Further information
Why undertake honours
Completing an honours project allows you to demonstrate to potential employers that you are:
- a high achiever
- committed to realising your goals
- able to take responsibility for a project
- able to work to a high standard.
It is also a necessary step to postgraduate research.
Student Research Conference
We host an annual Student Research Conference where honours students are able to present their research to academics, industry representatives and other research students.
Honours is a final, usually fourth, year of study: you continue to focus on your major subjects while developing research, time-management, problem-solving, communication and other useful skills.
To be eligible, you must achieve at least a 65 per cent weighted average in the Level 3 units in the major in which you intend to undertake honours.
Honours is usually a combination of coursework and dissertation, although this may vary from school to school. You can find more information on this in the Undergraduate Handbook.
Applying for honours
Current and previously enrolled UWA students apply for honours online through Student Connect (except for Psychology students who should consult the School of Psychology for further information).
Students who have not been previously enrolled at UWA must apply through the Admissions Centre.
Research projects
Each of our schools offers a variety of choices to students who are interested in doing honours projects. The lists of honours topics here are not exhaustive; contact the relevant school for more details.
- School of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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- Climate change valuation, with design effects
- Farm forestry and forest products trade in WA
- Fisheries management
- The Demand for Meat: a meta-analysis approach
- The price of love: implicit prices for diamond attributes
- The impacts of ecosystem conditions
- Farming – is it all random
- Renewable energy systems
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology
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- Cancer Biology
- Cell Biology
- Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Functional Anatomy
- Muscle Regeneration
- Physiology and Neuroscience
- Reproductive Biology
- Science Education
- Science Software Development
- Sleep Science
- School of Animal Biology
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- Behavioural science; animal ethics and welfare
- Reproductive physiology and technology
- Comparative neurobiology
- Aquaculture
- Wildlife management
- Zoology
- Marine studies, and more
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Chemical Sciences
- Clinical Sciences
- Genetics
- Human Lactation
- Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Nanotechnology
- School of Earth and Environment
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- Geographical sciences
- Geological sciences
- Marine and costal management
- Planning
- Soil science
- School of Physics
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- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Atomic, Molecular and Surface Physics
- Biomagnetics
- Field Theory and Quantum Gravity
- Frequency Standards and Metrology
- Gravitational Waves
- Quantum Dynamics and Computation
- School of Psychology
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- Clinical Psychology
- Cognition and Emotion
- Industrial and Organisational Psychology
- School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health
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- Biomechanics, Motor Control and Development
- Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry
- Exercise Rehabilitation
- Health, Behaviour and Performance Psychology
- Physical Health and Education
- School of Plant Biology
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- Conservation biology
- Cropping systems
- Marine science
- Natural terrestrial Systems
- Plant biochemistry and molecular biology
- Plant ecology
- Plant genetics
- Plant physiology
- Albany Centre/Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management
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- Restoration Ecology
- Salinisation
- Malleefowl research
- Re-establishment of natural faunal communities in WA rivers
University information
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