Contemporary Europe Honours

Offered by: Faculty of Arts
Convenor: Dr Ben Wellings BA (Hons) Sussex, MSc Edinburgh, PhD ANU
Administration: School of Social Sciences

The single Honours in Contemporary Europe enables either BA students or BA (European Studies) students to focus on Contemporary Europe in their fourth year.

Admission requirements
The normal requirements for entry into fourth year single Honours in Contemporary Europe are:

(a) completion of ten courses from the Contemporary Europe major comprising 7 courses/42 units and 3 courses/18 units from either designated courses of the Contemporary Europe major or European language courses. At least 24 of these 60 units are to comprise of courses completed with a grade of Distinction or above, with the remainder to be completed with grades of Credit or above. If students obtain one or more High Distinction grades in later-year courses in addition to the 24 units required at Distinction level, then later-year courses completed at Pass level to the same value will be counted at Credit level.

(b) completion of other courses which, when taken together with (i) above, are sufficient to meet the requirements for a BA degree.

Students who have completed the BA (European Studies) will have a major in a language. Students enrolling in the single Honours in Contemporary Europe but who have not been enrolled in the BA (European Studies) are not required to have a language major, though competence in a language is desirable.

The fourth year program will comprise -

a thesis of 17,000 words on a topic approved by the Honours Convenor. The thesis will be submitted by the end of the second semester and
participation in two seminar courses chosen from a range which will be offered by contributors to the European Studies Program across the Faculty and from other Faculties.

The thesis will count for 50% of the grade and the two seminar courses for 25% each.

Students wishing to do the Honours in Contemporary Europe should consult the Convenor about their choice of seminar and about other seminars that may be available.
Students can do a fourth (honours) year in the BA (European Studies) by combining honours in an affiliated honours school with work at honours level in European Languages (see School of Language Studies).

Courses Offered in 2009

Fourth Year
EURO4105F Contemporary Europe IV Honours (full time)
EURO4105P Contemporary Europe IV Honours (part time)

Combined Honours

It may be possible to undertake a combined Honours program between Contemporary Europe and other areas of the Faculty. Interested students should consult the appropriate Honours Convenor in both disciplines in the second year of their degree to discuss combined possibilities and requirements in order to enrol in an appropriate program of study.

Go to the List of Undergraduate Courses offered by Faculty of Arts.