Honours

The Honours programme in Philosophy is run jointly by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, and the Discipline of Philosophy at Flinders University, South Australia. The programme, which is completed over one year on a full-time basis or two years part-time, comprises three seminar courses and a thesis. For current Honours prerequisites, please consult the University Calendar at Adelaide or Flinders University. However, as of 10th November 2000, entry requirements for the Honours programme are as follows: Students must receive a distinction or higher in at least 12 Units of 2nd year and/or 3rd year Philosophy subjects. Students must also complete a minimum total of 33 units in Philosophy.

All students must do at least one-third of their programme (ie., at least two seminar courses or thesis supervision) in the department in which they are formally enrolled.

These arrangements do not apply to Combined Honours (ie., Honours in Philosophy and some other discipline). The arrangements for Combined Honours will be determined on an individual basis.

Thesis

Prospeective Honours students are asked to see their Honours Co-ordinator at the earliest opportunity to discuss a possible thesis topic and supervisor(s), as it is expected that sudents will be working on their theses during the Summer vacation. In any case, prosective Honours students should have arranged both a thesis topic and supervisor(s) by 31st January.

The thesis must be in the range of 15,000 - 18.000 words, and is worth 40% of the final Honours mark.

If students wish to receive comments on their thesis then they should submit a thesis draft to their supervisor(s) not later than 31st August. In the case of part-time students who are doing their thesis in the first year, they are to submit a draft of their thesis not later than 31st October of the first year. After these dates, supervisors may refuse to comment on thesis drafts.

The content of the thesis is to be significantly different from the content of any other work submitted as part of the Honours course.