Bachelor of Arts
Course code/s: HUSBAW
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers the Bachelor of Arts at the University Drive, Wodonga campus. This course involves completion of subjects giving a total of 360 credit points, normally over three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent. Subjects from several different disciplines are offered by the faculty. These are currently: English, history, philosophy, politics, social sciences and sociology. Students may take a limited number of subjects from disciplines outside the faculty including business, education, environmental management and ecology, psychology and social welfare. Some subjects 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 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 third year level and include in their course at least one core major. The core majors available at Albury/Wodonga are English, history and sociology. Students may also complete a minor (90 credit points) in politics. The Faculty also offers a number of elective subjects from additional disciplines e.g. art history, drama, philosophy etc.
Single Major (135 credit points)
A major consists of 135 credit points in a discipline, and must include the following:
- 30 credit points at first year level (including a first-year core subject),
- 45 credit points at second-year level (including a second-year core subject) and,
- 60 credit points at third-year level (including a third-year core subject.
| Teaching period | Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major (core subject) | Elective | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Elective | Elective | Elective |
| Second year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major (core subject) | Major | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Elective | Elective | Elective |
| Third year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major (core subject) | Major | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major | Major | Elective | Elective |
Double major (270 credit points)
Students can complete a double major within the BA which consists of 135 credit points in each of two different disciplines. The structure is the same as the structure for a single major but students must complete the structure for two different disciplines.
| Teaching period | Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major 1 (core subject) | Major 2 (core subject) | Elective | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major 1 | Major 2 | Elective | Elective |
| Second year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major 1 (core subject) | Major 1 | Major 2 (core subject) | Elective |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major 1 | Major 2 | Major 2 | Elective |
| Third year | ||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Major 1 (core subject) | Major 1 | Major 2 (core subject) | Major 2 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Major 1 | Major 1 | Major 2 | Major 2 |
The subjects chosen should be such that:
- there are no more than 135 credit points of subjects at first-year level
- there are no more than 30 credit points in any area in first year, and
- no more than two subjects at each year level are taken from subjects 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 subjects are available at Albury-Wodonga for students entering the Bachelor of Arts.
First-year subjects required for completion of your chosen major (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| English major | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Texts over Time: introduction to literature | ENG1TOT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Literature: The Short Story | ENG1ILS |
| History major | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Australian History: colonial | HIS1AHC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Myth, Legend and History | HIS1MLH |
| Sociology major | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Sociology | SOC1SAC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australia and Beyond: Introduction to Sociology | SOC1AAB |
First-year elective subjects (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Aboriginal Australia2 | ABS1IIA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Art from Renaissance to Impressionism | ARH1ARW |
| TE-SEM-1 | Australian Politics: government and society | POL1AUP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Climate Change, Sustainability and Society | ENV1CSS |
| TE-SEM-2 | First-Year Academic Seminar: Big Questions in the Humanities and Social Sciences | HUS1FAS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Critical Thinking2 | PHI1CRT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Asia: China and India (via video conference) | AST1ICI |
Second and third-year subjects
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| Wk 28-30 | Medicine and Public Health in Modern History | HIS2BM/HIS3BM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Community and History: Creating Stories of People and Place | HIS2CHA/HIS3CHA |
| TE-SEM-1 | International Politics of Climate Change: Triumph or Tragedy? 2 | POL2IPC/POL3IPC |
| TE-SEM-1 | International Relations: The Cold War and The Great Powers (via video conference) | POL2INR/POL3INR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Making History (Core for History Major) | HIS3MHI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Medieval Europe: C 600-C 12002 | ARH2MEU/ARH3MEU |
| TE-SEM-1 | Re-Thinking Jane Austen3 | ENG2RJA/ENG3RJA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Inventing The Bush | ENG2ITB/ENG3ITB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Sociology of Emotions2 | SOC2SEM/SOC3SEM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Social Research Methods (core Sociology subject at 3rd year) | SOC3MSR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Theory, Culture and Society3 | SOC2TCS |
| TE-SEM-2 | British and American Romanticism | ENG2BAR/ENG3BAR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australian Environmental History: Gondwana to global warming2 | HIS2AEH/HIS3AEH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Contemporary Australian Novels (ENG3CAN is the Core subject for an English major) | ENG2CAN/ENG3CAN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Nature, Conservation and Society: The Human Impact2 | SOC2SOE/SOC3SOE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Health and Illness | SOC2SHI/SOC3SHI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sociology of Work | SOC2SOW/SOC3SOW |
| TE-SEM-2 | U.S Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968 | HIS2UCR/HIS3UCR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Work Ready Skills and Planning your Career2 | HUM2WRS |
Key: 2 Online subject.
3 Core subject at second-year level for a Major in that discipline.
Subjects not available in 2012
| Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|
| Great Philosophical Ideas2 | PHI1GPI |
| Philosophical Problems | PHI1PPR |
| Art of Byzantium2 | ARH2AOB |
| Class and Inequality | SOC2CAI/SOC3CAI |
| The Crisis of Meaning in the 21st Century | ENG2CRM/ENG3CRM |
| Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong | PHI2ETH |
| Gothic literature and its Children3 | ENG3GOT |
| International Relations of the Middle East | POL3IME |
| Language, Meaning and Understanding | PHI3LMU |
| Love, Desire and the Master-Slave Dialectic (via videoconference) | PHI3LDM |
| Narrative Analysis | ENG2NAA |
| Nation and Capitalism: Rise of the Modern World | HIS2NCA |
| Nations and States | POL2NAS/POL3NAS |
| Paris and New York: art of the avant-garde | ARH1APK |
| Philosophy Today | PHI2PTO |
| Renaissance Voices and Counter Voices | ENG2REV/ENG3REV |
| Riots and Rebellions | HIS2RAR |
| Rural Sociology | SOC2RUS/SOC3RUS |
| Shakespeare, Realism and Romance2 | ENG3SRR |
| Social Change in Rural and Regional Communities | SOC3SCH |
| Sociology of Emotions | SOC3SEM |
| Sociology of Education | SOC2SED/SOC3SED |
| Sociology of Work | SOC3SOW |
| The European Union | HIS3EUU |
| Twentieth Century Europe3 | HIS3TCE |
| Values, Meaning and the Good Life (via videoconference) | PHI3VML |
| War and Peace | PHI3WAP |