Arts and Business - 3437
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Contact: arts@unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 144
UAC Code: 422050
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts and Business (Major)
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Program Description
The Depth component is:
- The completion of a major stream (54 UOC - 9 courses) selected from the list of BA&Bus approved home major streams
- The completion of a minor stream (36 UOC - 6 courses) selected from the list of BA&Bus approved minor streams.
- The completion of an Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC - 1 course)
- The completion of a Business Studies stream (48 UOC - 8 courses)
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
The aims of the BA&Bus are
- To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society
- To develop an understanding of the the role of business in the contemporary world
- To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with Humanities, Social Science and Business 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
Single Mode (144 UOC) made up of:
- A home major stream (54 UOC)
- A minor stream (36 UOC)
- An Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC)
- A Business stream (48 UOC )
- A home major stream (54 UOC)
- A minor stream (36 UOC)
- An Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC)
- A Business stream (48 UOC )
Home Major Streams
Minor Streams
Art History and Theory
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Indonesian Studies |
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Language Studies for Commencing Mid-Year Students
If your language skills are assessed as Level A in Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced or Professional you cannot commence study until Semester 1.Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective
ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities
This course is available as an Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective or Free Elective for students wishing to develop their academic writing skills. Click here for further details about the course.Business Stream
Core Courses
Electives
- MGMT2002 Managing Business Communicatio (6 UOC)
- MGMT2010 Innovation & Entrepreneurship (6 UOC)
- MGMT2105 East Asian Business Enterprise (6 UOC)
- MGMT2200 Critical Thinking and Analysis (6 UOC)
- MGMT2718 Human Resource Management (6 UOC)
- MGMT2725 Career Planning & Management (6 UOC)
- MGMT3001 Business & Corporate Strategy (6 UOC)
- MGMT3702 International Hrm Practice (6 UOC)
- MGMT3721 Negotiation Skills (6 UOC)
- MGMT3724 Strategic Human Resource Mngt (6 UOC)
- MARK2051 Consumer Behaviour (6 UOC)
- MARK2052 Marketing Research (6 UOC)
- MARK2053 Mark. Comm. & Prom. Management (6 UOC)
- MARK2071 International&Global Marketing (6 UOC)
- MARK2084 E-Marketing (6 UOC)
- MARK3081 Distrib.Strat.&Retail Channels (6 UOC)
- MARK3091 New Product & New Service Dev. (6 UOC)
- MARK3092 Brand Management (6 UOC)
General Education
Award with Distinction
Honours
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504
Academic Rules
Single Mode
- enrol in the Bachelor of Arts and Business and complete 144 UOC;
- complete the requirements for one home major stream
- complete the requirements for one minor stream
- complete a 6 UOC Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective
- complete the requirements for the Business Studies stream
- enrol in 24 UOC of Business Studies stream core courses in their first 48 UOC of study
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- specify their major and minor combination at the time of enrolment
- complete at least 24 UOC in their streams before enrolling in Level 3 courses
- complete 120 UOC overall before enrolling in their Major stream(s) Capstone course
Sample Programs
The following sample programs are only examples of potential stream structures:- Student completing Home Major (Asian Studies) and Designated Minor (Australian Studies) and Marketing Component
- Student completing Home Major (International Relations) and Non-Designated Minor (Japanese Studies) and Management Component
Fees
Important Information
Further Information
Tel: + 61 2 9385 2289
Email: arts@unsw.edu.au
Location: Room G1 Ground Floor, Morven Brown building (C20)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Frequently asked questions
Glossary of Terms
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Art History and Theory
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Australian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Criminology
- Dance Studies
- Development Studies
- English
- Environmental Humanities
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- Greek Studies
- History
- Indigenous Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- International Relations
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Linguistics
- Media, Culture and Technology
- Music
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies