The Bachelor of Arts requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time); the honours program requires an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.
The BA undergraduate and BA honours degrees are administered by the BA Board of Studies. Major sequences and individual topics are offered in a range of schools and departments and fields of study drawn from across the University.
Students are required to complete at least one major sequence and one minor sequence for the BA degree. It is possible to arrange a program in order to complete two major sequences.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
The Bachelor of Arts provides students with a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies from across the University, with a strong focus on aspects of human culture and achievement. Majors, extended majors and minors can be taken within the Faculties of: Education, Humanities and Law; Science and Engineering; and Social and Behavioural Sciences. The Bachelor of Arts can also be undertaken in conjunction with a range of other degrees in the University.
The course aims to provide students with:
At the conclusion of the three year Bachelor of Arts degree students will have:
Students should:
Within their fields of study students will have developed:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.
The 108 units must include:
Provided there are suitable topics available, a student may complete an extended Arts major sequence of 45 units selected from the relevant list of BA major sequences, comprising 9 units of Year 1 topics, 9 units of Year 2 topics, 9 units of Year 3 topics and an additional 18 units of Year 2 or 3 topics according to the requirements for the specific major sequence.
Note: Student are advised that First level topics, Second level topics and Third level topics translate to Year 1 topics, Year 2 topics and Year 3 topics respectively.
An Arts major sequence or an extended Arts major sequence may also require the completion of up to two foundation topics as a co-requisite.
Students will be expected to declare their major sequence at the completion of 72 units.
Any topic offered by the University may be chosen to complete the 108 units, provided course and prerequisite requirements are met. With the permission of the BA Board of Studies, up to 54 units may be taken through study at another approved institution. In choosing Year 3 topics, students must pay attention to the assumed knowledge requirements specified for those topics.
The BA Examination Board may approve substitute topics if a student is unable to undertake particular core topics while studying overseas on an approved program.
The following can be studied as majors or minors (all except those marked ## can be taken at honours level)
Refer to Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
The Bachelor of Arts may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
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