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Bachelor of Arts (Pass and Honours)
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. Admission Requirements1
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12, or equivalent:
New South Wales
Assumed knowledge: Mathematics (other than General Mathematics) for study in Mathematics.
Recommended studies: Visual Arts for study in Visual Arts.
Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA).
Victoria
Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English.
2. 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.
3. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree
3.1 To qualify for the pass degree, a student must complete:
- 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 160 cp from:
- 2 Majors; or
- 1 Major and 2 Minors;
- at least 20 cp from Mission-focused Units2;
- not more than 60 cp from Electives3;
- 160 cp from:
- ARTS232 Volunteer Experience4.
3.2 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.
3.3 A student may complete a Specialisation in accordance with the requirements set out in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.
3.4 A student may, with the approval of the Course Coordinator, undertake cross-institutional study in order to satisfy the requirements, in whole or in part, of:
- a Major or a Minor in a language other than English; and/or
- a Major in any discipline, where the student has completed a Minor in that discipline at this University.
4. Admission Requirements – Honours Degree1
To be eligible to apply for admission to the honours degree course, a student must have completed the Bachelor of Arts pass degree or equivalent, normally within the last five years, with at least a credit average including at least 8 units in the discipline of the honours course.
5. 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 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units, consisting of:
- 20 cp at fourth year level, appropriate to the discipline of the Honours thesis;
- 10 cp in Research Methodology/Research Seminar; and
- 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
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
ARTS324 | 10 | Art and Spirit |
BUSN202 | 10 | Professional Ethics (Inc: BUSO203 Business Ethics and INFO206 Ethics and Informatics) |
ENGL213 | 10 | Sacred Australia |
ENGL226 | 10 | The Book of Books: The Bible and Its Uses in Western Literature |
ENVI201 | 10 | The Australian Environment: Values and Ethics |
HIST227 | 10 | Human Rights in History |
LEGL103 | 10 | Introduction to Human Rights Law and Practice |
MUSC206 | 10 | Psalmody and Hymnody |
MUSC220 | 10 | Music and Liturgy |
MUSC237 | 10 | Music and the Sacred |
MUSC238 | 10 | Western Plainchant in Theory and Practice (Pre: Year 12 Music or equivalent) |
MUSC259 | 10 | Introduction to the Pipe Organ (Pre: 5th Grade Piano AMEB or equivalent; Inc: MUSC157 Practical Study 1 in Organ) |
PHIL100 | 10 | Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry |
PHIL101 | 10 | Reason and Argument |
PHIL102 | 10 | Theories of Human Nature |
PHIL103 | 10 | Origin of Western Philosophy |
PHIL104 | 10 | Introduction to Ethics |
PHIL105 | 10 | Values and Beliefs |
SOCS209 | 10 | Race and Ethnicity in Australia (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Sociology or Australian Studies) |
THBS100 | 10 | Introduction to the Bible |
THCT100 | 10 | What Christians Believe |
THCT101 | 10 | The Church in History |
Volunteer Experience
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
ARTS232 | 0 | Volunteer Experience |
Specialisations
Business and Communication Studies (NSW only)
Completion of either
-
- a Major in Business Studies;
- a Minor in Communication; and
- a Minor in one of Behavioural Science, Computing, Economics or Mathematics;
or
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- a Major in Economics;
- a Minor in Communication; and
- a Minor in Business Studies.
Creative Arts and Culture (Queensland and Victoria only)
Completion of either
- two Majors selected from Drama, Literature, Media*, Music or Visual Arts;
or
-
- a Major in one of Drama, Literature, Media*, Music or Visual Arts; and
- two Minors selected from Communication, Drama, Literature, Media, Music or Visual Arts.
*Victoria only.
Major and Minor sequences by campus
1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
2A Mission-focused Unit may contribute to a major.
3A 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).
4Volunteer Experience is normally to be completed by the end of Year 2.