Honours in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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UNE unit code: HASS400H

*You are viewing the 2024 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.

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Year Long Honours - Period 1 - On Campus
Year Long Honours - Period 1 - Online
Year Long Honours - Period 2 - On Campus
Year Long Honours - Period 2 - Online

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Campus

Armidale Campus

24/7 online support

Intensive schools

Supervised exam

Credit points

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Did your degree in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences prompt a burning question for independent research? If so, study in honours will provide a ‘capstone’ to your formal education in a discipline, with the opportunity to drill deeper into a specialised area. You will extend your intellectual range and sharpen your research capabilities through both specialised study of a discipline and the opportunity to produce an extended research project.

You will study discipline specific content and undertake a different assessment stream based on your discipline or interdisciplinary study, while developing communication and interdisciplinary skills as a member of the wider community of scholars in honours study in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

The program will provide you with a solid foundation for postgraduate study or a professional career.

Offerings

Teaching period	Mode/location
Year Long Honours - Period 1	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Year Long Honours - Period 1	Online
Year Long Honours - Period 2	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Year Long Honours - Period 2	Online
Year Long Honours - Period 3	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Year Long Honours - Period 3	Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

Start	Finish	Duration	Attendance	Offerings	Notes
10 April 2024	11 April 2024	2 days	Mandatory Intensive School	All offerings	For Ancient History, Archaeology and History students
TBA	TBA	TBA	No Intensive School	All offerings	For Chinese, Classical Languages (Greek and Latin), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Media and Communications, Music, Philosophy, Political and International Studies, Spanish, Studies in Religion, Theatre Studies and Writing. Criminology, Geography, Linguistics and Sociology students.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites

candidature in BA(Hons) or BCrim(Hons) or BIntSt(Hons) or BMediaComm(Hons) or BMus(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) and approval of head of school

Restrictions

ANCH400H, ANCH401H, ANCH402H; ARPA400H, ARPA400; CHIN400H, CHIN401H, CHIN402H; CLAS401H; CLAS402H; COMM400H, COMM401H, COMM402H; CRIM400H, CRIM401H, CRIM402H; ENGL400H, ENGL401H, ENGL402H; FREN400H, FREN401H, FREN402H; GEPL400H, GEPL401H, GEPL402H; GRMN400H, GRMN401H, GRMN402H; HIST400H, HIST401H, HIST402H; INDN400H, INDN401H, INDN402H; INTS400H, INTS401H, INTS402H; ITAL400H, ITAL401H, ITAL402H; JAPN400H, JAPN401H, JAPN402H; LING400H, LING401H, LING402H; MUSI400H, MUSI401H, MUSI402H; PHIL400H, PHIL401H, PHIL402H; PAIS400H, PAIS401H, PAIS402H; SOCY400H, SOCY401H, SOCY402H; SPAN400H, SPAN401H, SPAN402H; RELS400H, RELS401H, RELS402H; THEA400H, THEA401H, THEA402H

Notes

Honours candidates only.

Eligible students may undertake Honours in one of three assessment streams.

The assessment pattern will usually reflect that used by the discipline that formed the basis of the student's admission to honours. Where interdisciplinary honours study is undertaken, the assessment pattern will be that agreed by the supervisory team and Unit Coordinator as most appropriate for the project of study.

Arts and Humanities Disciplines: Ancient History, Chinese, Classical Languages (Greek and Latin), English, French, German, History, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Media and Communications, Music, Philosophy, Political and International Studies, Spanish, Studies in Religion, Theatre Studies and Writing.

Social Sciences Disciplines: Criminology, Geography, Linguistics and Sociology.

Archaeology Discipline.

Student enrolment in this unit will be allocated to a Funding Cluster relevant to the chosen discipline.

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

Gwyn McClelland

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

independently apply a coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying theories and concepts, as well as research principles and methods, in one or more disciplines;
demonstrate original thinking, a high level of discipline-specific research and technical skills and the ability to write creatively and critically;
conduct and report independent research that generates possible solutions to complex research questions in a particular discipline and position that research within the current body of discipline knowledge, demonstrating the potential to make original contributions to knowledge in that particular discipline;
demonstrate enhanced communication proficiency within a discipline-specific context; and
demonstrate an understanding of the social and ethical issues in relation to their particular disciplinary areas with intellectual independence and honesty.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Title	Must Complete	Weight	Offerings	Assessment Notes
Assessment 1 - Archaeology Discipline	Yes	30%	All offerings	This may be in the form of, for example, a literature review/coursework units/seminar/reading, as directed by discipline and supervisor. No. of words: 8,000 words (equivalent)
Assessment 1 - Arts and Humanities Disciplines	Yes	45%	All offerings	This may be in the form of, for example, a literature review/coursework units/seminar/reading, as directed by the discipline and supervisor. No. Words: 12,000 to 14,000 words (equivalent)
Assessment 1 - Social Sciences Disciplines	Yes	40%	All offerings	This may be in the form of, for example, a literature review/coursework units/seminar/reading, as directed by discipline and supervisor. No. of Words: 10, 000 to 12,000 words (Equivalent)
Assessment 2 - Archaeology Discipline	Yes	70%	All offerings	A dissertation based on a research component as directed by the discipline and supervisor. No. of Words 20,000 (equivalent)
Assessment 2 - Arts and Humanities Disciplines	Yes	55%	All offerings	A dissertation based on a research component or a creative work + exegesis as directed by the discipline and supervisor. No. of Words: 15,000 to 16,000 words (equivalent).
Assessment 2 - Social Science Disciplines	Yes	60%	All offerings	A dissertation based on a research component or a creative work + exegesis as directed by the discipline and supervisor. No. of Words: 16,000 to 18,000 words (Equivalent)

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.