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Honours - Area of study

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySchool of Applied Media and Social Sciences
School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies
Campus(es)Caulfield, Gippsland

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
  • The units available differ between campuses. Refer to the individual campus entries below. Also available via off-campus learning.

Description

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis and two coursework units.

The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the journalism honours coordinator.

Units

Caulfield, Off-campus

Offered by the School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

  • ATS4370 JAIS honours thesis (24 points)
  • ATS4371 JAIS honours thesis A (12 points) and ATS4372 JAIS honours thesis B (12 points)

Coursework units

Students complete one compulsory unit:

  • ATS4375 JAIS honours research seminar

and one of the following units:

  • ATS4373 JAIS honours professional project
  • ATS4374 JAIS honours specialist seminar

Gippsland, Off-campus

Offered by the School of Applied Media and Social Sciences

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

Coursework units

Students complete the following two units:

  • ATS4366 Reporting cops, courts and councils
  • ATS4807 SAMSS selected topics in theory and practice

Contact details

Relevant courses

  • 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
  • 4090 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
  • 0082 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
  • 4078 Honours degree of Bachelor of Journalism