SY4100 - Sociology Honours Thesis Part 1 of 2
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Subject chain: | SY4100 SY4101 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
Admission to Honours is available on a full-time or part-time basis to students who have satisfied the requirements of the School regarding the standard of academic achievement necessary to proceed to the Honours degree. This component of Honours involves the first stage of the supervised writing of a 12,000 to 15,000 word thesis on a specific anthropological research project. Students who complete Part 1 of the thesis project then proceed with Part 2.
Learning Outcomes
- become familiar with advanced theory and methods in sociology;
- design and undertake a research project;
- develop the writing and presentation skills required to complete a thesis;
- identify and discuss current trends, issues and debates in sociology;
- understand the ethical, disciplinary and practical implications of sociological research.
Graduate Qualities
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
| Prerequisites: | Sociology major and permission of HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | SY4001 and SY4002 and SY4015 and SY4016 |
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As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain. |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Roger Wilkinson. |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Roger Wilkinson. |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Roger Wilkinson. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Roger Wilkinson. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
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