Bachelor of Arts

Elective units (major)

Art and Curatorial Practices

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Scenography and Design
• Tourism, Creativity and Culture
• History and Cultural Heritage
• Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome

Chinese

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Religion, Ethnicity and Conflict in Southeast Asia
• Chinese Translation Skills and Practice
• Chinese Culture and Society
• Chinese to English Translation
• Mixed Messages? The Everyday Art of Translation
• Independent Research Project

Criminology

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Sociology of Law
• Forensic investigation
• Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
• Transnational Crime

French (online only)

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Medieval Europe AD 1000-1450
• Age of Revolution and Empire: Britain and France
• Mixed Messages? The Everyday Art of Translation
• Independent Research Project

German

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Literary Theory
• Globalisation and Society: Power, Inequality and Conflict
• The New Europe: A Political History
• Self and World: Debates in European Philosophy
• Mixed Messages? The Everyday Art of Translation
• Independent Research Project

Philosophy

Advanced level units (Complete 50 credit points of Advanced units, including 25 credit points from Core units and 25 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Buddhist Philosophy
• Political Philosophy
• Philosophy of Science
• Self and World: Debates in European Philosophy
• Independent Research Project

Psychological Science

*Additional enrolment information:

• PSY112, PSY125, PSY223 and PSY224 must be completed in addition to the Psychological Science major as Electives for students to be eligible for Psychology Honours. 
• PSY223 should also be completed alongside the Intermediate units below in order to meet the pre-requisite for Advanced level unit PSY305.

Theatre and Performance

*Additional enrolment information:

Students completing the Theatre and Performance major in a Bachelor's degree may also complete the following Creative Curriculum units as Electives where the course allows for Elective choices. These units are exclusive to students in the School of Creative Arts and Media. If you are interested in enrolling in any of these units, please contact UConnect for enrolment assistance.

• FSX206 Creative Lab
• HEJ251 Field Trip in Creative Industries, Practices and Cultures
• FSX306 Making the Event B
• FSX307 Research Lab
• HEJ351 Field Trip in Creative Industries, Practices and Cultures
• HEJ354 Industry Placement

Introductory level units (Complete 25 credit points of Introductory units, including 12.5 credit points from Core units and 12.5 credit points chosen from Elective units)

• Dramatic Interactions
• Performance Skills 1
• Movement for Performers

Intermediate level units (Complete 25 credit points of Intermediate units, including 12.5 credit points from Core units and 12.5 credit points from Elective units)

• Performance Skills 2
• Writing for Performance

Elective Units

You may complete most units from across the University as an Elective. The elective space gives you flexibility to broaden your studies across multiple areas in the University, such as Sustainability, Business, Science and Creative Arts or specialise your course in areas closely related to your major or discipline electives. There is also an opportunity to complete an entire major in your elective space. It is your choice. 

You will complete 100 credit points of Elective units in the Bachelor of Arts.Your electives can be used to add breadth to your degree, by exploring a variety of different subject areas from across the University in areas such as Health, Business, Science and the Creative Arts. Alternatively, you can deepen your engagement with specific subject areas, for example, by completing additional units in the same discipline as your major or related fields.You can also use this space to complete an optional second major which may be a major chosen from the Bachelor of Arts or from another course.

Sustainability

Year 1

Choose 1 from

• Communicating Sustainability
• Engaging with Sustainability

Choose 1 from

• Global Geographies of Change
• Humans: Earth Shapers
• Sustainability

For articulating Diploma of Sustainable Living students only

• Local Lives for a Sustainable Planet

Year 2

• Systems Thinking

Choose 1 from

• Human Rights and Global Justice
• Environmental Management

Year 3

• Change Agents for Sustainability

Choose 3 from

• Food, Health and Environment
• Globalisation and Society: Power, Inequality and Conflict
• Political Ecologies of Development
• Science and Policy for Energy Futures

Discipline Elective

• You may complete any unit in the majors listed in the schedule below as a Discipline Elective so long as you meet any pre-requisites.
• Your Discipline Electives can be chosen from any units available in any of the majors for the Bachelor of Arts (see the list of majors above). You will complete 100 credit points of Discipline Electives in your Bachelor of Arts. You can use your discipline electives to broaden your degree by completing units from a range of arts, humanities and social sciences disciplines or you can focus your discipline electives in a single area and complete another major entirely. Discipline Electives are an excellent opportunity to take advantage of some of the University's distinctive offerings such as our Indigenous Lifeworlds units.