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Bachelor of Arts
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts (Honours) |
Abbreviation: |
BA BA (Hons) |
Home Faculty |
Health and Behavioural Sciences |
Duration: |
3 years full-time or part-time equivalent 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent (Honours) |
Total Credit Points: |
144 48 (Honours) as an additional year |
Delivery Mode: |
On-campus |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn |
Location: |
Wollongong |
UOW Course Code: |
708 707 (Honours) |
UAC Code: |
753122 |
CRICOS Code: |
012087M 031407J (Honours) |
Overview
Students who wish to undertake a major in Psychology along with Arts-based electives can enrol in the Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences (Course Code 708). Students who choose the Bachelor of Arts would normally choose elective subjects outside, from the humanities and social sciences but electives may also be chosen from the General Schedule.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Domestic school leavers are assumed to have completed at least 2 units of English at HSC level.
International students are required to have achieved an overall IELTS score of 6.5, with a level of 6.0 in all bands of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Alternative entry pathways exist for mature age domestic students.
Course Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts (Course Code 708) requires the successful completion of 144 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table under each major.
Elective subjects can be chosen from Health and Behavioural Sciences, Arts, or the General Schedule.
Subjects to a value of at least 90 credit points must be selected from the Health and Behavioural Sciences or the Arts schedules. The subjects completed for the Psychology major count toward this 90 credit point requirement.
Students may undertake no more than 60 credit points of 100-level subjects.
Major Study Areas
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/