Honours programs in Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

What is an Honours Year program at Monash?

"Honours" has different meanings within different faculties.  Within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Honours is a one year program that builds upon a three-year undergraduate degree, giving selected students an opportunity to enhance their previous studies and to focus on innovative research and more specialised learning.

Within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences most undergraduate degrees may be completed "with Honours". Honours works differently in different degrees but involves either the completion of a separate Honours year or additional work in the later years of the course or meritorious achievement over all years of the course.

For most degrees Honours is a research based, academic year taken at the completion of a bachelors degree. Gaining entry is competitive and is based on academic merit.

What advantages are there from doing an Honours program?

An Honours degree at Monash provides graduates with an opportunity to gain further insights into particular areas of research and academic interest, providing a basis for skills transfer into a number of professional areas, or entry into our higher degree by research programs.  Honours graduates enjoy both prestige and improved employment prospects within their selected field of interest.  In many areas, completion of an Honours degree is a general requirement for engagement, being highly attractive to employers as evidence of increased knowledge and experience.

• improve your general career prospects and starting salary,
• open the door to a career in research
• pathway to further academic study such as a PhD,
• join a research group and become part of the Department or School
• challenge yourself educationally and personally
• extend and apply the knowledge from your university studies.
• indulge a passion

What programs does Monash offer?

Honours programs available within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences for 2009 include:

Honours degree of Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience

Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Honours degree of Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)

Honours degree of Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychology

Honours degree of the Bachelor of Social Work

The Honours degree of Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Honours degree of the Bachelor of Science - projects within the faculty

Why study Honours within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

What makes Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash special?

• Global standing: We are ranked number 22 in the world's top biomedicine universities
• We have a tradition of excellence in research with our researchers consistently break new ground in clinical and laboratory fields, investigating disciplines such as immunity, obesity, mental health, drug discovery, infectious diseases, structural biology and cardiovascular disease
• Leadership: The faculty is the beating heart of the groundbreaking Monash Institute's of Health, a complex of major teaching hospitals and research institutes
• A growing community: Over 1000 experts form part of our constantly evolving research base. Our researchers gain access to privileged bioscience facilities including the Australian Synchrotron
• Present day impact: We make scientific break-throughs in Australia's most pressing fields of health, including cancer, rural health, cardiovascular disease, obesity and stem cell science
• Industry insight: Monash helps drive five Australian Cooperative Research centres
• International connections: We foster close links around the world and work in an environment enriched by international students and academics.
• Three medical schools: Our courses build on the teaching excellence of our three medical courses. Within the next five years, we will be the largest provider of medical education in Australia.
• Our research spans a diversity of Research Strengths and Principal Research Areas
  http://www.med.monash.edu.au/research/

Fees

Domestic Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places are available. The exact fee for any given Honours course will depend on the discipline band that it falls into. 2009 fees will shortly be released. In the interm please use the 2008 student contribution amounts as a guide.
http://www.monash.edu.au/fees/course-fees/student-contribution-amount-2008.html

International Fees
http://www.monash.edu.au/study/international/courses/fees.html

Scholarships

AMREP Honours Scholarships (pdf, 50kb)

Eric Glasgow Anatomy Bequest Scholarships

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Honours Scholarships
Generous scholarships are available for domestic and international students undertaking Honours programs within the Faculty in 2009. Applications can be made through the Monash Online Scholarship Application system (required Account ID)

Monash University Jubilee Honours Scholarships