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Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts Honours
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Bachelor of Arts |
Abbreviation: |
BA |
Home Faculty |
Health and Behavioural Sciences |
Duration: |
3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: |
144 |
Delivery Mode: |
On-campus |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn |
Location: |
Wollongong |
UOW Course Code: |
708 |
UAC Code: |
753122 |
CRICOS Code: |
012087M |
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
Minor Study Areas
• Psychology
Non-psychology students can complete a minor study in Psychology. A minor in Psychology will consist of at least 30 credit points in subjects with the prefix 'PSYC' from the course structure of the Bachelor of Psychology degree, and must include PSYC121, PSYC122, PSYC123 and any two of PSYC231 or PSYC234 or PSYC236 or PSYC241 or PSYC251. Subjects in the minor may not be cross counted towards any other minor or major study.
The Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences also offers minor studies in:
• Indigenous Health Studies (See Bachelor of Health Science in Indigenous Health Studies page in this handbook for further information)
• Introduction to Public Health (See Bachelor of Public Health page in this handbook for further information)
English Language and Linguistics Elective Subjects
The Faculty of Arts offers a number of English Language and Linguistic (ELL) subjects in both Autumn and Spring sessions for both English-Speaking Background students and Non-English Speaking Background students.
Honours
An Honours degree is awarded for one additional year of study following the successful completion of a three-year degree with superior performance throughout the degree. To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Arts Honours a candidate must satisfy the Honours rules under Section 8 of the General Course Rules. The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 1.
Other Information
Other information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/