sociology/hons-arts-sociology

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18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Honours - Area of study

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 facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySchool of Social Sciences
South Africa School of Social Science
Campus(es)Clayton, South Africa
CoordinatorDr Helen Forbes-Mewett (Caulfield/Clayton); Mr Charles Villet, Dr Fay Hodza (South Africa)

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.

Description

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

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.

Units

Caulfield and Clayton

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 the following unit:

  • ATS4924 Honours: Social sciences research methods

plus one of the following elective units:

South Africa

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

  • AZA4778 Social science honours dissertation A
  • AZA4779 Social science honours dissertation B

Coursework units

Students complete the following two units:

  • AZA4110 Sociology selected topics
  • AZA4450 Researching for social sciences and humanities

Intending honours students

Students intending to enter honours in sociology 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
  • 4087 Honours degree of Bachelor of Social Science