1 year February
RM43,200 Malaysian student
RM49,920 International student 2026 fees per year
CAREER PATHS Due to the highly practical nature of this course, there are no shortages of rewarding career opportunities available to you. Our graduates have found careers in:
• academia
• management consulting
• international trade
• human resources
• corporate research and analysis.
BACHELOR OF ARTS( HONOURS)
KPT / JPT( R3 / 220 / 6 / 0018) 12 / 26- MQA / SWA0106
This honours degree is a separate but complementary course to the arts undergraduate degree.
If you have an excellent academic record and are interested in pursuing further education, you can apply to engage in an additional year of coursework study and independent research.
Under the guidance of an academic supervisor who’ s recommended to you by the Honours Committee, you’ ll design and carry out a research project of your own choosing.
This culminates in a research dissertation that provides you with the perfect opportunity to explore and gain a deeper knowledge of a particular area of study that you’ re interested in.
Course structure
There are two assessment components to this course amounting to a total of 48 credit points:
• A 15,000 to 18,000-word research dissertation that you must produce at the end of the academic year( 24 credit points)
• Two complementary coursework units to equip you with the necessary skills to successfully navigate research issues, methodologies and academic theories( 24 credit points).
Areas of study
You’ ll work on personal research projects relating to any of the following five broad areas of research:
• communication
• global studies
• gender studies
• film, television and screen studies.
Due to the increasingly intersectional nature of these categories, there’ s truly no limit to the topics that you can work on as part of your dissertation. This course has produced some truly successful and resourceful students in the past.
What will I gain from this course?
Principally, the honours degree is a stepping stone towards obtaining a PhD and, subsequently, pursuing a career in academia.
Over the course of conducting your own research, you’ ll be able to gain better insight into the processes involved in contributing to a field of knowledge. Additionally, many of the practical skills you’ ll gain can be applied to other parts of your working life.
The ability of honours degree graduates to embody a high level of independent learning, creative problem-solving, project management, effective communication, and research and investigative skills are directly relevant to many other career prospects.
On campus, I found a community that not only enriched my student life but also my personal life with stimulating conversations and their golden Malaysian sense of humour. It is a sense of belonging that I will cherish forever – one that I’ ve never found anywhere else in my travels. My academic experience and the stories of the people I encountered continue to inspire the work I do.”
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NAFISA TABASSUM
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts( Honours) Lead Editor, Monash International Magazine( 2018) Junior Project Officer, Indigenous Services Canada
Nafisa is a dedicated human rights advocate, currently chairing Amnesty International Canada’ s Specialised Team on Indigenous Rights, working to ensure Indigenous Peoples are recognised and respected as the original stewards of the land. She envisions a world free from the shackles of colonisation, where equitable public policies prevail and data is harnessed to challenge oppression in all its forms.