 What is it?
Honours is an optional additional year of an undergraduate course that can offer a pathway to a PhD program for exceptional students. The Honours program is spread over 10 months from the beginning of February to the end of November. It is also possible to enrol in the middle of the year. All students will be required to complete an Honours dissertation of between 9,000 and 18,000 words, depending on the project, plus additional coursework (see below). Students considering a professional or academic career are strongly urged to consider this program, or a graduate diploma.
How to apply?
Admission to the Honours program is normally granted at the end of the third year, but students intending to take Honours should have discussed this with staff at an early stage of their course. Interstate and overseas applicants who are interested in pursuing this degree should contact the Honours Convenor to discuss entry requirements Prof. David Ellis Ph: (+61 2) 6125 4057
Closing Dates:
International students 14 November and Domestic students 31 October.
Examples of Projects
In the Drop down menus below choose the subject you are looking to study
and if you know of a supervisor
you wish to study under select the supervisors name then click on the search button and the relevant projects will be displayed.
If you do not make any selections all available Honours projects will be displayed.
Note: These projects are an indication of the topics available, you should contact your prospective supervisor asap to discuss the details of the project.
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Scholarships:
RSES and the ANU have a range of scholarships available to both local and international honours students Click here to visit the scholarships page
Further Information:
Appropriate seminar courses in a variety of topics will be provided by the Earth and Marine Science program and of those, the candidate will be expected to select units of up to the equivalent of 24 credit points; these units may include approved course work in other disciplines. Students will be expected to take the EMS unit Australasian Geology as part of their course-work program. A large amount of the field work required for the thesis should be carried out during University vacations. As part of the Honours program, students may take course work offered by the MCA's MTEC Consortium through its university partners at Adelaide, Curtin, Melbourne, Monash, Tasmania and Western Australia. The Honours Convenor can advise on the enrolment procedure for these courses. Honours projects can be supervised by academic staff and adjunct members of the school. Most supervisors have projects that they can recommend to you, but they are also willing to listen to your ideas about research projects that you are specifically interested in. The best way for you to select a supervisor and a project is to talk to the academics doing research in your fields of interest. Projects involving the collaboration with other institutions such as Geoscience Australia are possible.
If you would like to get in contact with an academic member of staff at RSES to talk about possible Honours projects please contact Maree Coldrick on (02) 6125 2056 or at ems@anu.edu.au |
