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Honours Results

Students will enroll in a separate unit code for each of their honours components, including a separate code for each semester half of the dissertation. A mark will be allocated at the end of each semester for each individual unit enrolment, with the exception of the dissertation 1 unit (first half of the dissertation), which will be graded as AC(satisfactory progress) as this is a part-unit only.

The results for dissertation 2 and all seminar units taken will be used to calculate the overall honours result in accordance with the formula applied in the relevant discipline group(s) (which will normally involve a proportional weighting of each honours component). Honours results will be classified as follows:

First Class Honours (H1) 80-100%
Second Class Honours Division A (2A) 70-79%
Second Class Honours Division B (2B) 60-69%
Third Class Honours 50-59%

Results for individual components and the overall honours classification will appear on a student's academic transcript.

The census dates for units of study and last dates to withdraw each semester apply to honours units. Students who fail an honours unit will very rarely be permitted to repeat it and will have their mark factored into the calculation of their overall honours result.

Time Limits

Students may apply to be admitted to honours within seven years of completing their BA pass degree. The honours course can be taken over two semesters full-time or three to four semesters part-time. If students encounter medical or personal difficulties that hamper their progress it is possible to extend the honours time limit by up to two semesters with special permission from the Faculty on the recommendation of the discipline group(s) concerned. Work commitments rarely justify extension of the honours time limit.

Students who do not need to extend their honours time limit, but wish to request an extension on their dissertation submission date, should discuss this with their discipline group honours coordinator in the first instance. Extensions of longer than two weeks will be reported to the Faculty via a Special Approval form and may require Faculty approval

Withdrawal and Revision to Honours Program

Individual honours programs will be approved by the Faculty when students first enroll in honours. Students wishing to make subsequent changes to their honours program should submit a Special Approval form and a revised honours program signed by their discipline group's honours coordinator to the Faculty for approval.

Students should note that although the dissertation is split into two separate semester-long codes, it is normally treated as a single full-year component of the honours program taken across two consecutive semesters in both part-time and full-time honours programs. Students who withdraw from their dissertation enrolment (eg - by changing from a full-time to part-time honours program) should note that they will require the permission of their discipline group honours coordinator and the Faculty's Academic Student Adviser if they wish to re-enroll to complete the dissertation at a later date. Students are advised to discuss the implications of any proposed revision to their honours program with their discipline group honours coordinator and the Faculty Student Office.

Statement on academic conduct

Principles of ethical scholarship and academic literacy are important skills to develop within your studies at UWA. UWA considers Ethical scholarship as 'the pursuit of scholarly enquiry framed by honesty and integrity' and Academic literacy as the 'capacity to undertake study and research, and to communicate findings and knowledge, in ways that reflect the disciplinary conventions and scholarly standards required at tertiary level' (http://www.teachingandlearning.uwa.edu.au/page/59146). Academic misconduct is defined at UWA as: 'any activity or practice engaged in by a student that breaches explicit guidelines relating to the production of work for assessment, in a manner that compromises or defeats the purpose of the assessment. Students must not engage in academic misconduct. Any such activity undermines the ethos of ethical scholarship. Principles of ethical scholarship and academic literacy are key in reducing academic misconduct within the University.

Please familiarise yourself with issues of academic misconduct an ways to avoid plagiarism and misconduct.

Charter of Student Rights

The Charter of Student Rights promotes the fundamental rights of students gaining their education at the University of Western Australia. It recognises the importance of students and outlines the principles that the University is charged with putting into effect for its students. The charter can be found at: http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/policies/charter.

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