Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Global Studies

BA/BGlobSt

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Brisbane
• Melbourne
• Strathfield

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

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:

1. 180 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of:
2. 160 cp from
3. 2 Arts Majors including two units at 300-level per major (Part A); or
4. 1 Major including two units at 300-level and 2 Minors (Part B and Part C);
5. 10 cp from BA Degree Capstone units: HUMA330 Community Engagement: Placement or HUMA331 Big Ideas: Social Enterprise and Innovation (Part D);
6. 10 cp from Electives (Part E)
7. 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
8. 30 cp of Global Studies Specific Units (Part F);
9. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A (Part G);
10. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B (Part H);
11. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C (Part I);
12. 40 cp from Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship or Rome Semester Program (Part J);
13. 20 cp from Global Studies Elective Units (Part K);
14. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part L).

Progression requirements

Students normally complete 100-level units before undertaking related 200-level units, and 200-level units before undertaking related 300-level units.

Part A : Bachelor of Arts degree - 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 : Bachelor of Arts degree - 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 : Bachelor of Arts degree - 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 0 to 10 credit points from the following:

A student may undertake units, other than those required for the selected Major, listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines within the Faculty (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).

Part F : Global Studies Specified Units

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST305	Global Studies Research Project	10
HIST115	Global History: Six Degrees of Separation	10
POLS104	Introduction to International Relations	10

Part G : Global Studies List A

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DVST200	Refugees and Forced Migration	10
GEOG216	Climate Change: Past, Present and Future	10
GEOG218	Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience	10
HIST251	Human Rights in History	10
PHIL202	Justice, Authority and Human Rights	10
POLS213	Security, Terrorism and Human Rights	10
SOCS201	Social Justice and the New Economy	10
SOCS209	Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives	10

Part H : Global Studies List B

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ECON222	Economics of the Developing World	10
ECON223	The Global Economy	10
GEOG214	Sustainability: The Global Challenge	10
GEOG217	Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict	10
HIST267	Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History	10
POLS219	Post-Colonial and Non-Western Politics	10
SOCS243	Global Health	10

Part I : Global Studies List C

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DVST303	Development Advocacy	10
GEOG310	Sustainable Cities and Communities	10
GEOG313	Environmental and Heritage Management	10
POLS309	World Politics and Justice	10
SOCS301	Social Justice and Economy	10

Part J : Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship or Rome Semester Program

Part J.1 OR Part J.2 OR Part J.3

Part J.1 : Global Study Abroad

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST301	Global Study Abroad A	10
GLST302	Global Study Abroad B	10
GLST303	Global Study Abroad C	10
GLST304	Global Study Abroad D	10

Part J.2 : Global Studies International Internship

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST300	Global Study International Internship	40

*At the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities, a student who can demonstrate exceptional and ongoing personal circumstances beyond their control (eg. chronic illness) that prevent them from travelling overseas may be allowed to substitute study abroad or the international internship with GLST306 Global Studies Special Project. Where an ongoing risk applies to more than one student, eg (travel advisory bans; health pandemic etc) GLST306 may also be offered at the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities).

Part J.3 : Rome Semester Program

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Part K : Global Studies Electives

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL129	Foundations of Ecology	10
COMM222	Communication in a Global Society	10
DVST100	Introduction to International Development Studies	10
DVST101	Humanitarian Work and Aid	10
DVST200	Refugees and Forced Migration	10	Global Migration Units
DVST203	Qualitative Research Methodologies for Development Projects	10
DVST204	Project Management for Development	10
DVST303	Development Advocacy	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
ECON222	Economics of the Developing World	10	Global Economics Units
ECON223	The Global Economy	10	Global Economics Units
ENGL111	Literature Across Time and Space	10
ENGL204	American Writing	10	International Units - The Americas
ENGL232	Irish Literature	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
ENGL333	Global Literary Cultures	10
ENVR102	Earth Science	10
GEOG110	Exploring Natural Environments	10
GEOG111	Exploring Human Environments	10	Global Economics Units
GEOG214	Sustainability: The Global Challenge	10
GEOG216	Climate Change: Past, Present and Future	10
GEOG217	Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict	10	International Units - Asia
GEOG218	Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience	10
GEOG310	Sustainable Cities and Communities	10	Global Economics Units
GEOG313	Environmental and Heritage Management	10
HIST208	Fascism	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST209	Revolutionary Europe 1789-1917	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST214	Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History	10	Global Migration Units
HIST215	Europe Divided and United 1945-Present	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST225	Us Foreign Policy Since 1945	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST229	Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST251	Human Rights in History	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST256	War and Peace	10	War, Peace and Security Units
HIST260	Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 1901	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST261	The Rise of Asia in the Modern World	10	International Units - Asia
HIST262	Money and Power in the Western World	10
HIST263	The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 1945	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST267	Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History	10	Global Migration Units
HIST327	Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST342	A History of the Present	10
HUMA319	Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present	10
HUMA252	Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome	10
ITAN101	Introductory Italian	10
MUSC280	Music, Culture and Diversity	10
PHIL107	Philosophy of World Religions	10
PHIL202	Justice, Authority and Human Rights	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS105	Introduction to Human Rights	10
POLS201	Middle Eastern Politics	10	International Units - Middle East
POLS203	American Politics and Culture	10	International Units - The Americas
POLS211	The Dragon Awakens: China and the New World	10	International Units - Asia
POLS213	Security, Terrorism and Human Rights	10	War, Peace and Security Units
POLS214	The Nature of Democracy	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS216	Populism in the 21st Century: From Brexit to Trump and Beyond	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS217	Religion and World Politics	10
POLS218	Authoritarianism in the 21st Century	10
SOCS201	Social Justice and the New Economy	10
SOCS202	Culture: Rights, Representation, Resistance	10
SOCS206	Globalisation, Religion and Modernity	10
SOCS207	Meaning of Life: Researching Qualitatively	10
SOCS208	The Power of Social Connection: Social Capital Revealed	10
SOCS209	Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
SOCS226	Global Youth Cultures	10
SOCS243	Global Health	10
SOCS302	People Count: Researching Globally with Quantitative Methods	10
SPAN101	Introductory Spanish	10
THSR200	Introducing Asian Religions	10	International Units - Asia

A unit cannot be double counted or fulfil two different roles within the Arts-Global Studies double degree. For example, a Global Studies elective unit cannot also be counted towards a student's Arts Major or Minor.

Students may also choose electives from the following units (subject to availability and prerequisites)

Part L : 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