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Program handbook
Description
Within this combined degree program, students study a combination of Arts and Law courses over a period of five years full-time. On completion of the first three years students will have completed all the courses required for the Bachelor of Arts degree. In the final two years of the combined degree program students complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and may enrol in these two years on a less than full time basis.
Students completing this combined degree meet the requirements to practise law in NSW, and acquire skills and knowledge through the Arts studies they have chosen. You can choose majors/minors in the following course areas (subject to change):
- Ancient History & Classical Languages
- Chinese (Minor only)
- Creative & Performing Arts
- Education
- English & Writing
- French Studies (Beginner Sequence)
- French Studies (Intermediate Sequence)
- Gender and Sexuality Studies (Minor only)
- German
- Global Indigenous Studies
- History
- Human Geography & the Environment
- Information Technology (Minor only)
- Japanese Studies (Beginner Sequence)
- Japanese Studies (Intermediate Sequence)
- Linguistics
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics & International Relations
- Psychology Studies
- Screen and Cultural Studies
- Sociology & Anthropology
- Violence Studies (Minor only)
- Writing Studies (Minor only)
After completing the Bachelor of Arts, students are automatically transferred into the Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma of Legal Practice Program for their fourth and fifth years of study. To opt out of this automatic transfer, students are required to contact programadvice@newcastle.edu.au.
Students in the accredited Diploma of Legal Practice Program complete legal practice modules and practical legal training at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre and in placements with external organisations.
Domestic students who commence full time in Semester 2 should expect to complete the program in a minimum of 5.5 years.
Program learning outcomes
On successful completion of the program students will have:
- Skills to provide professional advice, based on specialised knowledge of law and its application in diverse contexts, to employers, government and individual clients.
Details
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Admission information
Admission requirements
Eligibility for admission to this program is based on applicants meeting the minimum selection rank, or satisfying the requirements for an approved admission scheme.
The University of Newcastle accepts a range of qualifications to determine eligibility for admission. These include, but are not limited to, Australian or overseas senior secondary qualifications (such as the HSC), prior tertiary studies, prior TAFE/VET studies, and completed enabling programs.
For further information on the pathways that are available to you, please refer to:
English Language Requirements
All Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the University’s English proficiency requirement. Further information regarding English language proficiency requirements can be found at the English Language Proficiency for Admission Policy here.
- IELTS Overall Minimum: 7
- IELTS Sub Test Minimum: 6
Credit transfer
If you wish to apply for credit for studies completed at another institution, or if you are changing programs within the University and wish to transfer your credit to the new program, visit the University's credit website for more information on applying for credit.
Academic requirements for program completion
Total units required
400 units
Program duration
5 years full-time or part-time equivalent up to 12 years maximum.
International students studying this program on campus are required to enrol full time to comply with their student visa requirements and complete their study in the standard minimum program duration. International students requiring enrolment advice should review the program plan corresponding to the semester and year of commencement and can contact their Program Advisor at ProgramAdvice@newcastle.edu.au
Program requirements
The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) requires students to successfully complete 400 units, which is comrpised of:
- 30 units Arts core courses;
- 160 units of Laws (Honours) core courses;
- 80 units of Laws (Honours) courses chosen from the course list;
- One 80 unit Arts major;
- 10 units from the Career-ready placement course list; and
- 40 units of electives OR a 40 unit Arts minor.
Students must only complete courses that form part of the program and must not complete more than 400 units.
Program planner
Current students program planner
Current students can plan their program using Program Planner.
Prospective student degree planner
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Additional documents
- 2023 Transition Arrangements 268.4 KB
Transition arrangements
Program Revisions 2023
From Semester 1, 2023 the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program has been revised to remove 10 units of electives, which has been replaced by a 10 unit Career-ready placement course list.
Students who commenced prior to 2023 will not be required to undertake 10 units from the Career-ready placement course list and will retain 10 units of electives. Continuing students may choose to take a course from the Career-ready placement course list as an elective.
Any further questions should be directed to your program advisor.
Program Revisions 2020-2023
For program revisions from 2020-2023, please refer to the Bachelor of Arts Transition Arrangements and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Transition Arrangements for more details. Any further questions should be directed to your program advisor.
Program structure
Students can plan their program using Program Planner. It is recommended students review the program handbook in conjunction with using Program Planner.
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Core Courses - Law
Complete the following core courses to fulfil the requirements of this program. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| LAWS1010 | Legal System and Method I |
| 10 units |
| LAWS1011 | Legal System and Method II |
| 10 units |
| LAWS1020 | Torts I |
| 10 units |
| LAWS1021 | Torts II |
| 10 units |
| LAWS2030 | Criminal Law and Procedure |
| 10 units |
| LAWS3040 | Contracts I |
| 10 units |
| LAWS3041 | Contracts II |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4001 | Constitutional Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4002 | Administrative Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4003 | Civil Dispute Resolution |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4004 | Evidence |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4005 | Company Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4007 | Professional Conduct |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4010 | Equity and Trusts |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4011 | Property |
| 10 units |
| LAWS4012 | Public International Law |
| 10 units |
Core Courses - Arts
Students must complete all the core courses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| HASS1000 | BA Futures |
| 10 units |
| HASS2000 | BA Practice |
| 10 units |
| HASS3000 | BA Project |
| 10 units |
Course List - Law
Students must choose 80 units from the course list. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| LAWS5016 | Law Review |
| 10 units |
| LAWS5034 | Crime and Australian Society | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS5036 | International Clinical Legal Externship |
| 10 units |
| LAWS5040 | Financial Services Regulation | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS5043 | International Study Experience | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6016 | Taxation Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6017 | Family Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6018 | Commercial Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6019 | International Human Rights Law | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6020 | Environmental Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6021 | Advanced Criminal Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6023 | Jurisprudence | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6024 | Employment Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6028 | Criminal Law Practice & Procedure |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6029 | Social Justice/Public Interest Clinic | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6032 | Advocacy Skills |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6035 | Competition Law and Policy | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6037 | International Environment Law and Policy | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6038 | Law and Economics of Climate Change |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6043 | Advanced Legal Research Project |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6050 | Commercial Dispute Resolution |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6085 | International Trade Law | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6086 | Intellectual Property Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6087 | Internet Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6090 | Health Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6091 | Special Interest Topic |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6094 | Indigenous Peoples, Issues and the Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6095 | Law and Religion | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6096 | Child Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6097 | Competitive Mooting |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6098 | Equal Opportunity Law |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6099 | Sport and the Law | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6100 | Workplace Health and Safety Law | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6103 | International Arbitration |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6104 | Human Rights and Climate Change-Induced Human Displacement |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6105 | Expert Evidence |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6106 | Advanced Communication Skills |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6107 | Mediation Skills and Theory |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6108 | Corporate Power and Corporate Accountability: Pathways to Socially Responsible Business | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6111 | Dispute Resolution |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6112 | Food and Wine Law | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6113 | Law for Startups | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6114 | Negotiation in a Legal Context |
| 10 units |
| LAWS6116 | Legal Innovation and Design | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LAWS6119 | Renewable Energy Law Clinic | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Career-ready placement Course List
Choose 10 units from the following course list to fulfil the requirements of the program. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| HUMA2000 | Local Placements |
| 10 units |
Arts Major
Complete one 80 unit major to fulfil the requirements of this program.
English and Writing
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ENGL1000 | Introduction to English Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1040 | Australian Stories |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1090 | Critical Reading and Writing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL1101 | Classics of World Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL1201 | Creative Writing: Introduction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1650 | Stories in Context: Fiction, Drama, Film | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2000 | Literary Theory and Practice |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2002 | Shakespeare & Co | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2003 | Novel Ideas: Selves and Worlds | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2005 | Mind and Monstrosity: Victorian Novel | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2006 | Modernisms | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2009 | Contemporary Australian Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2011 | Children's Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2021 | Sex and Death on the Renaissance Stage | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2101 | Writing Short Fiction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2102 | Creative Writing: Life Writing |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3012 | Crime Fiction: Mutations of a Genre | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3013 | Women's Writing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3014 | Creative Writing: Emerging Writers Toolkit | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3018 | Satire and Its Forms |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3019 | Imagination, Nature, Freedom: Romantic Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3045 | Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3101 | Reading Across Borders: Modern World Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3301 | Creative Writing: Poetry and Poetics |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3302 | The Novel Writing Toolkit |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3304 | Creative Writing: Fiction, Medicine, Psychology |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3401 | Principles of Editing and Publishing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3656 | Science Fiction and Fantasy: Issues in Speculative Fiction | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3664 | Children's Fantasy Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3665 | Young Adult Literature: Storying the World through Young Adult Voices |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3700 | Adaptations: Books, Films, Shows and Games |
| 10 units |
French Studies
| French Studies (Beginner Sequence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FREN1100 | French Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN1200 | French Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2610 | French Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2620 | French Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| HUMA2001 | Global Experiences |
| 10 units |
| FREN3610 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 1 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3620 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 2 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3701 | Extended French: Grammar |
| 10 units |
| FREN3702 | Extended French through Translation |
| 10 units |
| French Studies (Intermediate Sequence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FREN2610 | French Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2620 | French Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| HUMA2001 | Global Experiences |
| 10 units |
| FREN3610 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 1 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3620 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 2 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3701 | Extended French: Grammar |
| 10 units |
| FREN3702 | Extended French through Translation |
| 10 units |
German
Global Indigenous Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ABOR1110 | Introduction to Aboriginal Studies |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1370 | Working with Aboriginal Communities |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1390 | Australian Aboriginal People and Human Rights |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1420 | Communicating with Aboriginal People Across Genres |
| 10 units |
| HUMA1100 | Aboriginal Languages: New Approaches | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ABOR2022 | Aboriginal Cultural Immersion |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2241 | Aboriginal Political Protest | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ABOR2243 | Indigenous People, Global Warming and the Environment |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2244 | Reconciling Australia's Colonial Past and Present |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2245 | Aboriginal People and Law |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2330 | Traditional Aboriginal Society |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2440 | Aboriginal Health Past and Present |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3024 | Aboriginal Community Development and Advocacy |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3080 | Indigenous Research |
| 20 units |
| ABOR3251 | International Indigenous Comparative Studies |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3380 | Human Rights and the World's Indigenous Communities |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3440 | Indigenous Health Around the World |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3500 | Aboriginal Education, Policies and Issues |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3045 | Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up |
| 10 units |
History
Human Geography and the Environment
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following compulsory courses to fulfil the requirements of this minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| GEOG1020 | Introduction to Human Geography |
| 10 units |
| GEOG2080 | Cities and Regions |
| 10 units |
| ENVS3006 | Surviving the Anthropocene: Sustainability in the 21st Century |
| 10 units |
| GEOG3090 | Society and Space |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a major (10 units at 1000 level, 10 units at 2000 level and 20 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ENVS1003 | Environmental Values and Ethics |
| 10 units |
| ENVS1004 | Social Development and the Environment |
| 10 units |
| GEOG1030 | Global Poverty and Development |
| 10 units |
| ENVS2002 | Environmental Legislation and Planning |
| 10 units |
| ENVS2008 | The Sustainable Society |
| 10 units |
| GEOG2130 | Geographies of Development |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2065 | Environment and Society |
| 10 units |
| ENVS3001 | Integrated Impact Assessment |
| 10 units |
| ENVS3008 | Work Integrated Learning in the Environmental and Development Sectors |
| 10 units |
| GEOG3300 | Rethinking Development |
| 10 units |
Japanese Studies
| Japanese Studies (Beginner Sequence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| JAPN1110 | Japanese Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN1120 | Japanese Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2410 | Japanese Society and The World |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2420 | Japanese Culture and Identity |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2501 | Japanese In Context 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2502 | Japanese in Context 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN3110 | Advanced Spoken Japanese I | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| JAPN3120 | Advanced Spoken Japanese II | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| JAPN3501 | Japanese in Context 3 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| JAPN3502 | Japanese in Context 4 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
| Japanese Studies (Intermediate Sequence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| JAPN2410 | Japanese Society and The World |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2420 | Japanese Culture and Identity |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2501 | Japanese In Context 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN2502 | Japanese in Context 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| JAPN3110 | Advanced Spoken Japanese I | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| JAPN3120 | Advanced Spoken Japanese II | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| JAPN3501 | Japanese in Context 3 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| JAPN3502 | Japanese in Context 4 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
Linguistics
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| LING1111 | How Languages Work: Linguistics and the Structure of Language |
| 10 units |
| LING1112 | Languages in the World |
| 10 units |
| LING2001 | Indigenous languages of Australia and the Pacific |
| 10 units |
| LING2006 | Phonetics |
| 10 units |
| LING2140 | Language Testing and Evaluation | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING2501 | Cross-cultural Communication |
| 10 units |
| LING2502 | Issues of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education |
| 10 units |
| LING3002 | Syntax | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING3008 | Introduction to Phonology and Morphology |
| 10 units |
| LING3110 | Language and Cognition |
| 10 units |
| LING3120 | 2nd Language Acquisition | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING3310 | Language and Meaning |
| 10 units |
| LING3350 | Structure of English |
| 10 units |
Performing Arts
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the following list to fulfil the requirements of this major including 20 units at 1000 level, 20 units at 2000 level, and 40 units at 3000 level. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA1001 | Creative and Performing Arts 1 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA1030 | Vocal Fundamentals and Techniques | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CIND1301 | Stagecraft |
| 10 units |
| CAPA2001 | Creative and Performing Arts 2 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA2410 | Australian Theatre and Performance |
| 10 units |
| CIND2301 | Performance Technologies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CIND2302 | Directing Workshop | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3001 | Creative and Performing Arts 3 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA3820 | Writing for Performance | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CIND3003 | Creative Industries Professional Project |
| 20 units |
| CIND3301 | Performance Environments | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| MUSI3461 | Creative Practice Lab |
| 10 units |
Politics and International Relations
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| POLI1010 | Australian Politics and Government |
| 10 units |
| POLI1020 | Introduction to Politics |
| 10 units |
| POLI2203 | International Political Economy and Global Development |
| 10 units |
| POLI3180 | Politics, Policy and Government |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 30 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| HIST2210 | Australian Foreign Relations: Australia and Asia | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI2001 | Ideas in Political Science | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI2200 | The Global Politics of Indigenous People |
| 10 units |
| HIST3201 | Foreign Relations: Australia and the Great Powers | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI3002 | Power and the State |
| 10 units |
| POLI3140 | The Politics of Globalisation | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI3150 | Issues in International Relations |
| 10 units |
| POLI3160 | Global Power and World Order |
| 10 units |
| POLI3203 | Democracy in the 21st Century: Local Power, Policy and Participatory Politics |
| 10 units |
Psychology Studies
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following compulsory courses to fulfil the requirements of this major. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| PSYC1010 | Psychology Introduction 1 |
| 10 units |
| PSYC1020 | Psychology Introduction 2 |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2500 | Introduction to Mental Health and Mental Disorders |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3500 | Advanced Health Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3700 | Advanced Developmental Psychology and Developmental Psychopathology |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 30 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 20 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| PSYC2300 | Cognitive Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2400 | Biological Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2505 | Foundations of Psychology and Sociology for Health Professionals |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2800 | Special Topics in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2900 | Social Psychology |
| 10 units |
| STAT2000 | Applied Statistics and Research Methods |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3000 | Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3006 | Individual Differences and Assessment |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3300 | Advanced Cognitive Psychology: Theory & Applications |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3301 | Advanced Perception and Learning in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3400 | Advanced Biological Psychology | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PSYC3600 | Advanced Social and Organisational Psychology | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PSYC3800 | Advanced Special Topics in Psychology 2 |
| 10 units |
Sociology and Anthropology
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SOCA1010 | Society and Culture: an Introduction to Sociology |
| 10 units |
| SOCA1020 | What is Anthropology |
| 10 units |
| SOCS2200 | Social Analysis: Theorising Social Problems |
| 10 units |
| SOCS3200 | Qualitative Social Inquiry: Applied Research Project |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SCRN2200 | Popular Culture and Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2020 | Society, Space and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA2065 | Environment and Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2325 | Cultural Worlds of Health and Illness | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA2400 | Future Societies: Beyond Capitalist Globalization |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2700 | Gender, Religion and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCS2100 | Organisational Management and Social Behaviour | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCS2300 | Ethics for the Social Sciences |
| 10 units |
| SOCS2400 | Surveying the Social: Applied Quantitative Research |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3178 | Health, 'Wellness' and Power: The Social Contexts of Expert Knowledge |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3220 | Youth Culture and Risk |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3230 | Identity and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3315 | Bodies in Cultural Perspective |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3666 | Consumption, Technology and Everyday Life |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3780 | Leading Social Change: Applying Critical Theories in Critical Times |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3790 | Migration, Society and the Media | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3850 | Rage Against the Machine: Indigenous Activism, Ways of Life and the Future |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3902 | Religion and Politics in Contemporary Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCS3100 | Policy Development, Program Management and Evaluation |
| 10 units |
Screen and Cultural Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SCRN1000 | Media Literacy |
| 10 units |
| SCRN1200 | Film and Television Studies |
| 10 units |
| CMNS2600 | Audience Participation and Interaction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2000 | Media in Transition: Industry, Money, Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2100 | Popular Music and Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2200 | Popular Culture and Society |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2300 | Hollywood and Beyond: American Cinema in Context |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2400 | European Cinema in Context: Transforming Images, States, Histories | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2500 | Science Fiction and Fantasy on Screen | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN3000 | Social Media and Digital Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3100 | Peak TV: Texts, Industry, Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3200 | Documentary Cinema: Rendering the Real |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3300 | Contemporary World Cinema |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3400 | Screen Authorship | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN3500 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Discontinued Arts Majors - 2021
Only available to students who commenced prior to 2021.
Education
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units selected from the 3000 or 4000 level courses). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| EDUC1103 | Schooling, Identity and Society |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2081 | Creativity in practice: drama pedagogies for imaginative learning |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2102 | Educational Psychology: Learners and the Learning Process |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2143 | Specialist Studies in Languages 1 |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2200 | The Future of Teaching and Learning |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2900 | Embodiment and Education | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AART3130 | Gallery Library Archive Museum Studies |
| 10 units |
| EDUC3800 | Intercultural Understanding for Educators |
| 10 units |
| EDUC4800 | Education in Global Perspective: Issues for Australian teachers |
| 10 units |
Creative and Performing Arts
| Compulsory Courses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA1001 | Creative and Performing Arts 1 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA2001 | Creative and Performing Arts 2 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA3001 | Creative and Performing Arts 3 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA3002 | Creative and Performing Arts 4 | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 20 units at 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA1030 | Vocal Fundamentals and Techniques | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA2410 | Australian Theatre and Performance |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3310 | Performance and Contemporary Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3820 | Writing for Performance | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Discontinued Arts Majors - 2023
Only available to students who commenced prior to 2023.
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 80 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this major (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 40 units at 3000 level) | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FMCS1000 | Film, Media, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1100 | Communication and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1200 | Film and Television Studies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CMNS2600 | Audience Participation and Interaction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2000 | Media in Transition | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2100 | Music and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2200 | Popular Culture and Society | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2300 | Hollywood and Beyond: American Cinema in Context | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2301 | European Cinema in Context: Transforming Images, States, Histories | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3100 | Social Media and Digital Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3201 | Peak TV: Texts, Industry, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3600 | Documentary Cinema: Rendering the Real | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3701 | Contemporary World Cinema | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3800 | Screen Authorship | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3900 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Arts Minors
Complete either one 40 unit Arts minor or 40 units of electives.
Ancient History
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the requirements of this minor choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level) | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| AHIS1000 | Ancient Greece |
| 10 units |
| AHIS1020 | Rome to Julius Caesar | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS1050 | Egypt: The New Kingdom | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS1080 | The Byzantine Empire: From Constantine to Iconoclasm (306-726) |
| 10 units |
| AHIS2000 | The Augustan Age: Politics, Society and Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS2010 | Pompeii: Rediscovering the Past | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS2110 | Sparta | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS2370 | Magic and Witchcraft in Greece and Rome |
| 10 units |
| AHIS2500 | Myths of the Ancient Greek World | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS2560 | Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS2700 | Pandemics and Pandemonium: Crisis Management in the Premodern World |
| 10 units |
| AHIS2900 | From Trench To Screen: Digital Studies of the Ancient World | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS3510 | Greek Society |
| 10 units |
| AHIS3520 | Roman Society | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| AHIS3663 | Folklore and Fairy Tale in Antiquity |
| 10 units |
Chinese
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the course requirements for this minor, complete the following compulsory courses. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CHIN1110 | Chinese Language and culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) for students with other language backgrounds |
| 10 units |
| CHIN1120 | Chinese Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) for students with other language backgrounds |
| 10 units |
| CHIN2301 | Chinese Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| CHIN2302 | Chinese Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
Education
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list to fulfil the requirements for this minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000, 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| EDUC1038 | Foundations of Secondary Education |
| 10 units |
| EDUC1070 | Foundation of Creative Arts for Early Childhood and Primary Teachers |
| 10 units |
| EDUC1103 | Schooling, Identity and Society |
| 10 units |
| EDUC1751 | Knowledge and Communication Technologies |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2081 | Creativity in practice: drama pedagogies for imaginative learning |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2102 | Educational Psychology: Learners and the Learning Process |
| 10 units |
| EDUC2200 | The Future of Teaching and Learning |
| 10 units |
| EDUC3800 | Intercultural Understanding for Educators |
| 10 units |
| EDUC3802 | Applied Learning in Diverse Contexts |
| 10 units |
English and Writing
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ENGL1000 | Introduction to English Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1040 | Australian Stories |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1090 | Critical Reading and Writing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL1101 | Classics of World Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL1201 | Creative Writing: Introduction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1650 | Stories in Context: Fiction, Drama, Film | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2000 | Literary Theory and Practice |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2002 | Shakespeare & Co | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2003 | Novel Ideas: Selves and Worlds | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2005 | Mind and Monstrosity: Victorian Novel | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2006 | Modernisms | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2009 | Contemporary Australian Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2011 | Children's Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2021 | Sex and Death on the Renaissance Stage | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2101 | Writing Short Fiction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2102 | Creative Writing: Life Writing |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3012 | Crime Fiction: Mutations of a Genre | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3013 | Women's Writing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3014 | Creative Writing: Emerging Writers Toolkit | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3018 | Satire and Its Forms |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3019 | Imagination, Nature, Freedom: Romantic Literature |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3045 | Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3101 | Reading Across Borders: Modern World Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3301 | Creative Writing: Poetry and Poetics |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3302 | The Novel Writing Toolkit |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3401 | Principles of Editing and Publishing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3656 | Science Fiction and Fantasy: Issues in Speculative Fiction | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3664 | Children's Fantasy Literature | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3665 | Young Adult Literature: Storying the World through Young Adult Voices |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3700 | Adaptations: Books, Films, Shows and Games |
| 10 units |
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FMCS1000 | Film, Media, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1100 | Communication and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1200 | Film and Television Studies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CMNS2600 | Audience Participation and Interaction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2000 | Media in Transition | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2100 | Music and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2200 | Popular Culture and Society | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2300 | Hollywood and Beyond: American Cinema in Context | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2301 | European Cinema in Context: Transforming Images, States, Histories | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3100 | Social Media and Digital Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3201 | Peak TV: Texts, Industry, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3600 | Documentary Cinema: Rendering the Real | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3701 | Contemporary World Cinema | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3800 | Screen Authorship | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3900 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
French Studies
| Beginner Sequence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FREN1100 | French Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN1200 | French Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2610 | French Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2620 | French Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| HUMA2001 | Global Experiences |
| 10 units |
| FREN3610 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 1 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3620 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 2 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3701 | Extended French: Grammar |
| 10 units |
| FREN3702 | Extended French through Translation |
| 10 units |
| Intermediate Sequence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FREN2610 | French Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| FREN2620 | French Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| HUMA2001 | Global Experiences |
| 10 units |
| FREN3610 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 1 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3620 | French Language and Culture Intermediate 2 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 20 units |
| FREN3701 | Extended French: Grammar |
| 10 units |
| FREN3702 | Extended French through Translation |
| 10 units |
Gender and Sexuality Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the course requirements for this minor, complete 40 units from the courses listed below (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level) | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ENGL1040 | Australian Stories |
| 10 units |
| SOCA1050 | Youth, Gender and Crime |
| 10 units |
| AHIS2560 | Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2100 | Popular Music and Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2200 | Popular Culture and Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2700 | Gender, Religion and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ENGL3013 | Women's Writing | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| HIST3600 | Global Women's History: From Boadicea to Barbie |
| 10 units |
| HIST3621 | Maps and Dreams: Aboriginal-Colonial Relationships in Australian History |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3500 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3230 | Identity and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
German
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| GRMN1501 | German Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN1502 | German Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN2501 | German Language and Culture Elementary 1 (A1.2 to A2.1) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN2502 | German Language and Culture Elementary 2 (A2.1 to A2.2) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN3503 | German Language and Culture Intermediate 1 (A2.2 to B1.1) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN3504 | German Language and Culture Intermediate 2 (B1.1 to B1.2) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN3505 | German Language and Culture - Focus on Conversation (B1.2 to B2.1) |
| 10 units |
| GRMN3506 | German Language and Culture - Interacting with German Texts (B1.2 to B2.1) |
| 10 units |
Global Indigenous Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ABOR1110 | Introduction to Aboriginal Studies |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1370 | Working with Aboriginal Communities |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1390 | Australian Aboriginal People and Human Rights |
| 10 units |
| ABOR1420 | Communicating with Aboriginal People Across Genres |
| 10 units |
| HUMA1100 | Aboriginal Languages: New Approaches | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ABOR2022 | Aboriginal Cultural Immersion |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2241 | Aboriginal Political Protest | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| ABOR2243 | Indigenous People, Global Warming and the Environment |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2244 | Reconciling Australia's Colonial Past and Present |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2245 | Aboriginal People and Law |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2330 | Traditional Aboriginal Society |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2440 | Aboriginal Health Past and Present |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3024 | Aboriginal Community Development and Advocacy |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3080 | Indigenous Research |
| 20 units |
| ABOR3251 | International Indigenous Comparative Studies |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3380 | Human Rights and the World's Indigenous Communities |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3440 | Indigenous Health Around the World |
| 10 units |
| ABOR3500 | Aboriginal Education, Policies and Issues |
| 10 units |
| ENGL3045 | Indigenous Australia in Literature: Listenin' Up |
| 10 units |
History
Human Geography and the Environment
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| GEOG1020 | Introduction to Human Geography |
| 10 units |
| GEOG2080 | Cities and Regions |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 20 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of at least 10 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| ENVS1003 | Environmental Values and Ethics |
| 10 units |
| ENVS1004 | Social Development and the Environment |
| 10 units |
| GEOG1030 | Global Poverty and Development |
| 10 units |
| ENVS2002 | Environmental Legislation and Planning |
| 10 units |
| ENVS2008 | The Sustainable Society |
| 10 units |
| GEOG2130 | Geographies of Development |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2065 | Environment and Society |
| 10 units |
| ENVS3001 | Integrated Impact Assessment |
| 10 units |
| ENVS3008 | Work Integrated Learning in the Environmental and Development Sectors |
| 10 units |
| GEOG3300 | Rethinking Development |
| 10 units |
Information Technology
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the course requirements for this minor, complete 40 units from the courses listed below (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 level | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| COMP1010 | Computing Fundamentals |
| 10 units |
| COMP1140 | Database and Information Management |
| 10 units |
| INFT1004 | Introduction to Programming |
| 10 units |
| SENG1050 | Web Technologies |
| 10 units |
| INFT2031 | Systems and Network Administration |
| 10 units |
| INFT2150 | Business Analysis |
| 10 units |
Linguistics
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| LING1111 | How Languages Work: Linguistics and the Structure of Language |
| 10 units |
| LING1112 | Languages in the World |
| 10 units |
| LING2001 | Indigenous languages of Australia and the Pacific |
| 10 units |
| LING2006 | Phonetics |
| 10 units |
| LING2140 | Language Testing and Evaluation | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING2501 | Cross-cultural Communication |
| 10 units |
| LING2502 | Issues of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education |
| 10 units |
| LING3002 | Syntax | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING3008 | Introduction to Phonology and Morphology |
| 10 units |
| LING3110 | Language and Cognition |
| 10 units |
| LING3120 | 2nd Language Acquisition | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| LING3310 | Language and Meaning |
| 10 units |
| LING3350 | Structure of English |
| 10 units |
Performing Arts
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA1001 | Creative and Performing Arts 1 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA1030 | Vocal Fundamentals and Techniques | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA2001 | Creative and Performing Arts 2 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA2410 | Australian Theatre and Performance |
| 10 units |
| CIND2301 | Performance Technologies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CIND2302 | Directing Workshop | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3001 | Creative and Performing Arts 3 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA3820 | Writing for Performance | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CIND3003 | Creative Industries Professional Project |
| 20 units |
| CIND3301 | Performance Environments | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| MUSI3461 | Creative Practice Lab |
| 10 units |
Politics and International Relations
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following compulsory courses to fulfil the requirements of this minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| POLI1010 | Australian Politics and Government |
| 10 units |
| POLI1020 | Introduction to Politics |
| 10 units |
| POLI2203 | International Political Economy and Global Development |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 10 units from the list for a minor (at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| HIST2210 | Australian Foreign Relations: Australia and Asia | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI2001 | Ideas in Political Science | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI2200 | The Global Politics of Indigenous People |
| 10 units |
| HIST3201 | Foreign Relations: Australia and the Great Powers | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI3002 | Power and the State |
| 10 units |
| POLI3140 | The Politics of Globalisation | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| POLI3150 | Issues in International Relations |
| 10 units |
| POLI3160 | Global Power and World Order |
| 10 units |
| POLI3203 | Democracy in the 21st Century: Local Power, Policy and Participatory Politics |
| 10 units |
Psychology Studies
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following compulsory courses to fulfil the requirements of this minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| PSYC1010 | Psychology Introduction 1 |
| 10 units |
| PSYC1020 | Psychology Introduction 2 |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2500 | Introduction to Mental Health and Mental Disorders |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 10 units from the list for a minor (at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| PSYC2300 | Cognitive Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2400 | Biological Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2505 | Foundations of Psychology and Sociology for Health Professionals |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2600 | Personality and Social Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC2800 | Special Topics in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| STAT2000 | Applied Statistics and Research Methods |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3000 | Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3001 | Advanced Psychological Measurement | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PSYC3300 | Advanced Cognitive Psychology: Theory & Applications |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3301 | Advanced Perception and Learning in Psychology |
| 10 units |
| PSYC3400 | Advanced Biological Psychology | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PSYC3600 | Advanced Social and Organisational Psychology | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PSYC3800 | Advanced Special Topics in Psychology 2 |
| 10 units |
Screen and Cultural Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SCRN1000 | Media Literacy |
| 10 units |
| SCRN1100 | Communication and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN1200 | Film and Television Studies |
| 10 units |
| CMNS2600 | Audience Participation and Interaction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2000 | Media in Transition: Industry, Money, Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN2100 | Popular Music and Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2200 | Popular Culture and Society |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2300 | Hollywood and Beyond: American Cinema in Context |
| 10 units |
| SCRN2400 | European Cinema in Context: Transforming Images, States, Histories | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN3000 | Social Media and Digital Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3100 | Peak TV: Texts, Industry, Culture |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3200 | Documentary Cinema: Rendering the Real |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3300 | Contemporary World Cinema |
| 10 units |
| SCRN3400 | Screen Authorship | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SCRN3500 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Sociology and Anthropology
| Compulsory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following compulsory courses to fulfil the requirements of this minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SOCA1010 | Society and Culture: an Introduction to Sociology |
| 10 units |
| SOCA1020 | What is Anthropology |
| 10 units |
| SOCS2200 | Social Analysis: Theorising Social Problems |
| 10 units |
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 10 units from the list for a minor (at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| SCRN2200 | Popular Culture and Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2020 | Society, Space and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA2065 | Environment and Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2325 | Cultural Worlds of Health and Illness | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA2400 | Future Societies: Beyond Capitalist Globalization |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2700 | Gender, Religion and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCS2100 | Organisational Management and Social Behaviour | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCS2300 | Ethics for the Social Sciences |
| 10 units |
| SOCS2400 | Surveying the Social: Applied Quantitative Research |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3178 | Health, 'Wellness' and Power: The Social Contexts of Expert Knowledge |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3220 | Youth Culture and Risk |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3230 | Identity and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3315 | Bodies in Cultural Perspective |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3666 | Consumption, Technology and Everyday Life |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3780 | Leading Social Change: Applying Critical Theories in Critical Times |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3790 | Migration, Society and the Media | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3850 | Rage Against the Machine: Indigenous Activism, Ways of Life and the Future |
| 10 units |
| SOCA3902 | Religion and Politics in Contemporary Society |
| 10 units |
| SOCS3100 | Policy Development, Program Management and Evaluation |
| 10 units |
Studies of Religion
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| PHIL1040 | World Religions |
| 10 units |
| PHIL1042 | Virtual Religion |
| 10 units |
| SOCA1030 | Introduction to the Sociology of Religion | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PHIL2030 | Philosophy of Religion |
| 10 units |
| PHIL2040 | Suffering: Comparative Studies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PHIL2041 | Religion in Political Thought | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA2700 | Gender, Religion and Power | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| PHIL3040 | Modern Religious Thought | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3902 | Religion and Politics in Contemporary Society |
| 10 units |
Violence Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the course requirements for this minor, complete 40 units from the courses listed below (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 level | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| HIST1003 | The Foundations of America | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA1050 | Youth, Gender and Crime |
| 10 units |
| ABOR2244 | Reconciling Australia's Colonial Past and Present |
| 10 units |
| HIST2021 | The History of Slavery | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| HIST2611 | Global Age of Revolution: Europe |
| 10 units |
| HIST2650 | War and Trauma |
| 10 units |
| HIST2672 | Israel and the Middle East: Roots of the current conflict | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| HUSE2002 | Child Protection Work |
| 10 units |
| HUSE2003 | Youth Justice | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| HUSE2005 | Gendered Violence |
| 10 units |
| SOCA2022 | Grave matters: anthropology of death and dying |
| 10 units |
| HIST3006 | The History of Violence | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| HIST3008 | Global Perspectives on the First World War |
| 10 units |
| HIST3581 | Sex and Scandal in History | Not currently offered | 20 units |
| HIST3621 | Maps and Dreams: Aboriginal-Colonial Relationships in Australian History |
| 10 units |
| HIST3641 | The Rise of Fascism: From the March on Rome to Hitler s Seizure of Power |
| 10 units |
| HIST3642 | The Downfall of Fascism: The Third Reich, War and Genocide |
| 10 units |
| HIST3673 | The Future of the Middle East |
| 10 units |
| HIST3675 | Global Age Of Revolution: The Middle East and Far East | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| SOCA3850 | Rage Against the Machine: Indigenous Activism, Ways of Life and the Future |
| 10 units |
Writing Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
To fulfil the course requirements for this minor, complete 40 units from the courses listed below (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 level | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CMNS1090 | Media Storytelling |
| 10 units |
| ENGL1201 | Creative Writing: Introduction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2101 | Writing Short Fiction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2102 | Creative Writing: Life Writing |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Discontinued Arts Minor - 2021
Only available to students who commenced prior to 2021.
Creative and Performing Arts
| Compulsory Courses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Complete the following courses to fulfil the requirements of this minor. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA1001 | Creative and Performing Arts 1 |
| 10 units |
| CAPA2001 | Creative and Performing Arts 2 |
| 10 units |
| Course list | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 20 units from the list to fulfil the requirement for this minor with a minimum of at least 10 units at 2000 or 3000 level. | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| CAPA2410 | Australian Theatre and Performance |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3310 | Performance and Contemporary Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CAPA3820 | Writing for Performance | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Discontinued Arts Minor - 2023
Only available to students who commenced prior to 2023.
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
| Course List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Choose 40 units from the list for a minor (a minimum of 10 units at 1000 level and at least 20 units at 2000 or 3000 level). | |||
| Code | Title | Term / Location | Units |
| FMCS1000 | Film, Media, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1100 | Communication and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS1200 | Film and Television Studies | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| CMNS2600 | Audience Participation and Interaction |
| 10 units |
| ENGL2103 | Writing for Social Change | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2000 | Media in Transition | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2100 | Music and Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2200 | Popular Culture and Society | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2300 | Hollywood and Beyond: American Cinema in Context | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS2301 | European Cinema in Context: Transforming Images, States, Histories | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3100 | Social Media and Digital Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3201 | Peak TV: Texts, Industry, Culture | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3600 | Documentary Cinema: Rendering the Real | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3701 | Contemporary World Cinema | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3800 | Screen Authorship | Not currently offered | 10 units |
| FMCS3900 | Screening Sex and Gender | Not currently offered | 10 units |
Electives
| Electives 40 unit requirement | |
|---|---|
Complete 40 units of electives to fulfil the requirements of the program. Electives can be used to extend and complement your core studies with more courses in the same field of study, or from areas that might be of interest to you. Electives can be chosen from all courses available at the University that do not have any other conditions (such as a course requisite) applied to them. | 40 units |
Additional information
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students can draw on the assistance and support provided by the Indigenous Student Support and Development service through the Wollotuka Institute.
International students
All International Students enrolled in the program will be provided with an orientation to familiarise them with the rules, expectations, facilities and services offered by the University. Please visit our International Students website to find out more about the support services available to international students.
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Please note: All students must fulfil the inherent requirements of the programs and courses they are undertaking. While reasonable adjustments can be made, these adjustments cannot compromise academic integrity. It is the student's responsibility to check all the requirements of courses, and consider the effects of any medical condition or disability on their ability to complete course requirements. More information is available online.
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