BA
Credit points
240
Minimum duration
3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
(The course may be completed in accelerated mode in 2.5 years at all campuses where Arts is offered. The accelerated offering requires students to enrol in relevant specified units during non-standard study periods)
Approved locations
- Blacktown
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- Strathfield
Note:
Strathfield - Politics is taught at North Sydney
Blacktown - limited majors taught at Blacktown
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
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy that includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.
International applicants must meet the English Language Requirements as defined in the Admissions to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12, or equivalent:
State | Prerequisites |
---|---|
New South Wales | Assumed knowledge: 2 units of English (any) (Band 3), Mathematics (other than Mathematics General 2) for study in Mathematics (Band 3) |
Queensland | Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C) |
Victoria | Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English. Prerequisite for study in Mathematics: Units 3 and 4: Mathematical Methods |
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2021 Admission. The Course entry requirements above are for 2021 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.
Definition
A Major is 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.
A Minor is 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200/300-level.
Completion requirements
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:
240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 160 cp from:
- 2 Arts Majors (Part A); or
- 1 Arts Major (Part B) and 2 Arts Minors (Part C);
- 10 cp from BA Degree Capstone units: HUMA330 Community Engagement: Placement or HUMA331 Big Ideas: Social Enterprise and Innovation (Part D);
- 50 cp from
- Electives units[1] (Part E) OR
- 20 cp from the Arts Scholar Program Units (Part G) and 30 cp from Elective units[1] (Part E);
- 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part F);
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 that 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.
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.
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, of:
(a) a Major or a Minor in a language other than English; and/or
(b) a Major in any discipline, where the student has completed a Minor in that discipline at this University
Part A : Arts Majors
Complete exactly 2 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BUSD | Business Studies | 80 | |
DRAM | Drama | 80 | |
ECON | Economics | 80 | |
HIST | History | 80 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 80 | |
MEDI | Media | 80 | |
MUSC | Music | 80 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 80 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 80 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 80 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 80 | |
SRLG | Study of Religions | 80 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 80 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 80 | |
ENGL | English | 80 |
Part B : Arts Major
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BUSD | Business Studies | 80 | |
DRAM | Drama | 80 | |
ECON | Economics | 80 | |
HIST | History | 80 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 80 | |
MEDI | Media | 80 | |
MUSC | Music | 80 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 80 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 80 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 80 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 80 | |
SRLG | Study of Religions | 80 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 80 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 80 | |
ENGL | English | 80 |
Part C : Arts Minors
Complete exactly 2 of the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BUSD | Business Studies | 40 | |
COMM | Communication | 40 | |
COMS | Community Services | 40 | |
COMP | Computing | 40 | |
CRWR | Creative Writing | 40 | |
DRAM | Drama | 40 | |
ECON | Economics | 40 | |
ENGL | English | 40 | |
GEOG | Geography | 40 | |
GRDE | Graphic Design | 40 | |
HIST | History | 40 | |
HLDV | Healthy Development | 40 | |
INDV | International Development Studies | 40 | |
MATH | Mathematics | 40 | |
MEDI | Media | 40 | |
MUSC | Music | 40 | |
PHIL | Philosophy | 40 | |
PINR | Politics and International Relations | 40 | |
PSYC | Psychology | 40 | |
SOCI | Sociology | 40 | |
THSD | Theological Studies | 40 | |
VISU | Visual Arts | 40 | |
YWRK | Youth Work | 40 |
Part D : BA Degree Capstone Units
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
HUMA330 | Community Engagement: Placement | 10 | |
HUMA331 | Big Ideas: Social Enterprise and Innovation | 10 |
Part E : Electives
Complete 30 to 50 credit points from the following:
A student may undertake units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings from any Bachelor of Arts discipline (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite requirements are met).
Part F : Core Curriculum Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC100 | Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society | 10 | OR |
PHCC102 | Being Human | 10 | OR |
PHCC104 | Ethics and the Good Life | 10 |
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC300 | Justice and Change in a Global World | 10 | OR |
PHCC320 | The Just Society | 10 |
Part G : Arts Scholars Program Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
HUMA251 | Shaping Humanity: Ideas and Scholarship | 10 | |
HUMA328 | Scholars 2: Research Project | 10 |
(Available by invitation only to high achieving students)
* Students selected for the Scholars Program will take HUMA251 and HUMA328 as two electives in the degree.
- A student may undertake units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings from any Bachelor of Arts discipline (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite requirements are met).