Honours assessment criteria

Students are reminded that the Honours program is the first step towards post-graduate, independent study.

The list of criteria below outlines the agenda and expectations for study during the Honours year.  Students are assessed against the below criteria, listed in order of increasing significance. These criteria are also used in assessing the portfolio submitted when applying for Honours.

1. Technique - The selection of and capability with techniques and materials appropriate to the research topic under investigation

2. Ideas - Evidence of an informed and reasoned approach to creative practice: an awareness of the scope of the subject matter chosen for investigation; and knowledge of relevant precedents and the current context for such practice.

3. Progress - Is there evidence in the work to date of a sustained investigation of the initial premise and where necessary the expansion or re-definition of the parameters of the inquiry.

4. Resolution - The ability to formally resolve ideas in a way communicable to the assessors/interviewers, as appropriate to the line of inquiry undertaken and level of completion reached.
Divergent thinking - The capacity for the candidate to operate in a way that is original in relation to the precedents and parameters identified for their practice, contributing to current debates concerning their particular interest in the international field