Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts Honours requires completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

48 units from completion of one of the following Honours specialisations:

Anthropology Honours

Archaeology Honours

Art History and Curatorial Studies Honours

Asia-Pacific Studies Honours

Biological Anthropology Honours

Classical Studies Honours

Contemporary Europe Honours

Criminology Honours

Demography Honours

Development Studies Honours

Economics Honours

English Honours

Environmental Studies Honours

Gender, Sexuality, and Culture Honours

History Honours

International Relations Honours

Language Studies or Linguistics Honours

Mathematics Honours

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Honours

Music Honours

Philosophy Honours

Political Science Honours

Psychology Honours

Security Studies Honours

Sociology Honours

For all Honours Specialisations, and for Combined Honours, HONS4100 Final Honours Grade will be used to calculate the Class of Honours and the Mark. It will be calculated using the formula: S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero.

Specialisations

Elective Study

Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.

Admission Requirements

At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to ANU is on a competitive basis as the number of places available in a program is limited. Admission to Honours is also subject to supervisory capacity and approval from the relevant Delegated Authority within the Academic College.

• An AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Arts Degree from the ANU, or equivalent, or a Bachelor degree from the ANU with a major named in the admission requirement for a Specialisation in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours), completed within the last two years;
• a weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 70 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses in the major cognate to the honours specialisation, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), with the highest marks;
• written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis; and
• the satisfaction of any admission requirements listed in the relevant honours specialisation

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Adjustment Factors

Adjustment factors are additional points added to an applicant’s Selection Rank (for example an applicant’s ATAR). ANU offers adjustment factors based on performance and equity principles, such as for high achievement in nationally strategic senior secondary subjects and for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies. 

Selection Rank adjustments are granted in accordance with the approved schedules, and no more than 15 (maximum 5 subject/performance-based adjustment factors and maximum 10 equity-based adjustment factors) can be awarded. 

You may be considered for adjustment factors if you have:

• applied for an eligible ANU Bachelor degree program
• undertaken Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate
• achieved an ATAR or equivalent at or above 70
• not previously attempted tertiary study.

Please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.

Fee Information

All students are required to pay the Services and amenities fee (SA Fee)

The annual indicative fee provides an estimate of the program tuition fees for international students and domestic students (where applicable). The annual indicative fee for a program is based on the standard full-time enrolment load of 48 units per year (unless the program duration is less than 48 units). Fees for courses vary by discipline meaning that the fees for a program can vary depending on the courses selected. Course fees are reviewed on an annual basis and typically will increase from year to year. The tuition fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and the courses selected and are subject to increase during the period of study.

For further information on Fees and Payment please see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are.  Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

Learning Outcomes

1. pose a significant research question relating to their discipline;
2. investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to the discipline, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
3. communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.

Inherent Requirements

Information on inherent requirements is not currently available for this program.

Further Information

An Honours Specialisation is available for all majors in the BA, and any two Honours Specialisations available in the BA for which both sets of admissions criteria have been met are available for combination as Combined Honours.

If a person seeking acceptance into a Bachelor Honours program satisfies or exceeds the minimum requirement for admission to the Bachelor Honours program, the Delegated Authority is not obliged to admit the person to the program only because the person has satisfied the minimum requirement for admission.

The Delegated Authority for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) plan HARTS is the CASS Associate Dean (Education). All admissions to this plan must be approved by the Delegated Authority.

Applicants should in the first instance contact their discipline’s Honours convenor; names and contact details are at http://cass.anu.edu.au/current-students/honours/convenors

The following Bachelor of Arts (Honours) specialisation(s) are available, subject to meeting the entry requirements, to each Bachelor of Arts major.

Anthropology - Anthropology, Asia-Pacific Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies

Archaeology - Archaeology

Art History and Curatorial Studies- Art History and Curatorial Studies, Art History and Theory, Visual Arts

Asia-Pacific Studies - Asian & Pacific languages and studies,

Biological Anthropology - Ancient History, Australian Indigenous Studies, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Studies, Psychology

Classical Studies - Ancient Greek, Ancient History, Classical Studies, Latin

Contemporary Europe - Contemporary Europe

Criminology - Criminology 

Demography - Demography, Sociology

Development Studies - Development Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies

Economics - Mathematical Economics, Economics

English - English, Screen Studies

Environmental Studies - Anthropology, Development Studies, Geography, Policy Studies, Sociology

Gender, Sexuality and Culture - Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender, Gender, Sexuality and Culture

History - Asian History, Classics, European History, History

International Relations - Human Rights, International Relations, Latin American Studies

Language Studies or Linguistics - International Communication, Linguistics, Languages

Mathematics - Mathematics

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies - Arabic, Global Security, International Relations, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Persian, Political Science, Sociology

Music - Music

Philosophy - Philosophy

Political Science - Human Rights, Political Science

Psychology - Psychology. The Bachelor of Art (Honours) with Psychology Honours Specialisation is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC)

Security Studies - Global Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, War Studies or International Relations

Sociology - Sociology, Technology, Network and Society