Pursue your passion for your selected area of study.
This prestigious honours degree is a separate but complementary course to the arts undergraduate degree. If you have an excellent academic record and are interested in pursuing further education, you can apply to engage in an additional year of coursework study and independent research.
Under the guidance of an academic supervisor, you’ll design and carry out a research project of your own choosing. This culminates in a research dissertation that provides you with the perfect opportunity to explore and gain a deeper knowledge of a particular area of study that you’re interested in.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) have sophisticated skills in analysis, communication and research and are often targeted as potential leaders in large corporations. An honours degree has also traditionally paved the way for an academic career or pursuing a higher research degree.
Duration
1 year
Intakes
February
Career Paths
You’ll work on personal research projects relating to any of the following five broad areas of research:
- communication
- global studies
- gender studies
- film, television and screen studies
- psychology.
Due to the increasingly intersectional nature of these categories, there’s no limit to the topics that you can work on as part of your dissertation. This course has produced some successful and resourceful students in the past.
Course Structure
There are two assessment components to this course amounting to a total of 48 credit points:
- A 15,000 to 18,000-word research dissertation that you must produce at the end of the academic year (24 credit points)
- Two complementary coursework units to equip you with the necessary skills to successfully navigate research issues, methodologies and other academic theories (24 credit points).
Career Paths
Due to the highly practical nature of this course, there are no shortages of rewarding career opportunities available to you. Our graduates have found careers in:
- academia
- management consulting
- international trade
- human resources
- corporate research and analysis.
Entry Requirements
You’ll need strong academic results in your undergraduate degree, particularly in the third year, to gain entry into the Bachelor of Arts (Honours). You must:
- have completed an undergraduate degree with a major (48 points or the equivalent) in the intended honours discipline, and
- have successfully completed an Australian undergraduate degree (or equivalent), including a major in your chosen Honours area of study with a distinction grade average (75 percent) or above in 24 points of studies in relevant discipline units at level three, and an overall WAM of 75 in your completed undergraduate degree (or equivalent). For some majors, completion of specific units, or their equivalent, are also required for admission to honours. The details are provided with the requirements for each major to which this applies.
- attend an interview.
Tuition fees
