Honours course

Honours in Work and Employment Relations

Honours in Work and Employment Relations provides you with research training in Employment Relations at an international standard. You will have the skills needed to plan and conduct research to investigate problems in these areas in organisations. You will be able to apply a number of current advanced methods for research and analysis, and will develop your knowledge and skills further. You will have the capacity to enter an organisation as a capable and knowledgeable graduate entrant. You will also be ready to enter a postgraduate research degree in the area of Employment Relations, such as the PhD, and will be well prepared by the strong foundation of research skills acquired in undertaking honours.

Outcomes: Students are able to (1) demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts in work and employment relations; (2) demonstrate knowledge of research principles and methods; (3) apply advanced work and employment relations knowledge to solve complex problems; and (4) communicate effectively and succinctly the results of work and employment relations research.

Entry requirements: the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 75 per cent in the Level 3 units in the Work and Employment Relations major.

Intake periods: Beginning of year only

Honours in Work and Employment Relations can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

• BH001 Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Honours sequence

Key to availability of units:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2

Take all units (48 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	Unit rules
S1	BUSN4401	Qualitative Business Research Methods	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1	BUSN4402	Quantitative Business Research Methods	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S2	EMPL4401	Special Topics in Employment Relations Seminar	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	EMPL4481	Dissertation (Employment Relations) Part 1	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	EMPL4482	Dissertation (Employment Relations) Part 2	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	EMPL4483	Dissertation (Employment Relations) Part 3	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	EMPL4484	Dissertation (Employment Relations) Part 4	Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) or a Doctor of Philosophy in a relevant area Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	MIXD5005	Designing Social Research	Prerequisites: for the following postgraduate course students (International Relations, Strategic Communications, Asian Studies, International Development, Public Policy): completion of 24 points of their coursework, three core units and one option unit, and have achieved a 70 per cent WAM in those units; for other students: none. Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: SOCS5003 Research Design (ID 5135) BUSN4403 Business Research Methodology (ID 1661) GEOG5550 Research Design (ID 6181) EDUC5631 Approaches to Research (ID 3078)