Honours - Area of study Indigenous cultures and histories

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirements; 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 faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered by	Monash Indigenous Centre
Campus(es)	Clayton
Coordinator	Dr Liam Brady (Semester 1); Professor Ian McNiven (Semester 2)

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Honours studies in this area will advance students' knowledge and competencies in the discipline of Indigenous cultures and histories.

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising research and two coursework units. Coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the Indigenous cultures and histories honours coordinator.

Units

Research

Students complete one of the following two options:

ATS4230 Arts honours thesis (24 points)
ATS4231 Arts honours thesis A (12 points) and ATS4232 Arts honours thesis B (12 points)

Students may be elible to complete the following two units, in place of the two thesis units:

APG5044 Professional internship (12 points)
APG5856 Research project (12 points)

Students interested in taking the internship-project research option rather than the thesis research option should speak to the Indigenous cultures and histories honours coordinator.

Coursework units

Students complete the following units:

ATS4375 Honours research seminar
ATS4374 Honours specialist seminar

Intending honours students

Students intending to enter honours in Indigenous cultures and histories must have completed a major in that discipline.

Contact details

Visit http://future.arts.monash.edu/contact-arts/

Relevant courses

0003 Bachelor of Arts (Honours)