Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Overview

An honours degree enables you to:

• deepen your understanding of a specialist topic

• produce an in-depth dissertation or creative work

• enhance your research, analytical and communication skills

• join a community of like-minded, inspiring researchers

• increase your appeal to future employers

• support your eligibility for doctoral level studies.

What you'll learn  

• By taking the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) program from Curtin University you apply knowledge of abstract ideas to the investigation of a research or creative research outcome
• Critically evaluate the effectiveness of research techniques to apply an appropriate analytical mode of investigation
• Formulate a research question, apply an appropriate methodology to provide an informed address to that question, and assess the evidence gathered to reach a conclusion
• Effectively communicate orally, visually, and in written format an argument based on research and/or creative findings
• Access and apply in an accurate manner the appropriate information and communication technology resources for a research project
• Work independently to produce a dissertation or a combination of an exegesis and creative project
• Generate new understandings and interpretation of issues by drawing on a range of perspectives
• Employ new understandings within the field of Humanities to achieve research objectives
• Apply research skills both collaboratively and individually in a discipline