Students who commenced study in 2016 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.

Religious studies

Honours
Research area

Commencement year

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

Managing faculty

Faculty of Arts

Offered by

Centre for Religious Studies

Contact details

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

Coordinator

Dr Scott Dunbar

Websites

Faculty of Arts

Centre for Religious Studies

Location

Clayton

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

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis, a compulsory seminar and two coursework units. The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the religious studies honours coordinator.

Units

This course comprises 48 points: Part A: Research (24 points) and Part B: Coursework (24 points)

Units are 12 points unless otherwise indicated.

Part A. Research (24 points)

Students undertake the following in their chosen discipline:

either:

ATS4230 Arts honours thesis (24 points)

or both of:

ATS4231 Arts honours thesis A
ATS4232 Arts honours thesis B

Part B. Coursework (24 points)

ATS4289 Medieval dialogues: Reason, mysticism and society
ATS4006 Political theology

Intending honours students

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

Relevant courses

A3701 Bachelor of Arts (Honours)