'Honours' usually means that students have achieved their degree with a high overall average GPA and typically have undertaken a small final project, paper or essay (also known in the UK as a dissertation). An undergraduate honours distinction should not be confused with a "postgraduate" with Honours or cum honore degree, which is (part of) an academic degree itself, e.g. the one-year Bachelor with Honours degree in Australia, the one-year Baccalaureatus Cum Honore degree in Canada or the four-year integrated Master with Honours degree in Scotland. "Postgraduate" Honours degree programs generally involve completion of master's level courses and the submission of a long high-research thesis.