Programs of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts (HUSBAW)
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers the Bachelor of Arts at the University Drive, Wodonga campus. This course involves completion of units giving a total of 360 credit points, normally over three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent. Units from several different disciplines are offered by the faculty. These are currently: art history, Asian studies, English, history, philosophy, social sciences, sociology, and theatre and drama. Students may take a limited number of units from disciplines outside the faculty including business, education, environmental management and ecology, psychology and social welfare. Some units may be offered through flexible delivery mode. Enquiries of a general nature about the course may be directed to Ms Jenni Carter, tel: (02) 6024 9827.
Course structure
To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree students must complete 360 credit points, 120 credit points at each year level. This normally means eight first-year units, six second-year units and six third-year units.
These units must include either:
- A major of 130 credit points in a single discipline offered by the faculty, or in combined disciplines to constitute a social sciences major. A major consists of two units at first-year level, two units at second-year level and three units at third-year level in the discipline or combined disciplines. The remaining credit points can be chosen from other disciplines.
Or
- A double major of 130 credit points in each of two different disciplines offered by the faculty. A double major consists of two units at first-year level, two units at second-year level and three units at third-year level in each discipline or area of study. The remaining credit points can be chosen from other disciplines.
The units chosen should be such that:
- there are no more than 135 credit points of units at first-year level
- there are no more than 30 credit points in any area in first year, and
- no more than two units at each year level are taken from units offered outside the faculty.
On completing the course of study, which would lead to the award of the Bachelor of Arts, students may be eligible for entry into the program for the Bachelor of Arts with Honours. Enquiries about eligibility and potential study programs should be directed to the Head of the relevant School in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The following units are available at Albury-Wodonga for students entering the Bachelor of Arts.
First-year units (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Art from Greece to the Renaissance | ARH1AGR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Australian History: colonial | HIS1AHC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Freedom, Mind and Human Nature | PHI1FMV |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Asia: Indonesia and Japan | AST1IJI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Sociology A | SOC1ISA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Texts over Time: introduction to literature | ENG1TOT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Art from renaissance to Van Gogh | ARH1ARW |
| TE-SEM-2 | Critical Thinking (on-line unit) | PHI1CRT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Asia: China and India | AST1ICI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Sociology B | SOC1ISB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Modern Europe B: the twentieth century | HIS1MEB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Text, Criticism and the Visual | ENG1TCV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Existence, Value and God | PHI1TAS |
Second-year unit (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Performance Making | DRA2PEM |
Second and third-year units (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Art of Byzantium and Rome c.312– c.13202 |
ARH2AOB/ARH3AOB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Australian Drama from 1955 to the Present Day | DRA2AUD/DRA3AUD |
| TE-SEM-1 | British and American Romanticism | ENG2BAR/ENG3BAR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Class and Inequality1 | SOC2CAI/SOC3CAI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Contemporary Australian Politics and Public Policy | POL2CAP/POL3CAP |
| TE-SEM-1 | The European Union | HIS2EUU/HIS3EUU |
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Rights: Fundamental issues | PHI2HUR/PHI3HUR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Sociology of Education | SOC2SED/SOC3SED |
| TE-SEM-1 | Sociology of the Environment | SOC2SOE/SOC3SOE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Community and History in Australia1 | HIS2CHA/HIS3CHA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Contemporary Australian Novels | ENG2CAN/ENG3CAN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Genocides and the Holocaust: Europe, Asia, Africa | HIS2GAH/HIS3GAH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Living with Colonialism | HIS2LWC/HIS3LWC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Making America | ARH2MAM/ARH3MAM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Medieval Europe2 | ARH2MEU/ARH3MEU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Nations and States | POL2NAS/POL3NAS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Plato and Meaning of Being | PHI2PAM/PHI3PAM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Rural Sociology1 | SOC2RUS/SOC3RUS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Shakespeare and Contemporaries | ENG2SAC/ENG3SAC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Social Change in Rural and Regional Communities | SOC2SCH/SOC3SCH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Emotions1 | SOC2SEM/SOC3SEM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Health and Illness | SOC2SHI/SOC3SHI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Health and Medicine1 | SOC2SHM/SOC3SHM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Work | SOC2SOW/SOC3SOW |
Third-year units (20 credit points)
(Unit availability to be confirmed)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Unit in Social Theory | SOC3RST |
| TE-SEM-2 | Advanced Performance Making | DRA3APM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Applied Research Project in Workplace1 | SOC3WPR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Drama Project: group production or individual research | DRA3PRO |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
- 2 Unit online.