Anthropology & Social Theory Thesis

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

research Subject

an average of 20 hours each week

Note: Enrolment in this thesis subject must be over two consecutive semesters

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Students enrolling in this subject must have completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Honours and postgraduate diploma students can only enrol in one of ANTH40007 and ANTH40008. ANTH40007 is the thesis subjects for New Generation Arts students who have completed the major in Anthropology and Social Theory.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

An independent research project on a topic to be approved by the course coordinator and under the supervision of a member of the academic staff.

Students who successfully complete this subject should

• be familiar with the methods and concepts employed in the preparation of a review of the literature on research topics in anthropology and social theory.
• be able to devise a research question.
• be able to design a program of research from which an answer to the research question can be developed.
• have mastered methods and techniques of analysis of data.
• have written a sustained evidence-based thesis in a style comprehensible to non-experts in the field

A thesis of 15,000 words, due at the end of the second semester of enrolment. A hurdle requirement is the submission of a research and thesis proposal on a date specified before the end of the first week of semester.

Hurdle Requirements - The following hurdle requirements must be met in order for students to be eligible to submit the final Thesis:

1. Supervision: Regular supervisory meetings

2. Topic Proposal Form: To be submitted by the first week of the Semester of thesis enrolment

3. Progress Report: To be submitted half way through the thesis year

4. Thesis Draft: A full draft of the thesis is to be submitted approximately 5 weeks prior to the final thesis submission date.

Final Theses submitted after the due date and up to 10 working days late without an approved extension will be marked on a pass/fail basis only. Assessment that is submitted later than 10 working days will not accepted or marked.

Appropriate texts will be determined in consultation with Thesis supervisor

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject should

• show initiative in self-directed research
• demonstrate an ability to identify, collect and collate data relevant to a research question
• demonstrate an ability to critically analyse and evaluate data
• be able to communicate the aims and outcomes of research intelligibly and economically

This honours thesis is for New Generation students completing honours in Anthropology and Social Theory