The School of Social and Environmental Enquiry Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Honours

 

  • Entrance requirements and prerequisites
  • Possible honours topics for 2008
  • Application procedures
  • Scheduling of 121-503 Research Methods and Design
  • Course structure

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    SSEE entrance requirements:

    The basic requirement is that, as well as meeting the faculty requirements below, students have attained the written agreement of a member of academic staff regarding supervision on a named project. It should be noted that the average grades required for entry may be higher than the faculty requirement if more students apply than we have places.

     

    Prerequisites:

    The prerequisites for entry to fourth-year honours in Environmental Studies are:

  • completion of all the requirements for the BA;
  • completion of a major in Environmental Studies;
  • an average of H2A or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the major.

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    Application procedures:

    Applications for honours entry are made via the University of Melbourne on-line application system available at https://sis.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/course-application.pl.

    After submitting application details via the web, your application must be printed and lodged, with any necessary attachments, at the Faculty of Arts Office no later than 31 October (for semester one entry) or 31 May (for semester two entry). For further details go to: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/applying.htm

    You must also contact the Environmental Studies Honours coordinator in SSEE regarding specific requirements within our School - Dr Peter Christoff. You will need to include a 300-word research proposal with the application that you submit to the Arts Faculty. This proposal must be approved and signed by the Honours Coordinator and by your proposed supervisor BEFORE you attach it to your application. Use the SSEE Honours Research Proposal form for this.

     

    Note regarding 121-503 Research methods and design

    This subject is run in intensive mode in February before the commencement of semester one. The subject is not repeated during the year and you will not be able to make up this assessment if you fail to attend in the February period.

     

    Course requirements:

    Environmental Studies offers pure Honours study only. Students undertaking Environmental Studies Honours must complete:

  • 121-520 Environmental Studies thesis (50 points)
  • 121-431 Environmental Studies Coursework (50 points)

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