Politics - POLSBH4054

Plan Summary


	Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
	School: School of Social Sciences
	Contact: School of Social Sciences
	Program: 4054 - Arts / Education (Secondary)
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Plan Outline

The Honours program in Politics requires the completion of 48 uoc (the equivalent of one year full-time study or two years part-time study). Combined Honours may be undertaken with another major stream or a minor stream.

The Honours program involves seminars and the completion of a research project or thesis. It consists of 18 uoc of coursework and 30 uoc of thesis/project. The 18 uoc of coursework includes one List A (Faculty) coursework (6 uoc) and two List B (Area of Study) courses (12 uoc), including the compulsory course ARTS4264 B: Honours Thesis Workshop.

Plan Structure

List A Courses (6 uoc)

ARTS4100 A: Research Meth in Humanities (6 UOC)
ARTS4140 A: Key Concepts (6 UOC)
ARTS4141 A: What is Philosophy (6 UOC)
ARTS4160 A: Doing Qualitative Research (6 UOC)

List B Courses (12 uoc)

ARTS4260 B: Politics, Law and Justice (6 UOC)
ARTS4261 B: Global Civil Society (6 UOC)
ARTS4262 B: Currents in Social Theory (6 UOC)

Plus Thesis Workshop

ARTS4264 B: Honours Thesis Workshop (6 UOC)

Honours Thesis (30 uoc)

Sample Program

Full-time Honours (1 year)

Semester 1

List A course (6 UOC)
List B course (6 UOC)

ARTS4264 B: Honours Thesis Workshop (6 UOC)
ARTS4916 Politics Honours (6 UOC)

Semester 2

ARTS4919 Politics Honours (24 UOC)

Part-time Honours (2 years)

Year 1 Semester 1

List A course (6 UOC)

ARTS4264 B: Honours Thesis Workshop (6 UOC)

Year 1 Semester 2

ARTS4917 Politics Honours (12 UOC)

Year 2 Semester 1

List B course (6 UOC)

ARTS4916 Politics Honours (6 UOC)

Year 2 Semester 2

ARTS4917 Politics Honours (12 UOC)