Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation)

BA(WestCiv)

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• North Sydney

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

Definition

'Major': 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.

'Minor': 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- or 300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 140 cp from Western Civilisation Specified Units (Part A)
2. 10cp from Community Engagement Units (Part B)
3. 10cp from Western Civilisation Elective Units (Part C)
4. 80cp from BA Majors’ Units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings (Part D)

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.

Part A : Specified Western Civilisation Units

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
WCIV100	The Desire to Understand: Introducing the Western Intellectual Tradition	10
WCIV101	Form and Beauty: Origins of Western Art and Architecture	10
WCIV200	Doctrine, Myth and History: Religion and the West	10
WCIV301	Scientific Revolutions and the Western World	10
WPOL100	The Birth of Politics: Origins of Western Political Thought	10
WPOL200	The Rise of Liberalism: Authority, Society and Freedom	10
WPOL300	Politics and People in British, American and Australian Democracies	10
WLIT100	Greek and Roman Classics: Origins of Western Literature	10
WLIT200	Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces: the Rise of the English Literary Tradition	10
WLIT201	The Age of the Novel: 1600-1900	10
WLIT300	Romanticism to Postmodernism: Movements Toward the Literary Present	10
WPHI101	Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics	10
WPHI201	Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy	10
WPHI301	The Good, the Right and the Beautiful: Western Ethic and Aesthetics	10

Part B : Community Engagement Unit

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
WCIV300	Making a Difference: Community Engagement in Local, National and International Contexts	10

Part C : Western Civilisation Elective Units

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
WCIV210	Grand Narratives: Western Art and Architecture From Renaissance to Baroque	10
HIST251	Human Rights in History	10
HUMA253	The Art of France From Empire to Modernity	10
HUMA317	History and Geography of Rome	10
HUMA318	The Literature and Drama of New York City	10

Part D : Major Units

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DRAM	Drama	80
ENGL	English	80
HIST	History	80
PHIL	Philosophy	80
PINR	Politics and International Relations	80
PSYC	Psychology	80
SOCI	Sociology	80
THSD	Theological Studies	80
VISU	Visual Arts	80