Honours in Sociology and Social Policy 2008

Dr Amanda Elliot


Room 132, RC Mills Building
Telephone: +612 9351 5131
Fax: +612 9036 9380

School of Social and Political Sciences

Level 1, RC Mills, A26 (lower level)
Telephone: +612 9036 9436
Fax: +612 9036 9380

The University of Sydney is offering fifty Honours Scholarships in 2008, valued at $5,000. The Arts Faculty will be awarding some of its Honours Scholarships on the basis of academic merit, and some on the basis of equity and merit.

Students currently enrolled at the University of Sydney or other universities intending to undertake an additional Honours year at the University of Sydney in 2008 are eligible to apply.

Application forms can be downloaded or obtained from the Scholarships Unit, Mackie Building K01, University of Sydney NSW 2006.

Students intending to proceed on to Sociology IV (Honours) must achieve a credit average in 48 Senior credit points of Sociology including SCLG3602.

All fourth year Honours candidates must have completed the requirements for the pass of their Bachelor of Arts Degree before the first day of semester on which the Honours course begins.

Students should be aware that a different marking and grading scheme applies in Honours programs and that a student who consistently scores '80' in his or her undergraduate work should not expect to achieve a similar mark in their Honours year by virtue of this fact alone.

Honours First Class
[90+] Medal quality. Exceptional quality; outstanding academic promise; demonstrating independent thought throughout, a flair for the subject and research achievement of a kind that produces at least some element(s) of PhD or potentially publishable standard in serious academic fora.
[87-89] Excellent First class quality, showing a command of the field both broad and deep; independent intellectual argument and the presentation of original thought to a significant degree.
[83-86] Good first class quality with some evidence of intellectual independence and some originality of thought
[80-82] Clear but bare first class quality, comprising general soundness in subject area, breadth of knowledge in discipline, clear familiarity with and ability to use central methodology and theory of discipline, clear evidence of some independence of thought.

Honours Second Class, Division I
[75-79] Sound in subject area; average ability to use methodology and theory of discipline, evidence of careful and thorough discovery and use of appropriate sources; ability to present material clearly and succinctly with a well-thought out argument and to meet normal professional requirements.

Honours Second Class, Division II
[70-74] Adequate understanding of subject area and methodology; honest and straightforward research into sources and presentation of material; may lack one or more of the qualities expected in a higher award.

Honours Third Class
[65-69] Adequate overall, but with significant defects in several of the qualities expected in a higher award.