Bachelor of Arts

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 and International Relations 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

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- 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. 160 cp from:
2. 2 Arts Majors (Part A); or
3. 1 Arts Major (Part B) and 2 Arts Minors (Part C);
4. 10 cp from Capstone units (Part D);
5. 50 cp from
6. Electives units (Part E) OR
7. 10 cp from the Arts Scholar Program Units (Part G) and 40 cp from Elective units (Part E);
8. 20 cp from Core Curriculum units (Part F);

Other requirements

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).

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.

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
ARCH	Archaeology	80
BUSD	Business Studies	80
DETI	Design and Technologies	80
DRAM	Drama	80
ECON	Economics	80
ENGL	English	80
GEES	Geography, Environment and Society	80
HIST	History	80
INDV	International Development Studies	80	This major is only available to students who transfer from the Bachelor of International Studies and who have completed units to 300-level as approved by the Course Coordinator.
LANS	Languages	80	Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or other languages - available as cross-institutional study as approved by Course Coordinator.
LEGL	Legal Studies	80	Legal Studies Major is available only to students who transfer from the Bachelor of Laws or equivalent and who have completed designated units at appropriate levels as approved by Course Coordinators.
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

Part B : Arts Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ARCH	Archaeology	80
BUSD	Business Studies	80
DETI	Design and Technologies	80
DRAM	Drama	80
ECON	Economics	80
ENGL	English	80
GEES	Geography, Environment and Society	80
HIST	History	80
INDV	International Development Studies	80	This major is only available to students who transfer from the Bachelor of International Studies and who have completed units to 300-level as approved by the Course Coordinator.
LANS	Languages	80	Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or other languages - available as cross-institutional study as approved by Course Coordinator.
LEGL	Legal Studies	80	Legal Studies Major is available only to students who transfer from the Bachelor of Laws or equivalent and who have completed designated units at appropriate levels as approved by Course Coordinators.
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

Part C : Arts Minors

Complete exactly 2 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ARCH	Archaeology	40
BUSD	Business Studies	40
COMM	Communication	40
COMS	Community Services	40
CRWR	Creative Writing	40
DRAM	Drama	40
DTCO	Digital Technologies (Computing)	40
ECON	Economics	40
EDUC	Education	40
ENGL	English	40
GEES	Geography, Environment and Society	40
GLST	Global Studies	40
GRDE	Graphic Design	40
HIST	History	40
HLDV	Healthy Development	40
INDV	International Development Studies	40
LANS	Languages	40
LEGL	Legal 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
VEAM	Veterans Arts Minor	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 40 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 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
HUMA251	Shaping Humanity: Ideas and Scholarship	10

(Available by invitation to high achieving students.)

Students selected for the Scholars Program will take HUMA251 and HUMA328 as two electives in the degree.