<P> The University of Oxford does not award honours with its standard BA degree, but considers students who gain a third class degree or better to have "achieved honours status". </P> <P> A number of Honours degrees are offered by the University of Malta, usually indicating an extra year of study with an undergraduate dissertation or a specialisation within a 3 - year programme . </P> <P> The Bachelor honours degree is a separate level on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework from the bachelor's degree without honours, as in Australia and Scotland . It may either be a 4 - year (480 credit) course or a single year (120 credit) course following on from a bachelor's degree, and prepares students for postgraduate study . </P> <P> In Scotland, all undergraduate degrees with Honours must be of four - year duration . Students can choose to do the Honours degree or the general (or pass / ordinary) degree . The first two years of both types of degrees are the same; however, after that, students who pursue the Honours route will complete more advanced subjects and a dissertation in their last year, while students who choose to do the general degree will complete their third year at a lower level of specialisation . </P>

What does a bachelor degree with honours mean