Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts Honours requires completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
48 units from completion of one of the following Honours specialisations:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art History and Theory
Asia-Pacific Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies
Biological Anthropology
Classical Studies
Contemporary Europe
Criminology
Development Studies
Digital Humanities
Economics
English
Environmental Studies
Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
History
International Relations
Language Studies
Mathematics
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Security Studies
Sociology
For all Honours Specialisations, and for Combined Honours, HONS4100 Final Honours Grade will be used to calculate the Class of Honours and the Mark. It will be calculated using the formula: S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The following Bachelor of Arts (Honours) specialisation(s) are available, subject to meeting the entry requirements, to each Bachelor of Arts major.
BA Major
Honours Specialisation(s)
Disciplines and Fields
Ancient History
Classical Studies, Biological Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology, Asia-Pacific Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies
Archaeology
Archaeology, Biological Anthropology
Art History
Art History and Theory
Art History and Theory
Art History and Theory
Art Theory
Art History and Theory
Australian Indigenous Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies, Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Criminology
Criminology
Development Studies
Development Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies
Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities
Economic Studies
Economics
English
English
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Geography
Environmental Studies
Global Security
Security Studies
History
History
Human Evolutionary Biology
Biological Anthropology
Human Rights
Political Science, International Relations
International Communication
Language Studies
International Relations
International Relations
Linguistics
Language Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Mathematics
Mathematics
Music
Music
Music Technology
Music
Peace and Conflict Studies
Security Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy
Political Science
Political Science
Psychology
Psychology, Biological Anthropology
Screen Studies
English
Sociology
Sociology
Technology Networks and Society
Sociology
War Studies
Security Studies
Languages
Ancient Greek
Classical Studies, Language Studies
Arabic
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Language Studies
Chinese Language
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
French Language and Culture
Language Studies
German Language and Culture
Language Studies
Hindi Language
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
Indonesian Language
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
Italian Language and Culture
Language Studies
Japanese Language
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
Korean Language
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
Latin
Classical Studies, Language Studies
Persian
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Language Studies
Sanskrit Language
Specialisations
Elective Study
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor of Arts degree from the ANU, or equivalent from another institution
A weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 70 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses in the major cognate to the honours specialisation, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), with the highest marks
Written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
And the satisfaction of any admission requirements listed in the relevant honours specialisation
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Adjustment Factors
ANU offers rank adjustments for a number of adjustment factors, including for high achievement in nationally strategic senior secondary subjects and for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies. Rank adjustments are applied to Bachelor degree applicants with an ATAR at or above 70. Points are awarded in accordance with the approved schedules, and no more than 15 points (maximum 5 subject/performance-based adjustments, maximum 10 equity-based adjustments and maximum 5 Elite Athlete adjustments) will be awarded. Please note that Adjustment Factors vary and do not apply to a select few programs, please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.
Indicative fees
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $43,344.00
For further information on International Tuition Fees see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree exemplifies the ANU commitment to research-led education. Building on the Bachelor of Arts, which is the most diverse, most flexible, and most popular degree at the Australian National University, it gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of your discipline, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems. An Honours Specialisation is available for all majors in the BA, and any two Honours Specialisations available in the BA for which both sets of admissions criteria have been met are available for combination as Combined Honours.
Career Options
Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.
The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.
Learning Outcomes
- pose a significant research question relating to their discipline;
- investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to the discipline, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
- communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.
Inherent Requirements
Information on inherent requirement is not currently avaialble for this program.
Further Information
If a person seeking acceptance into a Bachelor Honours program satisfies or exceeds the minimum requirement for admission to the Bachelor Honours program, the Delegated Authority is not obliged to admit the person to the program only because the person has satisfied the minimum requirement for admission.
The Delegated Authority for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) plan HARTS is the CASS Associate Dean (Education). All admissions to this plan must be approved by the Delegated Authority.
Applicants should in the first instance contact their discipline’s Honours convenor; names and contact details are at: http://cass.anu.edu.au/current-students/honours/honours-convenors.
