Australian Studies

Currently there is no pure honours program in Australian studies. This means that students must combine fourth-year honours in Australian studies with another area of study. The minimum entry requirement for Australian studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Australian studies, entry to honours in another area of study, and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the Australian studies major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%).

Combined honours in Australian studies and another area of study must take one of the following forms:

• Australian Studies Thesis (37.5 points); and
• Two honours subjects with substantial Australian content from any Arts program (25 points); and
• Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

or

• Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
• Two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
• Three honours subjects with substantial Australian content from any Arts program (37.5 points).

Honours in Australian Studies:

• is an advanced level of study designed to allow students to specialise their knowledge across one area of study;
• provides students with the scope to refine their analytical skills and research techniques;
• provides the opportunity to specialise with strong foundation for the future progression to higher degree research in Arts at the Masters or PhD level;
  improves the scope of employment options and professional advancement.

Students completing combined honours in Australian studies and another area of study must take one of the following forms: