What Is A Bachelor Honours Degree?
The Bachelor Honours Degree is a step above the Bachelor’s Degree. The Bachelor Honours Degree is accessible for those who performed at the top of their Bachelor’s Degree. The Bachelor Honours Degree qualifies you to apply a body of knowledge in a specific context for professional work, and as a pathway for research and further learning. Honours degrees which require an additional year of study atop the Bachelor’s Degree generally involve a research project and require the completion of a research thesis.
Duration: Generally takes one year to complete.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Level: 8
About Degree Courses
Degrees are the Australian Higher Education qualifications. Unlike diplomas and certificates, they typically have more emphasis on academic learning, knowledge, theory, personal attributes, the development of professional and transferable skills, rather than industry specific occupational skills.
- Degrees are the highest level post-school qualifications (except for the Bachelor’s Degree, which is a step below the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma, and the Associate Degree, which is the same level as the Advanced Diploma)
- Degrees come in five levels, from lowest to highest, these are the Associate Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor Honours Degree, Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree
- Degrees generally take between one and four years to complete
- Degrees are internationally recognised qualifications
- Degrees are typically delivered by universities
- Degree quality and overall standards in Australia are specified or ‘put forth’ by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
- Degree quality and overall standards in Australia are regulated by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the national regulatory body for Higher Education
- Degrees cover a huge-range of disciplines including science, mathematics, history, business, arts, law and medicine
As degrees are internationally recognised (accredited) qualifications, their standards are consistently regulated and assured. In Australia, their standards (as specified by the AQF) are accredited, regulated and assured by TEQSA. Furthermore, in order to deliver a degree qualification in Australia, course providers must meet standards maintained by TEQSA called the ‘Higher Education Standards Framework 2015’. These standards are used to ensure consistency of training and assessment for degree courses. This means that degree courses are of the same quality standard, value and assured recognition, regardless of where you earn them in Australia.
Useful Links
- To learn more about nationally recognised (accredited) qualifications, click here.
- To learn more about each accredited post-school qualification, click here.
- To learn more about the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), click here.
- To learn more about the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), click here.
- To learn more about the education providers who can deliver Bachelor Honours Degrees, click here.
