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Monash University

Honours - Area of Study

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySchool of Applied Media and Social Sciences
School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies
Campus(es)Caulfield, Gippsland

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.
  • The units available differ between campuses. Refer to the individual campus entries below. Also available via off-campus learning.

Description

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 journalism honours coordinator.

Units

Caulfield, Off-campus

Offered by the School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

  • ATS4370 JAIS Honours thesis (24 points)

OR

Coursework units

Students complete two units as follows:

Compulsory unit:

  • ATS4375 JAIS Honours research seminar

And one of the following units:

  • ATS4373 JAIS Honours professional project
    ATS4374 JAIS Honours specialist seminar

Gippsland, Off-campus

Offered by the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

Coursework units

Students complete the following two units:

  • ATS4807 SAMSS selected topics in theory and practice
  • ATS4366 Reporting cops, courts and councils

Contact details

Relevant courses

  • 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
  • 4090 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
  • 4078 Honours degree of Bachelor of Journalism
  • 0082 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws