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The Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion.
Please note: This course is only available to returning and current students who commenced a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) degree in 2017 or prior.
Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.
Depends on your qualification, citizenship status
For standalone honours degrees, apply directly to the University via the online application portal before the closing date. Before you apply, visit the How to Apply information for honours (and the faculty page for specific information). When you are ready to apply, select the `Apply' button on the right-hand side of this page.
Standard closing dates:
Semester 1 - 15 January of the commencing year.
Semester 2 - There is no semester 2 intake for this course.
We strongly encourage applicants to apply as early as possible, offers are made on a rolling basis and places are limited. Separate scholarship deadlines apply - check the scholarships website for details.
Semester 1 (February)
For standalone honours degrees, apply directly to the University via the online application portal before the closing date. Before you apply, visit the How to Apply information for honours (and the faculty page for specific information). When you are ready to apply, select the `Apply' button on the right-hand side of this page.
Standard closing dates:
Semester 1 - 15 January of the commencing year.
Semester 2 - There is no semester 2 intake for this course.
We strongly encourage international applicants to apply as early as possible to allow time for visa and travel arrangements. Separate scholarship deadlines may apply - check the scholarships website for details.
Semester 1 (February)
Only returning and current students who commenced a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) degree in 2017 or prior are eligible to apply. Admission to the Honours year requires successful completion of 48 senior credit points in the subject area that the candidate intends to study, including completion of the major (or majors). Candidates must have achieved an average of 70% or above across the 48 senior credit points in the intended subject area/s. The application process for Honours is through the online system Sydney Student.
Potential Honours students must also consult with the Honours Coordinator before making their application through Sydney Student. All students interested in applying for Honours must make an appointment to speak with the Honours Coordinator as early as possible and definitely before the end of October in the year prior to their intended enrolment. It is in the student's interest to have a reasonably well-developed idea of what his or her area of research will be so that an appropriate Supervisor can be arranged. Students may wish to refer to the Departmental Staff page to gain an understanding of the research strengths and interests of the department. Students should not confine their attention to academics who have taught them before, and should not hesitate to seek advice from the Honours Coordinator about possible supervisors.
All students applying for Honours must submit a research proposal to the Honours Coordinator via email (Word .doc attachment) by the end of November in the year prior to their planned enrolment.
All students who plan to undertake honours in Arts submit an application to the University. As soon as you decide you may want to do Honours in a subject area of your choice, you should read the relevant department information from the Honours page to understand exactly what the specific requirements will be for that subject area and plan your degree structure accordingly.
Please note: This course is only available to returning and current students who commenced a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) degree in 2017 or prior.
To qualify for admission to honours students need to have completed a major in the intended subject area with an average of 70% or above. Some departments and programs have additional criteria, including advanced senior units of study designed to prepare students for the challenges of fourth year study.
The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Handbooks Online and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents.
