What happens if I fail an honours course? Updated 06/07/2022 11.13 AM If you fail an honours course, your enrolment will be cancelled unless there are extenuating circumstances, and your candidature can be terminated. As an honour's candidate, under normal circumstances if you fail a course you are not permitted to repeat the failed course or undertake an alternate course as a replacement for the failed course. Normal circumstances may include: - you have withdrawn from the course after the final date for withdrawal without failure - you failed to complete all assessment items for the course - you have been awarded a fail grade for the course (i.e 1, 2, 3). If these are the circumstances under which you failed a coursework course, it is likely that you will no longer be able to complete the 80 credit points required to earn the honours degree. As a result, your enrolment as an honours student will be cancelled, and your candidature will be terminated. In special circumstances, however, the Honours Program Director may recommend to the Chair of the School Assessment Board to permit a retake of the failed course or undertake an alternative course as a replacement for the failed course. The Honours Program Director may only make this recommendation if specific conditions are met as stated below: - you have only failed one course - you have extenuation circumstances that contributed to the fail grade; and - you can repeat the failed course, or complete the replacement course, within the three-year time limit. In this instance, you may be permitted to repeat a failed course, or undertake an alternative course as a replacement for the failed course, but the failed grade will still be included in your academic record, and the calculation of your Grade Point Average.