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Art Theory/Arts - 4806

Program Summary

Faculty: College of Fine Arts

Contact: http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au

Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 3

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 421400

Domestic Entry Cut-off: 80.00

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Art Theory (Honours)

Bachelor of Art Theory (Major)

Bachelor of Arts (Major)

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Program Description

The Bachelor of Art Theory Bachelor of Arts (BArtTh BA) is a 4-year dual award program which combines the focused study of the visual arts and visual culture with an education in the humanities, social sciences and the creative and performing arts.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The BArtTh component will provide graduates with:

A rigorous understanding of art and design history and theory;
A capacity to make informed critical judgements about various forms of contemporary and historical visual culture;
An understanding of the global dimensions of visual and artistic forms
An understanding of art in the context of its exhibition and display
A capacity to undertake research in art history and visual culture

The Program Objectives of the UNSW BA are:

To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society
To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with Humanities and Social Science disciplines, and to encourage students to perceive the relationships between these disciplines
To encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and research
To enable students to place contemporary Australian society and culture in an historical and comparative context
To engage critically with fundamental questions about value in both ethical and aesthetic contexts
To develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about society, culture and the arts
To promote the techniques and value of reasoned and openminded discussion and debate
To foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures.

The Graduate Attributes for this Program are as follows:

The skills involved in scholarly enquiry
The ability to engage in independent and reflective learning
Information Literacy - the skills to locate, evaluate and use relevant information
The capacity for enterprise, initiative and creativity
A capacity to contribute to, and work within, the international community
The skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work
A respect for ethical practice and social responsibility
The skills of effective communication
An in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its interdisciplinary context.

Program Structure

The Bachelor of Art Theory/Bachelor of Arts consists of 96 UOC of Art Theory courses and 96 UOC of Arts courses.

BArtTh component:

Compulsory core courses (30 UOC) consisting of:

SAHT1101 Narratives of Modernity (6 UOC)
SAHT1102 Beyond Modernities (6 UOC)
SAHT1211 Theories of the Image (6 UOC)
SAHT1212 Theories of Art Hist & Culture (6 UOC)
SAHT1221 Contexts for Art (6 UOC)

Art Theory Major (SAHT) courses (66 UOC)

BA component:

Home Major stream (54 UOC)
Minor stream (36 UOC)
Prescribed Faculty Elective (6 UOC)

The following home major streams are available in the Bachelor of Arts:

Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
Creative Writing
Criminology
Dance Studies
Development Studies
English
Environmental Humanities
European Studies
Film Studies
French Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
History
Indigenous Studies
International Relations
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies
Linguistics
Media, Culture and Technology
Music Studies
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology and Anthropology
Theatre and Performance Studies

Minor Streams

All majors are available to be completed in minor stream ("Non-designated Minor"). There are, however, some areas of study that are only available as Minors. These are known as "Designated Minors". Art History and Theory cannot be taken as a Minor in the Dual Award. The Designated Minors for the Bachelor of Arts are:

Indonesian Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Australian Studies
Arts and Social Sciences

External Minor Streams

External Minors are Streams of study offered by other Faculties.

Economics (Australian School of Business)
Geography (Faculty of Science)
Human Resource Management (Australian School of Business)
International Business (Australian School of Business)
Psychology (Faculty of Science)

Award with Distinction

High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at least 48 UOC of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".

Honours

Honours in BArtTh Component

Students undertaking the BArtTh in Dual Award mode may apply to complete an additional year (48 UOC) of study for the award of Honours. For details of Honours please see 4803 Bachelor of Art Theory.

Honours in Bachelor of Arts Component

High achieving Bachelor of Arts students (in Single or Dual mode) who have successfully completed all program requirements may apply for admission to honours in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504. A minimum WAM of 70 is required for entry into Honours.

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504

Academic Rules

The Academic Rules for the BArtTh/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 in the Program Structure above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their degree program.

BA 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

Program Schema (pdf download)

Bachelor of Art Theory/Bachelor of Arts 4806

Domestic Undergraduate Admission - Selection Criteria

All applicants are assessed on the basis of previous academic achievement, however additional selection criteria are available to some applicants. Please refer to the Admissions Information here.