Bachelor
The Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree.
The Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion.
Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.
To qualify for admission to honours, students need to have results of an average of 70% or above in eight senior units of study (48 credit points) in the subject in they wish to undertake honours. Some departments and programs have additional prerequisites, including advanced senior units of study designed to prepare students for the challenges of fourth year study.