2012 Honours Degrees
Macquarie University offers three kinds of Honours degrees:
- Those which are a one year full-time separate program following on from a corresponding Bachelor degree;
- Those which are an integrated part of a Bachelor degree program (that is
Honours degree of Bachelor of Ancient History and
Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychology and - Those which are awarded on the basis of outstanding merit (that is,
Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws).
Changes to Honours programs in 2013
The Bologna Model
Macquarie University will adopt a new postgraduate degree structure from 2013. The new ‘Bologna model’ will involve changes to the existing Honours degree structures.
The typical structure has:
- a three-year Bachelor degree, followed by
- a two-year Masters and
- a three-year PhD.
The model is sometimes referred to as 3+2+3
The Bologna model was created to ensure greater mobility between European countries for further study or employment, as well as from Europe to North America, which has the same structure with a five-year MA/PhD program. 47 countries participate in the Bologna Process. Macquarie University will be the first Australian University to fully align with European, North Americans and Asian qualifications.
For more information about Honours degrees at Macquarie please refer to
http://www.studentadmin.mq.edu.au/honours/
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