Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours
Offered by: Faculty of Arts
Convenor: Dr Gaik Cheng Khoo
Administration: School of Humanities
Students are expected to consult with the Honours Convener well ahead of time about their choice of thesis topic, and are required to seek approval for their topics and arrange supervision with a member of staff no later than mid-January or mid-June, when work on the thesis should commence.
A student may commence Gender, Sexuality and Culture IV (Honours) in the second semester on agreement of Honours Convener.
Entry requirements
(a) Completion of the requirements for the pass degree;
(b) Ten courses to the value of 60 units of Gender, Sexuality and Culture including the Gender, Sexuality and Culture major. The 60 units must be attained with an average grade of Credit and include at least 4 Distinctions. A maximum of 3 later year level courses (18 units) of cognate courses may be included in the 10 courses (60 units).
The Honours year will comprise:
(a) A research thesis of 12,000 - 15,000 words on an approved topic (50 %);
(b) Honours seminar in Gender, Sexuality and Culture including written work totalling 7,000 words (25 %) and
(c) An appropriate 4th year or later year unit taken in the cognate discipline or elsewhere in the Faculty, assessed at a fourth year honours level (25 %).
Combined Honours program in Gender, Sexuality and Culture:
Gender, Sexuality and Culture offers a combined Honours program in combination with other areas in the Faculty of Arts where the combination has academic merit and subject to the approval of both discipline areas. The overall workload will be equivalent to Honours in a single subject. When planning such a degree students should take account of the Honours requirements in both disciplines.
Combined Honours Entry Requirements
To be admitted to combined honours a student must complete the Bachelor of Arts pass requirements and include a minimum of 48 units from the Gender, Sexuality and Culture major with a maximum of 12 units of cognate courses plus a Credit average and two Distinctions (unless by special permission of the Head of School, Humanities) and 48 units from the other Honours Program.
The Combined Honours year will comprise:
(a) Honours seminar in Gender, Sexuality and Culture;
(b) Coursework prescribed by the other Honours Program;
and
(c) A research thesis of 12,000 - 15,000 words on a topic approved by both Honours Program Conveners.
(Percentage value of each element to be agreed in negotiation with the other Honours program).
Courses Offered in 2009
Fourth Year
GEND4105F Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours IV (full time)
GEND4105P Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours IV (part time)
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