Honours in Gender, Work and Social Inquiry

Honours Handbook
Why Study Honours?
Prerequisites for Entry Into Honours
How to Enrol in Honours
Who to Contact

Honours Handbook

The 2009 Honours Handbook is available online.

Why Study Honours?

The honours year provides you with the opportunity to specialise in Gender, Work and Social Inquiry studies or to combine more advanced studies within GWSI studies and another discipline (Joint Honours Program).

An honours degree, or its equivalent, is a necessary qualification for anyone wishing to undertake postgraduate studies. The honours program consists of two separate components - advanced courses and a substantial piece of independent research in the form of an honours thesis (12,000 to 15,000 words). A member of the academic staff will individually supervise students in this task.

Prerequisites for entry into Honours

Students wishing to take Honours must have completed an undergraduate degree with a major sequence in Gender, Work and Social Inquiry studies (or equivalent) at credit level or better.

Admission into Honours is at the discretion of the relevant Honours Coordinator, who will consider applications in view of the advice of the Discipline Committee.

How to Enrol in Honours

There are a number of steps in the process of enrolment.

• In the final year of your undergraduate degree you should discuss doing Honours with your lecturers. In November/December you should contact the Honours Convenor to discuss your proposed enrolment.
• It  is through a process of consultation and discussion that the research topic is formulated. Hence, you should identify one or more broad areas of possible research interest and consult with staff members as to what theses could be written in that field.
• Write to the Honours Convenor indicating your desire to undertake Honours. Describe your proposed area/s of research and possible supervisors, giving details of the program and supervision you envisage.
• The Discipline Committee will discuss the potential Honours group and inform you in writing whether or not you can be offered a place.
• Should you be offered a place, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will contact you with an invitation to enrolment. You should also contact your proposed supervisor in December to discuss a preliminary reading program and establish a time for your first meeting in the new academic year.

Who to Contact

Please contact Dr Anna Szorenyi, Tel: 830 3736 for more information on the Honours Program.