The disciplines which may be studied as single honours courses are those listed in the schedule which follows. Unless exempted by Faculty, a candidate may not enrol in the Honours course in a discipline listed unless the corresponding prerequisite requirements have been obtained. Joint honours courses consist of such combinations of the disciplines listed in the schedule as Faculty may from time to time approve. A candidate may not enrol in a joint honours course unless permitted to do so by the Faculty on the recommendation of the heads of the two departments concerned. Candidates must either have passed the prerequisite units prescribed in the schedule for both the proposed disciplines or have otherwise satisfied the heads of the two departments that they are sufficiently qualified to undertake the joint course.
Candidates undertake a program comprising a number of coursework units and a research thesis.
The academic dean may, on the recommendation of the head of department, grant a candidate an extension of time for the completion of a thesis where a thesis is required as part of an honours examination. Except by special permission of the Faculty there is no re-examination for honours in any one discipline. The classes of honours are First Class, Second Class, and Third Class. There is an upper and lower division in the second class. Candidates who have obtained honours in one course may proceed to honours in another course provided that they undertake a further year's work and provided that the discipline or disciplines which comprise the earlier course are not included in the later course.