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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences maintains its own web server at www.arts.unsw.edu.au which provides information about the schools and programs in the Faculty to all prospective and current students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Students admitted with advanced standing are given credit towards the degree for all appropriate courses up to a maximum of two thirds of the total units of credit required for each degree. Specified credit will be given for courses closely related to courses offered within our degree programs; unspecified credit may be given for other "Arts-type" courses, if they are of appropriate standard and range.

ARTS2000 offers selected second and third year Arts and Social Sciences students an internship experience in a range of organisations outside UNSW. This practical work-place experience is accompanied by a reading program. The reading component examines different approaches to the study of organisations, their structures, functions and policies, and links these issues to the internship experience. The internship component provides work experience in a host organisation for a minimum of one day a week throughout one session or an equivalent block of time. The internship may be undertaken at any time during the year but is subject to the availability of a suitable host organisation. The course may be included as part of a major sequence with the prior permission of the relevant Head of School. For more information, contact Zarni Jaugietis, telephone (02) 9385 1443, email zarni@unsw.edu.au

Objective 5 of the University's General Education program requires all faculties "to ensure that students examine the purposes and consequences of their education and experience at University, and to foster acceptance of professional and ethical action and the social responsibility of graduates." In some programs administered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences this objective is met entirely by the content of compulsory core courses, while in others it is met partly by the structure of the degree and partly by ARTS3000 level courses specifically designed for this purpose. Degrees in which at least one ARTS3000 course must be included are the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of International Studies. Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Arts students must complete either an ARTS3000 course or MUSC3101. ARTS3000 courses are also available as elective courses for students in other degrees. These courses should normally be taken in a student's third year of study.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences provides general purpose Macintosh computer laboratories in the Morven Brown and Mathews buildings. Special purpose laboratories are located in the Robert Webster Building. Self-access to the general purpose laboratories is available 24 hours 7 days per week. Printing charges apply. Access to email and the Internet is available. Further information can be obtained from the Technical Resources Centre, Room 105, Morven Brown Building. Room G63 in the Morven Brown Building is available to students in the Faculty for enrolment purposes.

Where a General Education requirement is prescribed, students must complete the equivalent of 12 units of credit from the University's General Education program. Arts and Social Science students should choose their courses in accordance with the requirements set out in the General Education section of this Handbook. No more than three units of credit can be chosen from courses with a GENT prefix. Information concerning the substitution of other university courses or exemptions from some General Education courses on the basis of previous formal study is available from the Faculty Office.

All students of the Faculty are expected to re-enrol via the web, apart from those who intend to enrol in an Honours program in 2007. Honours pre-enrolment forms will be available from school offices in December and will need to be returned to the Faculty Office by the second last week of December. Failure to re-enrol a week before the beginning of session may incur a late fee.

For information about societies and clubs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, refer to the Faculty website at www.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/undergraduate/clubs.shtml or contact the individual schools/departments.

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