university honours - what be they?

Ooooh, so that makes me:

Ben Fenton BSc (Hons)

(none of this bachelor of art stuff, science is the future :D ...even though it was a C.A.D degree)

Hmmmmm... ah well, its mine. Mine i tell you!
 
w11tho said:
I think somebody wants a biscuit - here's a special star just for you. *pats Freefaller on head* ;)
Click to expand...

Woohoo a biscuit! \o/ :p If I'm fair though I think I'd rather have an MEng than just a BEng - I wasn't clever or hardworking enough for the MEng.

As far as the Hons is concerned I just thought it was the type of degree.

Google definition states it as:

The term ‘Honours degree’ is used to describe Bachelors degrees which require advanced or distinguished study. There may be either a discrete one-year programme following a three-year Bachelors degree, or a four (or longer) year Bachelors degree which requires a particular level of achievement.
Click to expand...

Dunno if that's quite right though :/
 
Freefaller said:
Oh similar! I'm a BEng(Hons) MIEE (but I have a BA too :p)
Click to expand...

How did you use your engineering degree to your advantage so you get to take pictures of a bugatti and mess about on yachts all day?

The only way I can think of is oil industry, then buying your own
 
Brynn said:
How did you use your engineering degree to your advantage so you get to take pictures of a bugatti and mess about on yachts all day?

The only way I can think of is oil industry, then buying your own
Click to expand...

I'm still trying to work that one out - when I do I'll let you know! :p
 
cleanbluesky said:
You get them if you have completed a dissertation with your degree.
Click to expand...
This isn't actually true as I've just graduated BSc (Hons) but didn't complete a dissertation throughout my degree.

You get it (in Wales anyway) if you complete all 3 (or more) years without missing any exams and if all coursework is handed in complete.
 
ErNciLator said:
At my uni, you LOSE your honours if you retake a year (not resit exams) (Uni of Kent) if that's anymore help.
Click to expand...

i think you get hons if you have 360 credits at my uni (120 per year) if you fail to get 360 but get more than lower than 300 credits i think you pass without honours.

(* I am not 100% on that)

oh i have BA and (hopefully) MSc but i would never pimp it honest guv'
 
Last edited:
as is clearly demonstrated by this thread, and has always been my understanding
the reason you attain a degree with honours varies massively between universities
the most common being

not retaking modules/a year
completing and passing a disertation/final year project
getting a full constituent of credits, which would presumably include both the above

im still a bit clueless as to the actual meaning of it though, although it is fairly common knowledge that a degree without honours is next to worthless
 
cmsbfent said:
...... but, what exactly is the (hons) part of a degree classification.
Click to expand...
Unless things have changed (which is quite possible) it relates to fulfilling a specific set of criteria for completing your degree, which involves doing certain elements, and usually, within a certain timeframe. Those critieria vary from course to course, but usually involves a given number of modules, with certain compulsory core elements of specialisation in the honours year(s) .... which is year 3 (and maybe 4).

If you do a standard 3 or 4 year full-time course, and get a result above "pass" then it'll be an honours degree. But if you fail the degree, you can (for example) go back subsequently and resit the exams you failed (without resitting the coursework or additional attendance). If you then pass the exams, you'll get the degree but it will be a "pass" degree, not an honours degree.

cleanbluesky said:
You get them if you have completed a dissertation with your degree.
Click to expand...
My first degree was an Hons, but involved no dissertation. That may well be one of the requirements with some courses, but it isn't (or rather, certainly wasn't) the case with all courses.
 
hehe..

it makes me smile inside that i'm not the only person on these forums who doesn't know what their degree means :p

Go uni ! ! !
 
My degree was slightly different though it may be representative of the scottish system as a whole. On my BSc course years 1-3 gained you a degree regardless of final mark. On my course we had a sandwhich year in year 4 which didn't count towards degree marks and then in the 5th year you did another degree project and various exams that gave you an Hons grade. On none sandwhich courses the same was true but you'd delete year 4. So many scottish graduates will have a non hons degree but this isn't representative of there academic standing, ie my 3rd year grade was above 90%.
In my case I worked for a year at IBM and then didn't bother doing year 5 as I realised I had learned more in 5 minutes in the real world than I had in the prior 3 years of my degree, and my course was pretty good and industry related whereas as some computing courses had students learning languages made up by lecturers or learning smalltalk or ada and other dead languages.
 
Psyk said:
Almost all degree courses are honours courses. Many won't normally give you a degree without honours. If you have a 3rd or upwards you have an honours degree. A pass without honours is for all intents and purposes the grade below a 3rd, but as I said many universities will just fail you if you get less than a 3rd.

This is how it works for England, don't know about Scotland or elsewhere.
Click to expand...
That's how it worked at Manchester University when I did my BSc (hons). We did a dissertation, a project and an honours paper. Didn't define whether you got hons or not though. It was purely down to your final mark after the three years. It went 1st, 2:1, 2:2, 3rd, Pass (hons), Pass. My mate was given 0 for her dissertation due to plaigerism and she still managed to get a 3rd... somehow.

As someone has already said, it really depends on which Uni you go to.


Stelly said:
Freelander did you post twice for dramatic effect? lol

Stelly
Click to expand...
lol, Freefallers just been branded a Land Rover fan :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom