Bachelor of Arts
Award Level
Bachelor Degree (Pass)
Program Summary
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Contact: Faculty Website |
| Campus: Kensington Campus |
| Career: Undergraduate |
| Typical Duration: 3 Years |
| Typical UOC Per Semester: 24 |
| Min UOC Per Semester: 6 |
| Max UOC Per Semester: 24 |
| Min UOC For Award: 144 |
| Award(s): |
| Bachelor of Arts (Combined Honours)v> |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours)v> |
| Bachelor of Arts (Major)v> |
| Bachelor of Arts (Minor)v> |
Program Description
Important notice:
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Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Program Structure
The basic requirements for the degree are:
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48 units of credit obtained from Level (PDF) I courses, that is courses designed for students in their first year of study. Of these, no more than 12 units of credit can be courses associated with any one major or minor;
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one major (54 UOC) and one minor (36 UOC) or two majors from the following: (Students must include at least one major or minor sequence offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Majors
54 units of credit from any of the "Internal Major" (in blue) or "External Major" (denoted with '*', in grey) listed below
| Asian Studies | Chinese Studies | Criminology | Development Studies |
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(Australian School of Business)
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English | Environmental Studies | European Studies |
| Film Studies | French Studies |
(Faculty of Science)
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Hispanic Studies |
| History | History and Philosophy of Science |
(Australian School of Business)
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(Australian School of Business)
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| International Relations | Japanese Studies | Korean Studies | Linguistics |
| Media, Culture and Technology | Music | Philosophy | Politics |
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*Psychology (Faculty of Science)
a Major sequence in Psychology
requires 60 UOC
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Sociology and Anthropology | Theatre and Performance Studies |
| * denotes majors and minors offered by Faculties other than Arts and Social Sciences. These are referred to as 'Externals'. |
Minors
36 units of credit from any of the majors listed above ("Non-designated Minor" (PDF)) or from the following "Designated Minors"
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(Nura Gili - Indigenous Programs)
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Americas Studies | Archaeology |
(College Of Fine Arts)
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| Arts and Social Sciences | Australian Studies |
Available in 2011
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German Studies |
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Only available for students commenced in 2009
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Indonesian Studies | Women's and Gender Studies |
| * denotes majors and minors offered by Faculties other than Arts and Social Sciences. These are referred to as 'Externals'. |
General Education Requirements
To fulfill the University's General Education requirement students must complete 12 units of credit selected from courses outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This requirement is met if a major or minor not offered by the Faculty as
listed above (for example, Economics) is completed
Academic Rules
Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html
Choosing Electives
Elective courses are courses that do not contribute to a major or minor. They must be selected from courses in the area of study in the majors/minors list above.
Honours
A fourth (Honours) year of study is an option for selected students. Those students who are considering an Honours program should consult the relevant school at the beginning of Level 2.
Important Information
The Academic Rules for the UNSW BA and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a
course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is
automatically credited to their degree program.
Sample Programs
The following sample programs are only examples of potential plan structures:
- Student completing Internal Major and Designated Minor (Politics & Australian Studies) (PDF)
- Student completing Internal Major and Non-Designated Minor (Criminology and Film Studies) (PDF)
- Student completing a Double Internal Major (International Relations (IR) & History) (PDF)
- Student completing Internal and External Double Major (Chinese & Economics) (PDF)
- Student completing External Major, an Internal Non-designated Minor and an Internal Designated Minor (Geography, Politics & Americas Studies)
Glossary of Terms for the BA
Click here (PDF)
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Aboriginal Studies
- Americas Studies
- Archaeology
- Art History and Theory
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Australian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Criminology
- Critical and Cultural Theory
- Development Studies
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- Greek Studies
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Human Resource Management
- Indonesian Studies
- International Business
- International Relations
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Linguistics
- Media, Culture and Technology
- Music and Music Education
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Remote Sensing
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
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