Arts (Honours) University of Melbourne

Overview

Overview

The Arts (Honours) program at University of Melbourne is an advanced and specialised course of study requiring a higher standard of performance than a pass degree. It offers a broad range of Arts programs in humanities, social sciences and languages and enhances students’ ability to acquire advanced research and analytical skills and develop original ideas.

It also augments students’ ability to apply innovative solutions to complex problems. Students may specialise in one area of study (pure honours) or two (combined honours) depending on specialisation.

In the advanced coursework component, you will have the opportunity to gain further in-depth knowledge in particular areas of the discipline. It also expands on the theoretical basis on which your research work will be based.

Through completing the research component, you will enhance your ability to acquire advanced skills of analysis, develop original ideas, and apply innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll develop advanced skills in project implementation and communicating research outcomes.

Learning outcomes

Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours) graduates:

• Demonstrate an advanced knowledge and understanding of one or more selected fields of study in core disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and languages
• Demonstrate high level research skills appropriate to one or more core disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and languages
• Access and comprehend national and international debates in their specialised area(s) of study
• Demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values
• Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within complex changing social contexts
• Act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force
• Communicate effectively and, in the case of those students specialising in a language discipline, read, write and speak another language with fluency and appreciate its cultural context