Honours - Area of study Politics

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	School of Social Sciences
Campus(es)	Clayton
Coordinator	Dr Paul Muldoon

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 politics.

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 politics honours coordinator.

Units

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

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

Coursework units

Students complete two of the following units:

ATS4328 Grand theories of politics and international relations
ATS4333 Comparative national government
any 12-point, fourth-year-level unit offered in the School of Social SciencesSchool of Social Sciences (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/units/index-byou-school-of-social-sciences.html) and approved by the politics honours coordinator

Intending honours students

Students intending to enter honours in politics must have completed a major in that discipline.

Contact details

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

Relevant courses

0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts