Arts - 3403
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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
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
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Program Description
Students commencing from 2016 should refer to program 3409 Bachelor of Arts.
The Bachelor of Arts (UNSW BA) is designed to provide you with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts. The program provides you with not only the breadth (Free Electives and General Education) to explore a wide range of diverse interests but also the depth (Major and Minor streams) to focus in detail on two specialisations. The UNSW BA can be completed full-time in Single mode (normally 3 years), in Dual mode (the equivalent of two years full-time) or part-time. The basic requirements of the program are simple. The BA has a depth component and a breadth component. Students enrolled in Single mode do both the depth and breadth component while students enrolled in Dual mode only complete the depth component.
The Depth component (Blue Zone) is:
- The completion of a major stream (54 UOC - 9 courses) selected from the list of the UNSW BA approved home major streams
- The completion of at least a minor stream (36 UOC - 6 courses) selected from the list of UNSW BA approved home and external major streams or dedicated minor streams. Note: Students may use their Green Zone free elective space to extend study in this area to a full major stream ("Double Major").
- The completion of a UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC - 1 course)
- UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC - 2 courses)
- Free Electives (24 UOC - 4 courses)
- General Education (12 UOC - 2 courses)
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
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
Single mode (144 UOC) made up of:
- A home major stream (54 UOC)
- At least a minor stream (36 UOC)
- UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (18 UOC)
- Free Electives (24 UOC)
- General Education (12 UOC )
- A home major stream (54 UOC)
- At least a minor stream (36 UOC)
- A UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective (6 UOC)
Home Major Streams
Minor Streams
Art History and Theory
(UNSW Art & Design) |
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Mathematics**
(UNSW Science)
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Women's and Gender Studies |
External minor streams are designated with grey boxes |
This minor is only available to students completing the Bachelor of Arts in Dual mode with the Bachelor of Education and who are wishing to pursue a teaching method in this area.
** Mathematics
This minor is only available to students completing the dual degree program 3763 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts. 24 UOC of courses completed in this minor stream are shared with the Engineering program.
Students completing study in this program in Dual mode with the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery will be required to design their Independent Learning Project (ILP) as a joint project with the Bachelor of Arts. Twenty four UOC of the 30 UOC that makes up the ILP will be double counted towards the Arts and Social Sciences Minor in the Bachelor of Arts. The remaining 12 UOC will be made up of two courses in UNSW Arts and Social Sciences that relate to the ILP project, approved by the Convenor of the Bachelor of Arts. This 12 UOC may be courses shared from the major stream in the BA the student is already completing. If such is the case the student will make up their depth requirement for the BA with UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives. Students who do not wish to pursue this option but complete another BA minor stream will be able to do so. This will result in an extra semester of study to meet the requirements of the program.
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.External minor streams and UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective Requirement
External Minor Stream and Dual Award Programs
Double Major Stream and External Major Streams
Human Resource Management (48 UOC)
(UNSW Business School)
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International Business (48 UOC)
(UNSW Business School)
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Economics (60 UOC)
(UNSW Business School)
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Geography (60 UOC)
(UNSW Science)
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Psychology (78 UOC)
(UNSW Science)
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Students seeking to complete an external major in Psychology are required to complete a fourth Psychology course (PSYC2101 Assessment and Personality and Psychopathology) at level 1.
Geography exemption in BA/BEd (Secondary)
Students completing the dual award program BA/BEd (Secondary) can secure an exemption from the Home-based Major rule and the UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective rule if they wish to complete Geography as their first teaching method.
Students who seek this exemption must complete a home-based minor.
NOTE: For details of individual major and minor stream please consult the relevant stream entries.
Sample Programs
UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
Free Electives
ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC)
HUMS1005 Personalised English Language Enhancement (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 complete 144 UOC;
- complete the requirements for one home major stream
- complete the requirements for one minor stream
- complete 18 UOC of UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
- complete 24 UOC of Free Electives
- complete 12 UOC of General Education
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- specify their major(s)/minor at the time of enrolment into Level 2
- complete at least 24 UOC in their major/minor streams before enrolling in Level 3 courses
- complete 120 UOC overall before enrolling in their Major stream(s) Capstone course
Dual Mode
- enrol in the Bachelor of Arts and complete 96 UOC;
- complete the requirements for one home major stream
- complete the requirements for one minor stream
- complete a 6 UOC UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- specify their major(s)/minor at the time of enrolment into Level 2
- complete at least 24 UOC in their major/minor before enrolling in Level 3 courses
- complete 72 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 Stream and External Major Stream (Chinese Studies and International Business)
- Student completing Home Major Stream and Non-Designated Minor Stream (Criminology and Japanese Studies)
- Student completing Home Major Stream and Designated Minor Stream (Politics and Australian Studies)
- Student completing double Home Major Stream (International Relations and History)
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
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Dance Studies
- Development Studies
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Humanities
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- History
- Human Resource Management
- Indigenous Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- International Business
- International Relations
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Legal Studies
- Linguistics
- Media, Culture and Technology
- Modern Greek Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies