Aimed at high achievers, Honours is an extra year of study after completing your undergraduate degree. UNE's Bachelor of Social Science with Honours allows you to extend your studies in psychology or sociology, to build on knowledge and skills in social science theory while undertaking research in your chosen topic.

Honours is a valuable, additional qualification that improves career prospects, plus you'll have the option to proceed to higher degree studies — either a masters or PhD. With an honours degree, your skills in critical analysis and research will be transferable across a range of fields, future proofing your career.

Why study the Bachelor of Social Science with Honours at UNE?
By advancing your knowledge and skills in either psychology or sociology with UNE's Bachelor of Social Science with Honours, you will extend and hone your intellectual range, research abilities, analytical skills and communication techniques. Individual academic supervision and support with your research dissertation, in a topic of your choosing, guides you on your journey and that dissertation contributes to 50% of your assessment. Honours prepares you for postgraduate study and can pivot your career to rewarding, satisfying work.

UNE is an industry leader in the provision of online learning. Year after year, students award UNE the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

What makes our course different?
At UNE, our honours program enables you to pivot your career in the social sciences. You will get to:

• Study national and global perspectives in your chosen field of study, with six majors to choose from.
• Gain a coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts in social science including high-level knowledge of research principles and methods.
• Learn how to apply advanced quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques by analysing real-world empirical data through a range of methodology.
• Apply advanced quantitative research techniques to real-world empirical data through statistical analysis and/or survey methodology.
• Be supported by our researchers, who are also your teachers. They offer support and supervision with your studies and research, so you are informed, with expert guidance.
• Learn advanced writing skills, and how to coherently and persuasively communicate findings effectively to diverse audiences.
• Gain an understanding of, and sensitivity to, the ethical dimensions of research.

Majors

• Criminology
• Geography
• Linguistics
• Political and International Studies
• Philosophy
• Sociology

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.