Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)—Humanities and Social Sciences

at Australian National University

Program Structure

The 192 units must include:

144 units of which:

A minimum of 6 units of 1000-level Social Science Disciplinary Approaches courses from the following list: 
 

• ASIA1035    Introduction to Asian Politics

• ASIA1999    The Origins of Political Order in Asia

• CRIM1001   Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality

• CRIM1002   Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime

• DEMO1001  Global Population Challenges

• ECON1101   Microeconomics 1

• ECON1102   Macroeconomics 1

• ENVS1001   Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability

• ENVS1008   Sustainable Development

• HIST1210 The Great Acceleration: People and Planet Since 1945

• HIST1214     Empires in Global History: 1200 to the Present

• INTR1021    Understanding Peace and Conflict

• INTR1022    Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

• POLS1002    Introduction to Politics

• POLS1006    Introduction to International Relations: Contemporary Global Issues

• PSYC1003   Psychology 1: Understanding Mind, Brain and Behaviour

• PSYC1004   Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context

• SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research

• SOCY1002   Self and Society

• SOCY1004   Analysing the Social World: An Introduction to Social Psychology

• STST1001    Introduction to International Security Studies

• STST1003   Coping with Crisis: the Practice of International Security

A minimum of 6 units of the 1000-level Humanities Disciplinary Approaches courses from the following list:
 

• ANTH1002  Culture and Human Diversity: Introducing Anthropology

• ANTH1003  Global Citizen: Culture, Development, and Inequality

• CLAS1001   Traditional Grammar 

• ENGL1013   Reading across Time and Space: Literary Contexts

• ENGL1014   Close Encounters: How to Read Literature

• GEND1001  Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies

• GEND1002  Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies

• HUMN1001 Digital Culture: Being Human in the Information Age

• INDG1001 Indigenous Peoples, Populations and Communities

• INDG1002  First Peoples' experiences and ways of being: resilience, agency, resurgence and rights

• LING1001    Introduction to the Study of Language

• LING1002    Language and Society

• MUSI1113   Introduction to Ethnomusicology

• PHIL1004     Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction

• PHIL1005     Logic and Critical Thinking

• WARS1001  War in the Modern World, 1789 to today

• WARS1003  War and Society in Modern History

A minimum of 6 units of Theory and Method courses from the following list.
 

• ANTH2067  Doing Ethnography: Practicum on Applied Anthropology

• ARCH2004  Australian Archaeology

• DEMO2001  Understanding Population Change

• ECON3152   Game Theory

• ENVS2002   Environmental Measurement, Modelling and Monitoring

• HIST2110     Approaches to History

• HUMN2001 Introduction to Digital Humanities and Public Culture - Tools, Theories and Methods

• INDG3006   Indigenous Research: Practice, Collaboration, and Ethics

• POLS2044    Contemporary Political Analysis

• POLS3017    International Relations Theory

• SOCY2161   Contemporary Social Theory

• SOCY2169   Online Research Methods

• WARS2001  Theories of War: An historical and global perspective

A minimum of 6 units of courses on Indigenous Themes from the following list:

Any 1000, 2000, or 3000 level INDG course
 

• ANTH2005  Traditional Australian Indigenous Cultures, Societies, and Environment

• ARTH2098   Australian First Nations Art and Culture

• ASIA2301    Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific

• ASIA3053    Rituals of Life and Death in Asia and the Pacific

• HIST2022     Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History

• HIST2142     Indigenous Memory and History: on Page, Stage, and Screen

• LING2016    Language and Society in Indigenous Australia

• LING3031    Papuan Languages

• PASI8002     Pacific Foundations: From Maritime Societies to Global Cultures

A minimum of 6 units of courses on Asia or the Pacific from the following list:

Any 1000, 2000, or 3000 level on-campus ASIA or PASI course
 

• ARCH2005   Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders

• ARTH2059   Art of Asia: Histories and Traditions

• ARTH2169   Introducing Asian Modernisms

• BUSI2023     Dynamics of Asian Business

• GEND2001   Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific

• INTR2010    International Relations in the Asia-Pacific

• INTR2012    Chinese Foreign and Security Policy

• INTR2014    Indian Foreign and Security Policy

• INTR2018    Japanese Foreign and Security Policy

• INTR2020    (In)Stability on the Korean Peninsula

• INTR2024    Nuclear Politics in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

• POLS2055    Pacific Politics

• STST2001    Security Concepts in the Asia-Pacific

• STST2003    Australia and Security in the Pacific Islands

• WARS2004  War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific

A minimum of 6 units of the following Experiential or Group Project courses. 

Experiential courses:
 

• Any Vice Chancellors’ course with a VCUG code.

• ASIA2110 International Affairs Internship

• ASIA2098 Asian and Pacific Studies Internship

• ASIA3023 Asia Pacific Week Internship

• SOCY3001  Research Internship

Group Project courses:
 

• POLS3001    Foreign Policy Analysis

• POLS3041    Applied Policy Project

• SOCY3124   Transforming Society: Towards a Public Sociology

• VCUG3100  Group Research and Innovation Project (GRIP)

6 units from completion of the 1000-level 6 unit PhB-specific Advanced Studies Course (ASC).  
 

• BPHB1114    Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities 1

A minimum of 6 units from completion of the 2000-level 6 unit PhB-specific Advanced Studies Course (ASC).  
 

• BPHB2114    Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2

24 units from repeat completion of the 3000-level 12 unit PhB-specific Advanced Studies Course (ASC).  
 

• BPHB3114    Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities 3

A minimum of 24 units from completion of courses within the following Social Science, Humanities, Area Studies and Language Majors and Minors:

Social Science 
 

• Anthropology Major

• Asia-Pacific Politics Major

• Criminology Major

• Demography Major

• Development Studies Major

• Economic Studies Major

• Environmental Studies Major

• Geography Major

• History Major

• Human Rights Major

• International Business Major

• International Relations Major

• Linguistics Major

• Peace and Conflict Studies Major

• Political Science Major

• Security Studies Major

• Sociology Major

Humanities 
 

• Art History and Theory Major

• Asian and Pacific Culture, Media, and Gender Major

• Digital Humanities Major

• English Major

• International Communication Major

• Musicology Major

• Philosophy Major

• War Studies Major 

Area Studies 
 

• Asian History Major

• Asian Studies Major

• Australian Indigenous Studies Major

• Chinese Studies Major

• Contemporary Europe Major

• European History Major

• Indian and South Asian Studies Major

• Indonesian Studies Major

• Japanese Studies Major

• Korean Studies Major

• Latin American Studies Major

• Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Major

• Northeast Asian Studies Major

• Pacific Studies Major

• Southeast Asian Studies Major

Languages
 

• Advanced Ancient Greek

• Advanced Arabic

• Advanced Chinese Language

• Advanced English Language

• Advanced French Studies

• Advanced German Studies

• Advanced Hispanic Culture

• Advanced Hispanic Linguistics

• Advanced Italian Studies

• Advanced Japanese Language

• Advanced Korean Language

• Advanced Latin

• Advanced Persian

• Advanced Sanskrit Language

• Advanced Spanish Studies

• Ancient Greek

• Arabic

• Burmese Language 

• Chinese Language 

• French Language and Culture

• German Language and Culture

• Hindi Language

• Indonesian Language

• Italian Language and Culture

• Japanese Language

• Japanese Linguistics

• Korean Language

• Latin

• Literary Chinese

• Mongolian Language

• Persian

• Russian

• Sanskrit Language

• Spanish

• Tetum Language

• Thai Language

• Tok Pisin Language

• Vietnamese Language

A maximum of 48 units of free electives of 1000, 2000, or 3000 level courses offered by ANU.

48 units from completion of one of the following Honours Specialisations
 

• Anthropology Honours Specialisation 

• Asia-Pacific Studies Honours Specialisation 

• Australian Indigenous Studies Honours Specialisation 

• Criminology Honours Specialisation 

• Demography Honours Specialisation

• Development Studies Honours Specialisation 

• Digital Humanities Honours Specialisation

• Economic Studies Honours Specialisation

• English Honours Specialisation

• Environmental Studies Honours Specialisation

• European Studies Honours Specialisation

• Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours Specialisation

• History Honours Specialisation

• International Relations Honours Specialisation

• Language Studies Honours Specialisation

• Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Honours Specialisation

• Philosophy Honours Specialisation

• Political Science Honours Specialisation

• Psychology Honours Specialisation

• Security Studies Honours Specialisation

• Sociology Honours Specialisation

Admission to all programs is on a competitive basis. Admission to undergraduate degrees is based on meeting the ATAR requirement or an equivalent rank derived from the following qualifications and including any eligible adjustments:
 

• An Australian year 12 qualification or international equivalent; OR

• A completed Associate Diploma, Associate Degree, AQF Diploma, Diploma, AQF Advanced Diploma, Graduate Certificate or international equivalent; OR

• At least one standard full-time year (1.0 FTE) in a single program of degree level study at an Australian higher education institution or international equivalent; OR

• An approved tertiary preparation course unless subsequent study is undertaken.

The annual indicative fee provides an estimate of the program tuition fees for international students and domestic students (where applicable). The annual indicative fee for a program is based on the standard full-time enrolment load of 48 units per year (unless the program duration is less than 48 units). Fees for courses vary by discipline meaning that the fees for a program can vary depending on the courses selected. Course fees are reviewed on an annual basis and typically will increase from year to year. The tuition fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and the courses selected and are subject to increase during the period of study.

Annual indicative fee for international students

$46,176

The PhB is an ideal path to take if you are already aiming for a career in research, but it is equally good if you decide to enter the workforce directly, as you will not only have gained the academic and generic skills normally obtained within a degree but will have gained highly marketable skills in independent research, oral and written communication and also in teamwork.