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Bachelor of Arts with Honours
English, Communication Studies and Theatre Studies encourages and welcomes applications from motivated, well-qualified graduates to the Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree programme. The programme is designed to allow graduates to extend their studies in areas offered by the School, either to explore their area of interest more deeply, improve their career prospects, or to proceed to higher degree studies. The School offers BA (Honours) in the disciplines of English, Communication Studies and Theatre Studies. A number of our staff are involved in Honours coursework teaching and dissertation supervision and their extensive expertise allows for a broad range of exciting dissertation topics. The Honours programme is offered both internally and externally and either full-time, over one year, or part-time, over two years. The programme in each discipline involves a combination of coursework units and a dissertation. The Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree can be taken in the following fields: • English Literature • Communication Studies • Theatre Studies (Drama) For more information about Honours coursework and requirements, please see the Honours Handbook. We look forward to seeing you in what will prove to be a demanding but also exciting program. Why do Honours?Honours offers students the opportunity to spend an additional year (full time; two years part time) pursuing studies in their area of interest at a deeper level than the BA allows for. It involves taking: • an Honours Coursework Unit (24 credit points) comprised of several integrated components ; and • an Honours Dissertation Unit (24 credit points) in which the student writes a dissertation of 14,000 - 16,000 words on a topic of his or her own choice under the supervision of a staff member. Honours is a pathway for students who wish to undertake a Postgraduate research such as MA (Honours) or PhD. For students not seeking to undertake an advanced degree Honours can hone superior research, analytical, writing, and communication skills that are transferable to other endeavours. A degree in Honours is well respected in the job market. Period of CandidatureThe period of Honours enrolment is one year full-time or two years part-time. Students may only commence the Honours program in first semester. The deadline for application for Honours for 2008 is 30 November, 2007 for external students. AdmissionFor admission information please visit the Faculty of Arts Honours Information page. Enrolment enquiries and all matters of degree administration should be directed to: The Student Centre phone: +61 2 6773 4444 SupervisionA list of staff members within the school with links to information about their special research areas, teaching areas and publications is available at http://www.une.edu.au/ect/staff/index.php For a list of subjects and focus areas for supervision available in the Faculty, please see the Faculty Postgraduate Supervisors webpage. 2008 Honours Residential School DatesThe Residential School will be held in the April Residential School period. The exact dates will be confirmed later. More information about Residential Schools, including venue and program, will be provided to students upon enrolment. Further InformationInitial enquiries should be directed to the Honours Coordinator: Dr Louise Noble For information on scholarships for Honours see: |