Honours year
The Honours year is a chance to focus on high level mathematics and statistics, involving coursework with a research project component.
If you are an Advanced Mathematics student, then Honours is built into your program. For other students, if you have achieved good results in years one to three, you may want to consider an Honours year. Please see the information below for details on the Honours year.
After graduating, you may contemplate a graduate coursework degree or a research degree.
To see what areas of research are active in the School, visit the Departmental Honours pages below. If you think a particular project looks interesting, talk to that staff member to learn more.
General information about honours
An honours degree offers you the opportunity to continue your undergraduate degree studies at a higher level and specialise in an area of interest within mathematics and statistics.
Honours courses and projects
As part of our honours program, students complete coursework and conduct a major project that continues over the course of a year. Explore our honours courses and selection criteria.
Please discuss your coursework course selections with your Supervisor for advice in the first instance, then seek permission from your Honours Coordinator before you complete the Course Selection form, linked below.
The Course Selection Form will be actioned by School staff to enrol you into your courses chosen, can be updated numerous times. Please note that students are not permitted to enrol themselves; if there is a change required including to drop a course, please contact the School via this email address: ug.MathsStats@unsw.edu.au as soon as possible.
Application
An honours degree offers you the opportunity to continue your undergraduate degree studies at a higher level. Find out all the information you need to apply online within your chosen honours program:
- Current UNSW students in an embedded Honours year program, opens in a new window. Please complete the ‘Intention to Undertake Honours form, opens in a new window’, or go to information for Honours Admission for more information
- UNSW non-embedded Honours programs or local external (non-UNSW) students, opens in a new window
- International students, opens in a new window
Timetables and key areas
Please refer to the timetables and key application dates available in our Academic Calendar.
Thesis information
Familiarise yourself with essential information on the structure and completion of your honours thesis.