QUOTE(Cruzer @ Feb 3 2008, 01:00 AM)
My first semester i had 1 first class honours and 1 Upper 2nd class honours and 2
PASSESI am not sure what uni you are from, but as I am aware, most universities in australia grade their subjects in terms of High Distinction, Distinction, Credit, Pass and Fail, not the whatever first class etc.
Honours refers to the honours degree undertaken by a student in an australian uni after completing satisfactory progress in his or her basic degree, e.g. a Bachelor of Science Degree ...
Honours degrees are not compulsory in Australia and if you choose not to commence a Honours degree, (or are unable to, as the requirements are generally quite high) you end up with a normal degree, appending the "Honours" suffix would then be fraud. I am not sure about this but I think non-honours degrees are suffixed with (Pass), e.g. Bachelor of Science (Pass)
Several degrees are known as integrated honours degrees, such as most engineering degrees and medical degrees. This is when you have no choice on whether you wish to complete a Honours degree but effectively is forced into it, regardless of grade. Of course, if you still perform badly, you will not get to suffix "Honours" to your degree.
In general, if one finishes a degree with first class honours, one is entitled to continue onto a doctorate, bypassing the masters degree. Second and third classes are generally not allowed to, unless under appeal. If one does not possess a honours degree, a doctorate can still be obtained but after a masters degree is obtained.
Unlike our Malaysian unis, honours is not rewarded on the basis of pure results, but also on a honours project, which is generally a short thesis on a chosen subject the honours student has chosen.
The information above is what i know, and may contain some inaccuracies, comments are welcomed and corrections are even more welcomed although prefably with some sources on which we can all look on.
Edit : I was browing through the University of Melbourne's website after writing the above post and realised that unimelb actually uses the first class honours etc system to grade its students... although it is quite an odd concept to me still..
Also to tam ironcup since your post came while I was typing the above post, I have to comment that some universities don't run all their units or subjects in both semesters. In my personal experience, as I am from UWA, students who initiate engineering studies in sem 2 tend to have a harder time as they don't have sem 1's basic units to build on... as if thats not bad enough, they still have to do the basic units when sem 1 comes around the next year, thus in my opinion, I wouldnt really recommended anyone commencing UWA engineering in sem 2 as its really messed up.... no idea about the other unis tho..This post has been edited by soontheam: Feb 3 2008, 01:58 AM 
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