Honours

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applicants

• Once you have prepared the necessary documentation (including the completed and signed HPI HONOURS ENROLMENT FORM), complete the online application form here: APPLY NOW
• Please ensure you have uploaded all required documentation, as failing to do so may delay the processing of your application.
• Once your application is received, it is initially checked and processed by the HPI Administration team, before being evaluated by the Honours Advisor and the School’s Director of Honours. You'll be notified of the outcome of your application.
• Any changes to Study Plan must be communicated to the HPI Office and your supervisor. The HPI Honours Administrator will be able to advise you regarding changes to program like moving from full time to part time study, withdrawal, deferral and return to study options. Further information can be found here.

Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) students

• Review the information on the BAdvHum(Hons) Program Advice webpage and contact advhum@uq.edu.au for any enquiries regarding progression in Honours.

The Honours program is made up of two components:

Depending on your enrolment status and date of commencement, your study plan will take one of the following forms:

COMMENCING IN 2025

CONTINUING FROM 2024

Please note: For the Honours thesis, the unit values shown above indicate the proportion of the course undertaken in each semester. In SI-Net Studies Report the units will show as 0 for Part A (IP) and 12 for Part B.

Students may enrol in HHSS6020 Research Design in the Social Sciences or HHSS6040 Research Design in Arts and Culture instead of HHSS6030 Research Design in Humanities, following approval from their Supervisor.

Please note any changes to Study Plan must be communicated to the HPI Office and your supervisor.

Honours Theses

As part of the program, you will write a research thesis with one-on-one guidance from your supervisor.

Once you’re enrolled, your supervisor and Discipline Honours Advisor will provide you with more information regarding the expectations for an Honours thesis in your discipline, including the template to use in preparing your thesis. Marking criteria for the thesis can be found in the Course Profile (CP). You should be familiar with these before you commence work on your thesis. HHSS6030 also includes two seminars on thesis-writing.

Honours theses are due on the first Monday after the study break in your last semester of enrolment. Theses must be submitted through Turnitin using the Honours thesis template for your discipline. Your thesis must include a completed copyright declaration as a page within the thesis.

Your thesis will be marked by two markers, typically staff members from your discipline. You will receive two reports on your thesis and a single mark/grade.

You can find further information about marking and policies regarding extensions, etc. in the Course Profile for HUMN6012/HUMN6022/HUMN6014.

Once your thesis is marked and results released, you will be invited to submit your thesis for upload to UQ’s eSpace repository, so your work is available to other researchers. You can choose to make your thesis available as open access (freely available on the internet) or closed access (logged in UQ users only). Please note: if your thesis includes third-party copyright material, such as images, you will only be able to make your thesis available as closed access.

Library Privileges

The student will be given full access to the UQ Library approximately three weeks before the start of semester. To obtain access earlier, students who have completed study at UQ can follow this link and students who have completd study at other Universities can follow this link. 

Please contact the Library or access information available on the Library website for further information as some of these interim memberships have varying borrowing or database access privileges.

Enrolled Honours students have access to Document Delivery.

Research Seminars and Events

Honours students are strongly encouraged to attend research seminars and events throughout the year, as part of their ongoing academic education. Details can be found on our Events page.

Student Services

Honours students have full access to the UQ Learming Workshops available throughout the year, as well as Personal Counsellors, Disability Advisors and Learning Advisors.

More Information can be found here. 

Borrowing Honours Theses

Enrolled Honours students are eligible to borrow theses from the school. Please ask your supervisor for advice on locating relevant thesis. To enquire about borrowing, email admin-hapi@uq.edu.au. You can also access a selection of HPI theses online via UQ eSpace (use Advanced Search to search by Collection 'School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry' and Thesis type 'Honours Thesis', then sort by date descending if you would like to see recent theses). A small number of theses are also available here. 

Fees and Financial Support

For information on fees, see https://study.uq.edu.au/admissions/honours/review-fees-and-financial-support

Scholarships

Some of the links below will not be available until the next round of scholarships. 

• The A.G. McCready Memorial Scholarship
• Osiecki Scholarship for Classics
• The Denis J. Murphy Memorial Scholarship 
• Anita McCrossin and Bazil Muir Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment

Prizes

The following prizes are awarded to Honours students each year.

Further details can be found at the HPI Awards and Prizes webpage. 

• The Adrian Heyworth Smith Memorial Latin Prize (established 2010)
• The J.L. Michie Memorial Prize (established 1948)
• The J.L. Michie Memorial Prize for Ancient History (established 1980)
• The Theosophical Society Perennial Philosophy Prize
• The Don Mannison Prize (established 1992)
• The Douglas Price Memorial Prize (established 1940)
• Joan Allsop Prize (established 1960)
• The Paul Crook Honours Thesis Prize (established 2000)
• The Devahuti Prize in History (established 1974)
• The Lions of Queensland John Francis O'Grady Memorial Prize (established 1960)
• Margaret Julia Ross Prize in Australian History (established 2015)

• HPI 2025 Honours Enrolment Form 
• Honours Thesis Marking Criteria 
• Assessment procedures 
• Thesis examples
• Library Resources
• Student Support

Results

• calculating Honours grades and confirmation of Honours results

For queries regarding the Honours program, please contact the School Office or the Discipline Honours Advisors.

Change Study Plan from full time to part time or Withdraw/Defer/Interruption of studies

Please conatct admin-hapi@uq.edu.au as soon as it becomes evident that you may need to to change you study plan.

Further information can be found here.