on outstanding results and advanced study in a subject area. To be awarded Honours in History, you must complete a major in History (6 senior units of study) and two additional senior History units one of which must be HSTY2691 and have an average grade of Credit in those units. You can then apply for entry to Honours. Once you are admitted, you complete an additional year of study, Fourth Year Honours. In that year, you complete two seminar units of study and a 20,000 word thesis based on original research. In other words, Honours is an opportunity to get credit for outstanding work, to gain advanced skills in History, to get a feel for what it is like to be a historian and to demonstrate your ability to conceive and complete a large scale research project.
