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Bachelor of Arts Honours

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The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) is an alternative route for high achieving students. It is specifically for students whose academic capabilities and potential would be well served by research based study leading to doctoral study.

Programme code: AK3696
Level: 8
Points: 120
Duration: 1 year full time / up to 2 year part time
Venue: City and North Shore Campuses
Starting date: 27 February 2012 / 16 July 2012

AUT encourages early application. Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS

Students complete papers in advanced theoretical studies, relevant to their discipline and a research methods paper. Students also undertake an individually supervised 60-point research dissertation.

Majors are also available in:

 * The Applied Language Studies major is offered through the School of Language and Cultures.

** The Social Sciences major is offered through the School of Social Sciences.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The degree enhances the academic, research and professional expertise of graduates when entering the workforce, such as:

  • Teaching
  • Educational leadership

PAPERS

30 points from

299301  Educational Research

and 30 points from

298101  Educational Leadership
298103  Examining Professional Practice in Education
298203  Social Issues in Adult and Tertiary Education
298204  Teaching and Learning in Adult and Tertiary Education
298206  Towards an Integrated Model of Career Practice
298301  Education Research and Theory in Action
298302  Education in Action: Motivation and Performance
298303  Contemporary Issues in Education
299023  Early Years: Extending Children’s Thinking
299024  Early Years: Reconceptualising Childhood
299304  Montessori Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
299305  Pasifika Education: Issues, Educational Research Methodologies

and 60 points from

108008 Honours Dissertation
 

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