A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts, or another qualification which the BA Board of Studies agrees is equivalent, may be accepted for admission to the honours program provided a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the Bachelors Degree.
Students who have achieved a GPA of 5.25 in 27 units of upper level topics in a major sequence will be invited to apply for admission to an honours degree in the related program of study. This does not apply for admission to an honours degree in Archaeology, Biological Sciences or Psychology.
Individual programs of study may also require specific topics as prerequisites for admission to the honours degree. These requirements are included in the description of the relevant program of study below.
Students who do not meet the above criteria may apply for admission and their case will be assessed on its individual merits. In some circumstances admission may be approved if applicants do not meet normal minimum entry requirements.
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.
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree builds on the aims and learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Arts degree.
The Honours degree aims to provide students with:
At the conclusion of the Honours degree students will be able to demonstrate:
To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study as specified. The program requires one year of full-time study or the equivalent part-time.
An honours program may be undertaken in the following:
CRICOS Provider: 00114A | Updated: 19 Jan, 2011