Selection for Honours in Engineering Programs

Eligible Candidates

Please note that a check will be done after enrolments to ensure that only those students eligible for honours have enrolled in the honours course. If you have any queries about selection for honours, please contact your School for further details.

For those students who wish to calculate their own honours eligibility, the criteria for honours are set out below. If you have a weighted average of 60% or higher (as defined below), you may enrol in the honours course. If your weighted average is less than 60% you will need to enrol in the non-honours course(s).

Criteria for Selection for Honours

There will be a selection process to choose candidates who will be permitted to undertake the honours stream in the fourth year of the BE. Those selected for honours may enrol in a specially designated level IV honours course. This course varies from program to program and details are given in the enrolment sheets for your program.

The minimum requirement for selection for the honours stream is a weighted average of 60% over levels 2 and 3 of the BE, where the relative weighting of the levels is 2:3 respectively.

The component for each year level is obtained by taking the average over all courses for that year, each weighted by its unit value. Please note where status has been granted for any level 2 or 3 courses (eg international students with transfer credit), these will be excluded from the calculations. Only those courses actually taken in Adelaide will contribute to the weighted average.

Students in the Australian School of Petroleum may include courses taken under exchange arrangements provided those courses have been approved for inclusion by the School prior to the exchange taking place. This provision will come into effect in 2009.

Individual Schools may apply additional criteria based on the performance in key individual courses or year levels. Please consult your School for further details.