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AMU4718 · Arts honours dissertation 1
2026 Handbook12 credit pointsLevel 4Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
Under the supervision of an academic staff member, you will develop, and commence the implementation and reporting of, a research project on an approved topic of your own devising. This unit is followed by Arts honours dissertation 2 (AMU4719), under which the project and thesis will be completed.
Areas of study: Communication Film, television and screen studies Gender studies Global studies
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | First semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thesis | Written | 100% | — |
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
corequisite
- AMU4719 — Arts honours dissertation 2
Learning outcomes
- Commence planning, conducting and reporting on research in their Honours discipline;
- Demonstrate satisfactory progress in the planning, implementation and reporting of their research;
- Demonstrate satisfactory progress in their command of the research literature relating to their research project.
Workload
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
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