Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:
A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or
Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0
completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:
An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall and minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.
The Bachelor of Arts provides you with a varied and multidisciplinary education, as well as the opportunity to gain knowledge in a range of humanities and social sciences disciplines.
You will experience a variety of perspectives, methodologies and learning styles and explore disciplines that study the way humans recognise, record and debate human practices, meanings and values. This will aid you in developing a contemporary understanding of both the human condition and how society operates. You will have the opportunity to gain crucial lifelong learning and transferable generic skills, such as critical thinking and problem solving. You will learn to apply these skills to a range of employment opportunities and life situations.
You will benefit from the course's flexible structure and can tailor your own program by choosing from a variety of majors and minors. These include Creative and Professional Writing, English and Cultural Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies, History, Liberal Arts and Social Enquiry. You may also undertake a professional major in Business, Digital Media, Journalism, Language or Psychology.
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Course Structure:
To satisfy the requirements of the award, you must complete 24 units (144 units of credit) as outlined below:
4 core units (listed below):
BUSN11016 Introduction to Study and Professional Practice
COMM11108 Communicating for Social Change
SUST11001 The Changing World and Sustainability
BUSN13004 Professional Business Practice and Experience
2 majors totalling 16 units (from those listed below):
Creative Writing
English and Cultural Studies
Geography
History and Politics
Journalism
Liberal Arts
Public Relations
Theatre Studies
Visual Arts.
PLUS 1 minor totalling 4 units (from those listed below):
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Digital Storytelling
Discovering Theatre
Environmental Management
Essential Geography
Liberal Arts
Literary Studies
Strategic Communication
Visual Art Practices
Working with the Media
World History
Writing Stories.
Advertising, arts administration, editing, government administration, communications, copywriting, environmental planning and management, geography, history, journalism, librarianship, research, nature and heritage conservation, political research, psychology, teaching, writing (various), and many more. Students taking a BA with two teaching majors are eligible to enrol in postgraduate teaching qualifications.
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
