Undergraduate - UnitATS4232 - Arts honours thesis B

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Refer to school honours coordinator

Synopsis

Under the supervision of an academic staff member, students will implement and report on a research project commenced in the unit Arts honours thesis A (ATS4231) on an approved topic of their own devising.

Outcomes

Students will:

Plan, conduct and report on research in their Honours discipline;
Demonstrate a practical understanding of the ethical issues associated with conducting research, where relevant;
Demonstrate a command of the research literature relating to their research project.

Assessment

Completed research thesis (15,000 to 18,000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Susanna Scarparo

Workload requirements

One 1-hour supervisor meeting per fortnight.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Communications
Film and screen studies
Journalism
Ancient cultures
Anthropology
Chinese studies
Behavioural studies
Criminology
French studies
Geography and environmental science
German studies
History
Indigenous cultures and histories
Indonesian studies
International studies
Italian studies
Japanese studies
Korean studies
Linguistics
Literary studies
Philosophy
Politics
Religion and theology
Sociology
Spanish and Latin American studies
Ukrainian studies
Theatre
English as an international language

Prerequisites

One of ATS4231, ATS4004, ATS4371, ATS4461, ATS4925, ATS4911, ATS4371, ATS4778, ATS4808, ATS4866, ATS4470

Prohibitions

ATS4005, ATS4372, ATS4462, ATS4716, ATS4726, ATS4732, ATS4764, ATS4774, ATS4779, ATS4809, ATS4867, ATS4912, ATS4926