BA

240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Definitions

“Major”: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 60 cp at advanced level.

“Minor”: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.

“Specialisation”: 160 cp in prescribed units in nominated specialist fields of disciplinary focus.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree

2.1 To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

1. 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
   1. 160 cp from:
      1. 2 Majors; or
      2. 1 Major and 2 Minors
   2. at least 20 cp from Mission-focused Units;⁵
   3. not more than 60 cp from Electives;⁶
      
        and
      
      
2. ARTS232 Volunteer Experience.⁷

2.2 Unless otherwise specified, students must complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence. Any additional prerequisites for individual units are shown in brackets after the unit in the Schedule of Unit Offering.

2.3 A student may complete a Specialisation in accordance with the requirements set out in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80cp from the Schedule of Honours Units, consisting of:

1. 20 cp at fourth year level, appropriate to the discipline of the Honours thesis;
2. 10 cp in Research Methodology/Research Seminar; and
3. 50 cp from the Thesis.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Mission-focused Units                                                                               

Volunteer Experience

Community Based Experience (NSW only)

Specialisations

Business and Communication Studies (NSW only)

Completion of either

1. 1. a Major in Business Studies;
   2. a Minor in Communication; and
   3. a Minor in one of Behavioural Science, Computing, Economics or Mathematics;
      
        or
2. 1. a Major in Economics;
   2. a Minor in Communication; and
   3. a Minor in Business Studies.

Creative Arts and Culture (Queensland and Victoria only)

Completion of either

1. two Majors selected from Drama, Literature, Media*, Music or Visual Arts;
   
     or
   
   
2. 1. a Major in one of Drama, Literature, Media*, Music or Visual Arts; and
   2. two Minors selected from Communication, Drama, Literature, Media, Music or Visual Arts.

*Victoria only.

Major and Minor sequences by campus

Majors and Minors

Schedule of Honours Units

⁵ A Mission-focussed Unit may contribute to a major.
⁶ A student may undertake units, other than those required for the selected Major, listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines within the Faculty (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).
⁷ Volunteer Experience is normally to be completed by the end of Year 2.
⁸ Note: Available in NSW only.