BA(WestCiv)
Credit points
240
Minimum duration
3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
Applicants must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level or equivalent:
| State | Prerequisites |
|---|
New South Wales | English (Standard) (Band 3) or English (EAL) (Band 4) |
Entry into this course is based on a combination of a written submission including a Curriculum Vitae, a transcript of results, school reports, references, an essay, an interview, and academic performance. Applicants are assessed on a combination of:
- ATAR or Selection Rank, International Baccalaureate (IB), or equivalent, and
- Interview.
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2025 Admission.
Definition
Major: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at an introductory level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.
Minor: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at an introductory level and at least 20 cp at an advanced level.
Completion requirements
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 130 cp from Western Civilisation Specified units (Part A)
- 10 cp from Community Engagement unit (Part B)
- 20 cp from Western Civilisation Elective units (Part C)
- 80 cp from:
- Bachelor of Arts Major (Part D) OR
- 2 Bachelor of Arts Minors (Part E) OR
- 1 Bachelor of Arts Minor (Part F) and 40 cp of Elective units (Part G) OR
- Elective units (Part H)
Other requirements
Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.
Exit points
Students who have met the requirements of the Diploma in Liberal Arts can exit with this award.
Progression requirements
Unless otherwise specified, students must complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence. Any additional prerequisites for individual units are shown in brackets after the unit in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.
A student may, with the approval of the Course Coordinator, undertake cross-institutional study in order to satisfy the requirements, in whole or in part, a Major or a Minor in a language other than English.
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Schedule of unit offerings
Complete exactly 130 credit points from the following:
- WCIV100The Desire to Understand: Introducing the Western Intellectual Tradition10 CP
- WCIV101Form and Beauty: Origins of Western Art and Architecture10 CP
- WCIV200Doctrine, Myth and History: Religion and the West10 CP
- WPOL100The Birth of Politics: Origins of Western Political Thought10 CP
- WPOL200The Rise of Liberalism: Authority, Society and Freedom10 CP
- WPOL300Politics and People in British, American and Australian Democracies10 CP
- WLIT100Greek and Roman Classics: Origins of Western Literature10 CP
- WLIT200Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces: the Rise of the English Literary Tradition10 CP
- WLIT201The Age of the Novel: 1600-190010 CP
- WLIT300Romanticism to Postmodernism: Movements Toward the Literary Present10 CP
- WPHI101Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics10 CP
- WPHI201Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy10 CP
- WPHI301The Good, the Right and the Beautiful: Western Ethic and Aesthetics10 CP
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
- WCIV300Making a Difference: Community Engagement in Local, National and International Contexts10 CP
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
- HUMA252Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome10 CP
- HUMA253The Art of France From Empire to Modernity10 CP
- HUMA254The Idea of the City: A Study of Rome10 CP
- HUMA318The Literature and Drama of New York City10 CP
- HUMA319Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present10 CP
- THEL214Cults, Gods and Religion in Ancient Rome10 CP
- WCIV210Grand Narratives: Western Art and Architecture From Renaissance to Baroque10 CP
- WCIV301Scientific Revolutions and the Western World10 CP
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Complete exactly 2 of the following:
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
- BABachelor of Arts240 CP
- THEL100Biblical Hebrew A10 CP
- THEL101New Testament Greek A10 CP
- THEL102Ecclesiastical Latin A10 CP
- THEL205Ecclesiastical Latin B10 CP
- THEL206Medieval Latin10 CP
- THEL207Biblical Hebrew B10 CP
- THEL208New Testament Greek B10 CP
- ITAN101Introductory Italian10 CP
- ITAN102Elementary Italian A10 CP
- ITAN200Elementary Italian B10 CP
- ITAN201Intermediate Italian A10 CP
- ITAN202Intermediate Italian B10 CP
- ITAN204Living Italy: Italian Cultures in Context10 CP
- SPAN101Introductory Spanish10 CP
- SPAN102Elementary Spanish A10 CP
- SPAN200Elementary Spanish B10 CP
- SPAN201Intermediate Spanish A10 CP
- SPAN202Intermediate Spanish B10 CP
- SPAN204Living Spanish and Latin American Cultures10 CP
Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:
- BABachelor of Arts240 CP
- THEL100Biblical Hebrew A10 CP
- THEL101New Testament Greek A10 CP
- THEL102Ecclesiastical Latin A10 CP
- THEL205Ecclesiastical Latin B10 CP
- THEL206Medieval Latin10 CP
- THEL207Biblical Hebrew B10 CP
- THEL208New Testament Greek B10 CP
- ITAN101Introductory Italian10 CP
- ITAN102Elementary Italian A10 CP
- ITAN200Elementary Italian B10 CP
- ITAN201Intermediate Italian A10 CP
- ITAN202Intermediate Italian B10 CP
- ITAN204Living Italy: Italian Cultures in Context10 CP
- SPAN101Introductory Spanish10 CP
- SPAN102Elementary Spanish A10 CP
- SPAN200Elementary Spanish B10 CP
- SPAN201Intermediate Spanish A10 CP
- SPAN202Intermediate Spanish B10 CP
- SPAN204Living Spanish and Latin American Cultures10 CP
Electives should be chosen in consultation with the Course Coordinator and no more than 30 cp may be at 100-level.
