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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

311519 v.1 Development Studies Honours Major

Introduction

This course provides the opportunity for suitably qualified students to undertake a dissertation-based program in the field of Social Sciences, Asian Studies or Asian Languages. The program emphasises independent research and the analysis of advanced problems in the theory and practice of a specific discipline, or in the multidisciplinary approach to a topic, and requires the completion of a dissertation.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
311526 v.2   SS 411- Honours Research Seminar 2.0 50.0
311527 v.2   SS 412 - Honours Research Seminar 2.0 25.0
311528 v.2   SS 414 - Honours Preparation 2.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
311529 v.2   SS 491 - Honours Dissertation 1.0 100.0
  OR  
311530 v.2 #   SS 492 - Honours Dissertation 1.0 50.0
  OR  
311531 v.2 #   SS 493 - Honours Dissertation 1.0 50.0
  100.0

#    Students undertaking honours on a part-time basis, will study SS 492 and SS 493 in place of SS 491.