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0204 - Honours degree of Bachelor of Letters

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated titleBLitt(Hons)
CRICOS Code031185G
Managing facultyArts
Study location and modeOn-campus (Clayton)
Total credit points required48
Duration (years)1 year FT, 2 years PT
Contact detailshttp://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/honours/

Description

Honours is a prestigious program comprising a fourth year of coursework and research after the completion of a Bachelor of Letters. Students choose a topic and undertake research working with a carefully selected supervisor who provides individual guidance and academic counselling.

Entry requirements

Students must have:

  • completed a degree, with a major (48 points or the equivalent) in the intended honours dicipline
  • obtained at least a distinction average (70 per cent) in the honours discipline(s) to the value of 24 points at second and third year level, of which at least 18 points must be at third year level.

Please refer to the various School/disciplines for any special requirements.

Students qualified to enter an honours program must normally do so within five years of the date on which they completed their undergraduate studies.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the honours program, students will have extended their undergraduate knowledge in a specific area of the humanities and social sciences through in-depth research and built upon their skills in the areas of research, analysis, writing and other forms of communication.

Structure

Students complete 48 points, including a thesis as well as additional coursework units chosen from the relevant discipline(s).

Honours studies may be taken as single honours (a single discipline over one year of full-time study), double honours (two disciplines over two years of full-time study) or combined honours (two disciplines over one year of full-time study).

Requirements

Contact the honours coordinator from the relevant school for details of discipline-specific requirements.

Award(s) received on completion *

The honours degree of Bachelor of Letters

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

 

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