Monash University Handbook 2011 Honours - Area of Study

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis and two coursework units.

The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the sociology honours coordinator.

Caulfield and Clayton

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

• ATS4923 Political and Social Inquiry honours thesis (full-time candidates)
• ATS4925 Political and Social Inquiry honours thesis A and ATS4926 Political and Social Inquiry honours thesis B (part-time candidates)

Coursework units

Students complete the following unit:

• ATS4924 Political and Social Inquiry honours seminar

plus one of the following elective units:

• APG4681 Qualitative research strategies
• APG4684 Analysing quantitative data
• APG4683 Survey research

Gippsland

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

• ATS4805 Honours Dissertation A
• ATS4806 Honours Dissertation B

Coursework units

Students complete the following two units:

• ATS4677 Theory and practice in sociology
• ATS4807 Selected topics in theory and practice

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• 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
• 0204 Honours degree of Bachelor of Letters
• 0082 The honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws