James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

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HU4000:12

Joint Honours Thesis

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 1

Individual supervision. Full year.

Available to students who qualify for entry to the honours program in any two disciplines.

Staff:

Individual supervisors.

Interdisciplinary training in honours level research and writing between any two disciplines in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences.

Learning Objectives:

demonstrate clarity of concept and originality of research project;

demonstrate appropriate levels and direction of research;

demonstrate monograph-style organisation, including an introduction, chapter division and conclusion which demonstrate clarity and coherence of argument;

demonstrate evidence of understanding of and engagement with theories relevant to the topic, both contemporary and traditional;

demonstrate technical correctness, as regards grammar, spelling, syntax, scholarly apparatus and bibliographical data, embodied in a fluent and readable style and a scholarly manner and tone.

Assessment by completed thesis to be submitted by the beginning of October.