The Honours program provides a final undergraduate year that is a very different experience to earlier years. There are fewer formal classes and more individual work. The honours year provides an opportunity to specialise in an area of particular interest. It is designed to develop a range of skills that are widely applicable outside the particular research specialty: e.g., conducting literature searches, critical evaluation of the literature, and written and oral communication. Surveys of recent graduates of UNSW consistently reveal that the employment prospects of honours graduates are markedly superior to those with pass degrees.