Apply for an honours year - Flinders University Students

An honours degree is a one-year specialisation related to your undergraduate study.

You can do an honours degree in one of two ways; once you’ve completed your bachelor degree, you can undertake an extra year of specialised study related to your degree, or you can undertake a four-year combined bachelor and honours degree, which you apply for via SATAC.

Why do honours?

Studying honours will give you a valuable qualification with a grounding in research. Honours demonstrates your ability to undertake study at an advanced level, and will help you progress towards a higher degree by research.

If you’re not interested in further study, your honours qualification will help your job prospects in a competitive market.

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Entry requirements

Honours courses available

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Business

Bachelor of Business (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program
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Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program
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M⁺ Midyear entry available

Bachelor of Business (Honours) admission requirements and study program

Creative arts and media

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) in:

Creative Writing
Dance
Drama
Enterprise
Fashion
Screen
Visual Arts
Visual Effects for Entertainment Design

Admission requirements and study program

Computer science and information technology

Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Science| Admission requirements and study program | M⁺
Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics and Statistics| Admission requirements and study program | M⁺

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Criminology

Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program M⁺
Bachelor of Law and Society (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program

M⁺ Midyear entry

Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) admission requirements and study program

Education

Bachelor of Education (Honours) | M⁺

Admission requirements and study program

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Engineering

Bachelor of Design and Technology Innovation (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Environment

Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺
A Bachelor of Science (Honours) can be undertaken in (download the projects guide (PDF)):
- Biological Sciences | M⁺
- Environment | M⁺

Bachelor of Science (Honours) admission requirements and study program

M⁺ Midyear entry available

International relations and political science

Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science (Honours) M⁺

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Admission requirements and study program

Health

Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program
Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺
Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Humanities and social sciences

A Bachelor of Arts (Honours) can be undertaken in:

Applied Linguistics
Archaeology
Biological Sciences | M⁺
Business Studies | M⁺
Criminology
Creative Writing
Drama
English
French
Geography and Environmental Studies
History
Indigenous and Australian Studies
Indonesian
Italian
Law and Society
Modern Greek
Philosophy
Psychology
Screen and Media
Sociology
Spanish
Theology
Visual Arts
Women's Studies

Admission requirements and study program

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Languages and culture

Bachelor of Archaeology (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in:
- Applied Lingusitics
- English
- French
- History
- Indigenous and Australian Studies
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Modern Greek
- Philosophy
- Sociology
Admission requirements and study program

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Nursing and midwifery

Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program

Psychology

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Honours)

Admission requirements and how to apply

Science

Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺
A Bachelor of Science (Honours) can be undertaken in (download the projects guide (PDF)):
- Biological Sciences | M⁺
- Biotechnology| M⁺
- Chemical and Physical Sciences | M⁺
- Computer Science| M⁺
- Environment | M⁺
- Mathematics and Statistics| M⁺

M⁺ Midyear entry available

Bachelor of Science (Honours) admission requirements and study program

Sport

Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity (Honours) | Admission requirements and study program | M⁺

Fees and scholarships

Honours degrees are still classified as undergraduate.

If you are a domestic student you can continue to defer your Student Contribution through HECS-HELP, provided you meet the eligibility criteria. While eligible for Commonwealth support, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible to defer their student contribution amounts to HECS-HELP.

International students will need to pay their first semester's tuition fees prior to receiving their Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).

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Entry requirements

Entry into 1 year Honours is highly competitive. If you have demonstrated academic excellence (a Grade Point Average of 5.00 or above*) during your bachelor degree you are invited to apply for Honours.

Whether you’re invited to apply, or want to apply, you will need to contact the Honours coordinator in your discipline to discuss your project and arrange for supervision.

*Please note that some disciplines such as Psychology (Honours) require a higher GPA for admission.

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When to apply

Applications for semester 1, 2021 have closed.
Applications for semester 2, 2021 will open mid-late April.

How to apply

If you have never studied at or made an application to Flinders University, you can register and submit your application for admission to a 1-year Honours course using the eApplication portal. You will receive two emails once your application is completed: confirmation of application submission; and a second email with your student ID. Note, it may take 1-4 hours for your student ID to be created.

If you have studied at Flinders University within the last 12 months you can submit your application for admission to a one-year Honours course via the Student Information System. You can apply for admission by selecting the My Applications tab at the top of the page, and searching for your course.

If you have studied at Flinders University more than 12 months ago you will need to reactivate your FAN first. With an active FAN you will then be able to submit your application for admission via the Student Information System as advised above.

Honours in Psychology

If you are applying for either of the following, please refer to this additional information on how to apply.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Psychology major only
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours).

Read the application guide before applying

Application closing dates

Applications for Semester 1, 2021 close on 12 February 2021, with the exception of the courses listed in the tables below.

Course	Application closing date	Further information
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Psychology major only	Applications close on 20 November 2020	Late applications will not be considered (Refer to essential how to apply information)
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)	Applications close on 20 November 2020	Late applications will not be considered (Refer to essential how to apply information)
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours)	Applications close on 20 November 2020	Late applications will not be considered (Refer to essential how to apply information)

Honours in Science and Engineering

Please note the following course specific closing date arrangements:

Course	Application closing date	Further information
Bachelor of Applied Geographical information Systems (Honours)	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – Biological Sciences major only	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – Geography and Environment major only	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Design and Technology Innovation (Honours)	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours)	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours)	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.
Bachelor of Science (Honours)	Applications close on 15 January 2021	Applications may not be guaranteed equal consideration of their preferred supervisor/project if applying after 30 November 2020.