The honours degree requires a fourth year of study following completion of the normal requirements of the pass degree.
Honours studies at Monash University Gippsland campus may be taken as a single discipline or combined honours. The course is to be completed in a minimum period of one year full-time or two years part-time equivalent. The following disciplines are available at honours level: English, history, mass communications, politics and sociology.
Students studying full-time or part-time in either mode (on-campus or distance education) are expected to complete the forty-eight points of the single or combined honours course in any chosen discipline.
The honours program comprises two components: coursework and the dissertation. The coursework comprises two subjects: one examining the major theoretical and methodological issues related to a particular discipline and the other focusing on issues and applications. These subjects will require students to present seminar papers and a major essay. Each of these subjects is of twelve points value. The dissertation component is a full-year subject of twenty-four points value and requires a minor dissertation of not more than 15,000 words on an approved topic of the students' own choice. Students will prepare their dissertation under the direction of a supervisor.
Combined honours may be taken from two disciplines within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, provided that all honours requirements have been met in both disciplines and subject to the approval of the Honours Committee. Students undertaking combined honours will complete one coursework subject from each discipline and a single or joint discipline dissertation.
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