Did your arts degree prompt a burning question or a passion for independent research? If so, consider applying for an honours year. A capstone to your formal education, honours is an opportunity to drill deeper into a specialised area, to extend your intellectual range, and sharpen your research capabilities. It will enable advanced communication techniques and deep subject knowledge, to hone your analytical abilities, and gain high-level personal and professional skills. These are valuable attributes that provide a solid foundation for postgraduate study, give you a competitive edge in the job market, and help future proof your career in a rapidly changing world.

Why study the Bachelor of Arts with Honours with UNE?
You will extend your intellectual range, learn about research principles and methods, and independently apply advanced knowledge in one or more disciplines. The extra year of honours study at UNE is an opportunity to hone your research, communication and writing skills by producing a dissertation of original ideas that you will integrate and position within the current body of knowledge in your chosen discipline.

You will graduate with the skills to independently research, write about, and discuss critical issues. These skills will be invaluable in your career. They also provide ideal preparation for further studies in any area and will prove essential for lifelong learning.

UNE is Australia's oldest regional university and a pioneer in the delivery of distance education. Year after year, students award UNE the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support, so no matter whether you choose to study online or on campus, you are in very good hands.

What makes our course different?
UNE's honours program enables you to pivot your career in a chosen discipline and advance your research skills. You will get to:

• Be supported by our researchers, your teachers — they offer expert guidance with support and supervision of your studies.
• Learn advanced writing skills, and how to coherently and persuasively communicate your ideas and findings to diverse audiences.
• Study flexibly — honours can be studied on campus, or online at home in your own time (with attendance at mandatory intensive schools required for some disciplines, archaeology for example).

Majors:

• Ancient History
• Archaeology
• Chinese
• Classical Languages (Greek and Latin)
• Criminology
• English
• French
• Geography
• German
• History
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Media and Communications
• Music
• Philosophy
• Political and International Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Studies in Religion
• Theatre and Performance
• Writing

Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

Study on campus
Many of our students choose to take advantage of the on-campus lifestyle in Armidale, in the beautiful New England region, with access to unparalleled support, accommodation and sporting facilities. These students are often starting their first degree and have left school recently. Through access to academic and career support they get a fantastic start to their careers.

* 24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.