Honours students
Honours in the School of Mathematical Sciences is a flexible one-year program to be taken
in one of the disciplines of Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Statistics or jointly between
two of these disciplines. The program consists of at least seven lectured subjects and a project
assessed by a written thesis and seminar presentation.
Being an Honours student is quite different to being an undergraduate. Honours students will
begin to develop research skills and take on more responsibility for managing their studies and
independent learning. Typically we have 10–15 Honours students each year. Each student is
allocated their own desk in shared offices within the School and additional priviledges including
access to the staff common room and computing facilities.
Benefits of further study
An honours degree helps you stand out from other job applicants, making you a more
attractive potential employee. It greatly increases your employability, as well as your starting and continuing
salaries, and job mobility.
Recent honours graduates of ours are working with the Defence Sciences and Technology Organisation (DSTO),
Australian Bureau of Statistics, pharmaceutical companies, traffic and transport consultants, the Commonwealth Bank,
the Adelaide City Council, computer software companies and many other employers.
If you want to go into teaching, the Honours program can be tailored to suit you. A number of
our recent Honours graduates have gone on to complete Graduate Diplomas of Education.
For students aiming to undertake a PhD, an Honours degree is a prerequisite.
Our Honours graduates have been accepted for PhD programmes at major universities around the world.
As well as broadening your career prospects, Honours will allow you to study some of the most recent advances
in mathematics, at levels only touched upon by undergraduate study. You will learn mathematical techniques
for the new millennium, and hence the start of the pathways into modern mathematics and statistics and their
applications: finance, information technology, information security, telecommunications, pharmaceutical trials,
bioinformatics, fluid mechanics, quantum and relativistic physics, medical imaging and more.
Enrollment information
The basic pre-requisities for undertaking Honours studies in Mathematical Sciences are
at least 12 units from Level III Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Statistics courses at credit standard
or better. For Honours in a single discipline there are different pre-requisities which the
Heads of Discipline [1] or Honours Coordinator can explain. Students with
other backgrounds of third year subjects may be accepted at the discretion of the Head of School [2].
If you are interested in doing Honours please complete an application form [3].
Students who have satisfied the entry requirements for Honours will automatically receive an invitation to
apply for Honours. Those who have already applied should receive an offer.
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Honours courses
The School offers several courses [6] at Honours level. Students may also
take some Level III courses and Honours subjects from outside the School, for example in Computer Science and
Physics and Mathematical Physics, and joint Honours degrees with some Disciplines outside the School are possible.
After deciding on a discipline and consulting with the Honours Coordinator, each student will
be assigned a supervisor, who will advise on the choice of subjects and provide guidance on with the project.
Honours projects
These web pages are intended to help you to choose an Honours project and
supervisor. Here you will find a description of the staff members in the
School of Mathematical Sciences who are likely to be available to
supervise an Honours project in 2008, together with descriptions of their
projects or areas of interest.
Browse our web site to find out what interests you and then discuss
potential projects with potential supervisors within the School. Projects
can be tailored to suit the interests and background of our students.
Projects choices are not restricted to those listed. If you already have
a particular project in mind this can also be accommodated. Discuss the
possibility with members of staff whose interests match your own. Our web site
provide research interests for our staff, to assist in finding a potential
supervisor.
Further information
Special note
The structure of the honours programme will change with effect from 2010, so please be aware that the procedures and
policies linked to from this page may be different for new students. More information will be placed online as and when it becomes available.
For further information, please contact the Honours Coordinator.
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