Handbook

The Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation (Honours) involves one additional year of study following the successful completion of a relevant undergraduate degree. An Honours research project allows you to explore an approved research question of your choosing through extended study in the liberal arts. Honours study will equip you with marketable skills of value to many employers. On successful completion of an Honours degree, you will demonstrate your ability to produce a sustained research outcome, meet deadlines, investigate independently, use resources effectively and write coherently. Your Honours degree will give you the opportunity to conduct an in-depth study which can serve as a pathway to more advanced, higher degree research. Studying for an Honours degree will: - Equip you with specialised research skills relevant to your chosen liberal arts discipline; - Teach you cornerstone research methods for advanced study in the liberal arts; - Give you the opportunity to work closely with, and learn from, an experienced academic supervisor; - Support you in devising an extended argument on approved topic of study in a dissertation of approximately 15,000 words.