Entry requirements for Honours

The minimum admission requirements are:
a) Completion of an Australian Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an Art & Design field,

b) the normal Monash University minimum English language requirements for undergraduate students,

http://adm.monash.edu.au/admissions/undergrad/entry-requirements/english-requirements.html

c) at least a 65% weighted average mark in the third year of the degree, including at least one advanced level unit of theory/art history or another English rich discipline and four level three units of study in the proposed discipline area,

d) Interview and folio assessment

e) All Honours applicants are asked to submit a research proposal (in addition to the application form, citizenship details and academic transcript).  This proposal should outline a potential topic, project or areas of research interest. The proposal should be at least 750 words in length. For more information please refer to guidelines on page 5 of this application form.

f) Students applying for the Honours degree of the Bachelor of Visual Arts with a theory/art history specialisation are required to:

1) Have achieved a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in the third year of the degree

                2) Students must have completed a major sequence in an art and design field

3) As part of the previous degree, students must have completed a minimum of four theory/art history units or units from another English rich discipline, and

4) An interview and folio assessment is not required.

Monash Applicants Only:

Students in a double-degree course are eligible to apply for admission into an honours program during their double-degree course, once they have completed all of the requirements to graduate with an Art & Design Bachelor's degree.  Normally, this is upon the completion of
a) at least 144pts of the studies towards the double-degree course in which they are enrolled; and
b) all of the Art & Design studies for that double-degree course.

Students are not permitted to defer an offer of a place in the honours program. Students who apply and are granted a place but then wish to defer their enrolment in the honours program must reapply when they are in a position to commence study.