荣誉课程为学生提供了一个机会，可以在很大程度上提高他们的思维能力，追求独立的研究主题，这将使他们深感兴趣。论文是对学生选择的认可主题的扩展研究，是在职员的个人监督下撰写的，该职员将自己成为活跃的研究人员。论文为学生提供了制定和进行大量独立研究的经验，并与指导者密切合作，后者使他们的思考和研究更加集中。因此，它是证明进一步研究所需属性的关键手段。
The Bachelor of Arts honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion. This course may be suitable for undergraduate students with one major. Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.<br> <br>The fourth year honours program in Cultural Studies consists of: an 18,000-20,000 word thesis on a topic devised by the student in consultation with a supervisor appointed by the department,<br>Arguing the Point, a unit which provides training in thesis research and writing and includes a series of practical research skills,<br>participation in an Honours mini-conference where constructive peer review is given and received on a 20 minute thesis presentation, and<br>a seminar unit chosen from an approved 4000 level suite.<br>The Honours program gives students an opportunity to refine their thinking to a very high degree, pursuing an independent research topic that will be of deep interest to them.<br><br>The thesis is an extended piece of research on an approved topic of the student's choosing, and is written under the individual supervision of a member of staff who will be an active researcher in their own right. The thesis gives students the experience of formulating and conducting a substantial piece of independent research, working closely with a supervisor who helps to bring their reflections and research into sharper focus. It is thus a key means of demonstrating the attributes required for further study.