Course Content
The Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)—Humanities and Social Sciences requires the completion of 192 units, of which:
A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses;
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
- HUMN2000 Introduction to Heritage and Museum Studies
- HUMN2001 Introduction to Digital Humanities and Public Culture - Tools, Theories and Methods
- INDG3006 Indigenous Research: Practice, Collaboration, and Ethics
- POLS2044 Contemporary Political Analysis
- POLS2137 Meaning in Politics: Interpretation, Method and Critique
- 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
- HIST2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History
- HIST2142 Indigenous Memory and History: on Page, Stage, and Screen
- HLTH3001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- LING2016 Language and Society in Indigenous Australia
- LING3031 Papuan Languages
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 Australian National Internships (ANIP), Experiential or Group Project courses.
Australian National Internships (ANIP) courses
- ANIP3003 Australian National Internship Program A
- ANIP3005 Australian National Internship Program B
- ANIP3007 Australian National Internship Program D
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)
Formal but non-ANIP internships can be accredited to this Mandatory Block
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
Elective units
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
