Calculating Final Honours

• Determination of Final Honours
• Example Calculation: Electrical Engineering
• Example Calculation: Computer Engineering

6.4  DETERMINATION OF FINAL HONOURS

The following general rules apply for the awarding of a degree with honours in the Melbourne School of Engineering.

The degree with honours is available in Engineering where a candidate achieves a high level of honours in the units in the later years of a degree program. The program for honours is the same as for the pass degree and it is not necessary to make a special application for candidature. Students will be eligible for the degree with honours provided their overall performances reaches the standard required by the School of Engineering.

To be eligible for the award of final honours candidates must have:

(a) passed or obtained credit for the units of the first three years of the program,

(b) taken all units required for the final year of the program and passed the year in accordance with the provisions of the regulations.

In addition to satisfying the above, for degree programs offered by the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, the eligibility of a student for the award of a degree with honours will be determined as follows:

• Only core technical subjects will be included in the calculation - see the list of subjects in the example calculations below. Approved alternative subjects eg. 620-201 Probability in place of 431-325 Stochastic Signals & Systems are also included.
• The first attempt only at a subject will be used in the calculation.
• Subjects included in the calculation will be from year level 2, 3 and 4 of the standard degree.
• Only subjects studied at the University of Melbourne will be included. Students who have taken units elsewhere eg. while on overseas exchange, will not have those subjects included in the calculation.
• Students who have lateral entry will have the same calculation as students with standard entry.
• Examples of the calculations are provided below for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.
  The formula is: Final Honours Mark = Sum of weighted marks/Sum of weights
  

The weights to be used are: 10% to second year core subjects, 30% to 3rd year core subjects, and 60% to final year core subjects.

Students who achieve a final honours mark of 65 or above will be awarded an engineering degree with honours. The normal honours classifications will apply.

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EXAMPLE CALCULATION

Electrical Engineering

Code	Subject	Points	Year	Weight	Example mark	Example weighted mark
431-102	Digital Systems 1: Fundamentals	12.5	1	0	55	0
433-151	Introduction to Computing (Advanced)	12.5	1	0	56	0
620-141	Mathematics A	12.5	1	0	57	0
640-141	Physics A	12.5	1	0	58	0
431-103	Electrical Circuits 1	12.5	1	0	59	0
433-152	Algorithmic Problem Solving (Advanced)	12.5	1	0	60	0
620-143	Applied Mathematics	12.5	1	0	61	0
640-142	Physics B	12.5	1	0	62	0
431-201	Engineering Analysis A	12.5	2	0.1	63	6.3
431-204	Digital Systems 2: System Design	12.5	2	0.1	64	6.4
431-210	Electrical Circuits 2	12.5	2	0.1	65	6.5
431-202	Engineering Analysis B	12.5	2	0.1	66	6.6
431-221	Fundamentals of Signals & Systems	12.5	2	0.1	67	6.7
431-222	Electronic Circuit Design 1	12.5	2	0.1	68	6.8
431-325	Stochastic Signals & Systems	12.5	3	0.3	69	20.7
431-330	Design Laboratory	12.5	3	0.3	70	21.0
431-327	Communication Systems	12.5	3	0.3	71	21.3
431-3xx	Third Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	3	0.3	72	21.6
431-3xx	Third Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	3	0.3	73	21.9
431-3xx	Third Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	3	0.3	74	22.2
431-400	Project Work	25.0	4	1.2	75	90.0
431-4xx	Fourth Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	4	0.6	76	45.6
431-4xx	Fourth Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	4	0.6	77	46.2
431-4xx	Fourth Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	4	0.6	78	46.8
431-4xx	Fourth Year Electrical Engineering Elective	12.5	4	0.6	79	47.4
	TOTALS			6.0		444.0
	Final honours mark = Sum of weighted marks/Sum of weights FHM = 444.0/6.0 = 74.0

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Computer Engineering

Code	Subject	Points	Year	Weight	Example mark	Example weighted mark
431-102	Digital Systems 1: Fundamentals	12.5	1	0	55	0
433-151	Introduction to Programming (Advanced)	12.5	1	0	56	0
620-141	Mathematics A	12.5	1	0	57	0
640-141	Physics A	12.5	1	0	58	0
431-103	Electrical Circuits 1	12.5	1	0	59	0
433-152	Algorithmic Problem Solving (Advanced)	12.5	1	0	60	0
620-143	Applied Mathematics	12.5	1	0	61	0
640-142	Physics B	12.5	1	0	62	0
431-201	Engineering Analysis A	12.5	2	0.1	63	6.3
431-204	Digital Systems 2: System Design	12.5	2	0.1	64	6.4
431-210	Electrical Circuits 2	12.5	2	0.1	65	6.5
433-252	Sopftware Engineering Principles & Tools	12.5	2	0.1	66	6.6
431-202	Engineering Analysis B	12.5	2	0.1	67	6.7
431-221	Fundamentals of Signals & Systems	12.5	2	0.1	68	6.8
431-222	Electronic Circuits Design 1	12.5	2	0.1	69	6.9
433-253	Algorithms & Data Structures	12.5	2	0.1	70	7.0
431-325	Stochastic Signals & Systems	12.5	3	0.3	71	21.3
431-330	Design Laboratory	12.5	3	0.3	72	21.6
433-254	Software Design	12.5	3	0.3	73	21.9
431-328	Digital Systems 3: Circuits & Systems	12.5	3	0.3	74	22.2
433-313	Computer Design	12.5	3	0.3	75	22.5
431-400	Project Work	25.0	4	1.2	76	91.2
431-467	Digital Systems 4: High Speed Systems	12.5	4	0.6	77	46.2
433-332	Operating Systems	12.5	4	0.6	78	46.8
433-353	Networks & Communications	12.5	4	0.6	79	47.4
	TOTALS			5.3		394.3
	Final honours mark = Sum of weighted marks/Sum of weights FHM = 394.3/5.3 = 74.4