Arts (Honours)

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) requires 1 year of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time).

The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

To qualify for the Honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study as specified. Students are normally expected to complete the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) within one year of full-time study or two years’ of part-time study. Under exceptional circumstances students may be permitted to extend the duration of the Honours program with the approval of the Course Coordinator.

An honours program may be undertaken in the following:

• Applied Linguistics
• Archaeology
• Biological Sciences
• Business Studies
• Creative Writing
• Criminology
• Drama - from 1 January 2021
• Drama - prior to 31 December 2020
• English - from 1 January 2021
• English - prior to 31 December 2020
• French
• Geography and Environmental Studies
• History
• Indigenous and Australian Studies
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Law and Society
• Modern Greek
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Screen and Media - from 1 January 2021
• Screen and Media - prior to 31 December 2020
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Theology
• Women's and Gender Studies - from 1 January 2021
• Women's Studies - prior to 31 December 2020

Applicants must have completed a Bachelor of Arts or another qualification which the Dean (Education) agrees is equivalent and an overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5 or above.

For admission into the Biological Sciences Honours program applicants must normally have a Bachelor level qualification with a major or specialisation in a relevant Biological Sciences discipline and an overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5 or above.

For admission into the Psychology Honours program applicants must hold a Bachelor level qualification with an APAC (Australian Psychology Accreditation Council) accredited study sequence in Psychology, normally completed within the last 10 years. Selection is based on academic merit with applicants ranked for offer based on performance in second and third year Psychology topics.

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts, or another qualification which the Dean (Education) agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

Students may apply to undertake an honours degree in two programs of study. This normally requires 9 units of coursework topics in each of the two programs of study and an 18 unit thesis topic, either singly or jointly supervised.

At the conclusion of the Honours degree students will be able to:

• evaluate the underlying academic principles, skills and concepts in their area of study at an advanced level
• undertake independent research at an advanced level
• critically evaluate and analyse complex issues and deploy evidence in support of a research thesis, which includes interpreting and applying ethical considerations
• communicate their findings clearly, in both oral and written form, to an advanced level
• model an enhanced appreciation of ethical values.