Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts (HUSBAM)
All three years of this course are available at the Mildura campus. For further details contact the Campus Office on (03) 9479 1635.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts is offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences either as a pass degree or with honours. The pass degree, if taken full-time, is designed to be completed within three years. An honours degree, which requires an additional year of full-time study, is available at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus to qualified students.
It is the responsibility of students to familiarise themselves with course requirements and ensure that they are enrolled in units that conform to those requirements. Students are encouraged to contact the Campus Office if they have any questions regarding requirements for their course.
Admission requirements
Prerequisite studies: a study score of at least 20 in VCE units 3 and 4 of English or equivalent is required for entry to the Bachelor of Arts. The Faculty will consider for admission applicants from all entrance categories.
Applicants who have not completed year 12 or equivalent may apply under the Special Entry Access Schemes. See the current VTAC Guide for more details or go to www.vtac.edu.au
Further information may be obtained from the Faculty Policy Officer on (03) 9479 1635.
Disciplines
The following humanities and social sciences disciplines offer sequences of units to fulfil the course requirements of the Bachelor of Arts:
- English
- History
- Social sciences
The following humanities and social sciences disciplines offer elective units for the Bachelor of Arts:
- Art history
- Philosophy
Students may also include as elective units in their Bachelor of Arts course units offered by other faculties at the Mildura campus, subject to the restrictions in the course requirements below.
Course requirements
To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, students must:
- satisfactorily complete a minimum of 360 credit points, with at least 120 credit points at first-year level and at least 120 credit points at third-year level
- and include in their course either
a major of 130 credit points, including at least 60 credit points at third-year level, in a discipline offered by the Faculty, noting that majors in some disciplines must include specific units or combinations of units:
First year
| TE-SEM-1 | Major | Elective | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Elective | Elective | Elective |
Second year
| TE-SEM-1 | Major | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Elective | Elective |
Third year
| TE-SEM-1 | Major | Major | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Elective | Elective |
or:
two sequences of at least 110 credit points (30 credit points at first-year level and 40 credit points at second and third-year level) from different disciplines with at least one sequence in a discipline offered within the Faculty:
First year
| TE-SEM-1 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective | Elective |
Second year
| TE-SEM-1 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective |
Third year
| TE-SEM-1 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective |
| T-SEM-2 | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | Elective |
Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS)
Applicants who are aged 21 years or more by 1 January of the year of their intended entry and who have not satisfied minimum tertiary entrance requirements may become eligible for entry by completing extra application requirements.
Course regulations
- A maximum of 205 credit points may be taken from any single discipline in the Faculty.
- 120 credit points (60 credit points in each semester) is a full-time study load for each year level. Students require permission from the Faculty to overload by taking more than 60 credit points in any semester. Permission is normally based on the student’s previous academic record.
First-year units
- As part of their 120 credit points at first-year level, students must take a minimum of 90 credit points from units offered by the Faculty. A maximum of 45 credit points may be taken in any one discipline.
- A minimum of 120 credit points and a maximum of 135 credit points of first-year units may normally be included in the degree.
Units from other La Trobe Faculties and other universities
- Students may take two semester units at each year level from other La Trobe Faculties.
- Students may take up to two semester units at each year level from another tertiary institution in a discipline that is not available at La Trobe University.
The following units are available at Mildura for students entering the Bachelor of Arts:
First-year units (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit code | |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Asia: Japan and Indonesia | AST1IJI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Myth, Legend and History | HIS1MLH |
| TE-SEM-1 | Texts over Time | ENG1TOT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australia and Beyond | SOC1AAB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Critical Thinking (on-line unit) | PHI1CRT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Modern Europe B: the Twentieth Century | HIS1MEB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Text, Criticism and the Visual | ENG1TCV |
Second and third-year units (20 credit points)
| TE-SEM-1 | Art of Byzantium (on-line unit) | ARH2AOB/ARH3AOB |
| TE-SEM-1 | British and American Romanticism | ENG2BAR/ENG3BAR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Community Studies | SOC2CMS/SOC3CMS |
| TE-SEM-1 | The European Union | HIS2EUU/HIS3EUU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Families and Change | SOC2FAC/SOC3FAC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Medieval Europe c600–c1200 (on-line unit) | ARH2MEU/ARH3MEU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Shakespeare and Contemporaries | ENG2SAC/ENG3SAC |
| TE-SEM-2 | U.S. Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1968 | HIS2UCR/HIS3UCR |
Third-year unit (20 credit points)
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A | HIS3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B | HIS3RCB |