Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Course

This honours program in arts offers arts students who have completed the normal requirements of the Bachelor of Communication pass degree an opportunity for more specialised, advanced work in communication studies. Honours is a prestigious program comprising a fourth year of coursework and research within which students choose a topic and undertake research working with a carefully selected supervisor who provides individual guidance and academic counselling.

Upon successful completion of the honours program, students will have extended their undergraduate knowledge in communications and built upon their skills in the areas of research, analysis, writing and other forms of communication.

Students must have:

• completed a degree, with a major (48 points or the equivalent) in communication
• obtained at least a distinction average (70 per cent) in the intended 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.

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

This course consists of four core units, including a thesis.

Students must complete the following core units:

• COM400H(A) Dissertation part 1 (12 points)
• COM400H(B) Dissertation part 2 (12 points)
• COM4010(H) Research issues and methodology (12 points)
• COM4020(H) Industry practice applied (12 points) or COM4030(H) Readings in social, political and cultural theory (12 points)

The honours degree of Bachelor of Communication