SeventhNadir, are you in Australia? What's an Honours dissertation there? Is it something you do at the end of undergraduate college, or is it a graduate thing? (I apologize for American vocab; I don't know any different).

You do it at the end of a university degree. It is technically an undergraduate thing although it is for most intents and purposes a half sized masters by research. The order goes undergrad degree -> honours -> masters -> PhD except you can skip either or both of the middle two depending on preference, who you know and whether you need a scholarship.