1997 Undergraduate Handbook

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Enrolment through

Bathurst campus
Wagga Wagga campus

Study mode

On campus
Distance education

Normal course duration

Full-time 1 year (2 sessions)
Part-time 2 years (4 sessions)

Admission criteria

The Honours program is available to applicants who have been awarded or who are eligible to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Charles Sturt University and, in certain circumstances, to applicants who have a comparable degree from this or another institution. Applicants will normally be required to have a major in their proposed Honours disciplinary area, and to have attained grades of credit or better in the second and third level subjects of the major (or to have what is deemed to be the equivalent from another institution).

Acceptance into the Honours program is subject to the approval of the discipline coordinator and is at the discretion of the Head of School in which the discipline is located.

Applicants for entry to Psychology Honours must have completed a major in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychological Society and have completed PSY301 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology or its equivalent with a grade of credit or better.

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 64 subject points.

Course structure

Honours is offered in the disciplines of Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology.

Subjects in the respective disciplines are listed:

Honours in Art History

• ART401 Theories of Criticism
• ART402 Reading Subject
• ART403 Dissertation

Honours in English

• LIT411 Literary Criticism
• LIT401 Dissertation
• LIT414 Literature Reading Subject

Honours in History

• HST411 Theory and Method of History
• HST412 Reading Subject
• HST401 Dissertation

Honours in Philosophy

• PHL403 Social Justice
• PHL406 Metaphysics
• PHL407 Philosophy of Psychology
• PHL405 Dissertation

Honours in Psychology*

• PSY420 Current Issues in Psychology
• PSY424 Psychology Dissertation
• PSY421 Clinical Psychology
• either
• PSY423 Industrial/Organisational Psychology
• or
• PSY422 Forensic Psychology

*Psychology Honours subjects are coordinated from Bathurst. Students based in Wagga Wagga enrol in the distance education mode and attend compulsory residential schools. Students from Wagga Wagga receive tutorial support and may have their dissertation supervised by staff in Wagga Wagga.

Honours in Sociology

• SOC411 Advanced Sociological Theory
• SOC412 Advanced Methodology
• SOC413 Reading Subject
• SOC421 Dissertation

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Dr Reg Naulty
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Telephone: (069) 33 2684
Facsimile: (069) 33 2792
Email: rnaulty@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.