文学士荣誉年既是研究生学习的准备，也是本科学位的顶峰。荣誉可以是您接受正规教育的结晶，可以扩大您的知识范围，提高研究能力，分析和沟通技巧的经验，并可以帮助您发展完成研究项目所需的个人和专业技能。荣誉也可以成为学术或专业研究人员职业生涯的第一步。荣誉年包括研讨会课程，并在您的研究领域的专家的学术人员的指导下，为一个独立的研究项目撰写一篇简短的论文。
The Bachelor of Arts honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion.<br><br>Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.<br>Each honours year involves a mix of seminars and a thesis. Some honours years require three seminars and a shorter thesis (12,000-15,000 words). Others involve two seminars and a longer thesis, up to 20,000 words. Seminar work is marked by the academic staff member leading the class. In some departments, a second academic staff member will mark work written for seminars. A thesis is read by at least two academics in the field other than the student's supervisor. Examiners write detailed reports on each thesis, which the student receives, and assign a tentative grade.<br><br>The final grades for each thesis are decided by the department or program staff collectively. Each department or program ranks all honours candidates based on their thesis and seminar results. These departmental results and nominations for the University Medals are then considered by the Faculty Honours Board, which includes the Honours Coordinators from every department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.