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Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science

Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table

Errata
item Errata Date
1. HPSC1000 Bioethics: Session availability has changed. June Intensive has been added, July Intensive is no longer available. 31/1/2018
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session
Candidates are required to complete 36 credit points from units listed in the Liberal Studies Units Table. ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 and at least one 6 credit point unit of study from Part C Ethics must be completed. The remaining 18 credit points of Liberal Studies units may be taken from any of the six areas of the table, A-F. It is strongly recommended that ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 are taken in the first year of the degree.

A. Analytical Thinking

Core units of study
ATHK1001
Analytical Thinking
6   

ATHK1001 is a compulsory unit within the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science (BLAS) degree and will only be available to students enrolled in BLAS.
Semester 1
Elective units of study
LNGS1001
Structure of Language
6      Semester 1
PHIL1012
Introductory Logic
6      Intensive July
Semester 2
PHIL2615
Logic and Proof

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P PHIL1012
N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215
Semester 2
PHIL2642
Critical Thinking
6    P 12 Junior credit points
Semester 2
DATA2002
Data Analytics: Learning from Data
6    A (Basic Linear Algebra and some coding) or QBUS1040
P [DATA1001 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002] or [MATH10X5 and MATH1115] or [MATH10X5 and STAT2011] or [MATH1905 and MATH1XXX (except MATH1XX5)] or [BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or STAT1021]
N STAT2012 or STAT2912
Semester 2
Any unit of study in Mathematics and Statistics from the Faculty of Science Table 1 to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements.

B. Communication

Core units of study
WRIT1001
Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
Elective units of study
ENGL1007
Language, Texts and Time
6      Semester 2
LNGS1002
Language and Social Context
6      Semester 2
WRIT1000
Introduction to Academic Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
WRIT2002
Arguments that Change the World
6    P 12 Junior credit points
Intensive December
Semester 1
Semester 2
Any unit of study in a language subject area other than English, from the Faculty of Arts Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points in languages can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements.

C. Ethics

HPSC1000
Bioethics
6    N HPSC1900


This Junior unit of study is highly recommended to Intermediate and Senior Life Sciences students.
Intensive July
Semester 1
Summer Main
HPSC1900
Bioethics (Advanced)
6    A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent
N HPSC1000

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
HPSC3107
Science, Ethics and Society
6    P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900) and (HPSC2101 or HPSC2901)
N HPSC3022 or HPSC3024 or HPSC2011
Semester 1
PHIL1011
Reality, Ethics and Beauty
6    N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008
Semester 1
PHIL2617
Practical Ethics
6    P 12 Junior credit points
N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617
Semester 2
PHIL2623
Moral Psychology
6    P 12 Junior credit points in Philosophy
N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513
Semester 1

D. Culture, Society and Global Citizenship

AMST1001
Global America
6   

Students intending to do a major in American Studies must complete AMST1001 and either HSTY1023 or HSTY1076
Semester 2
ANTH1001
Cultural Difference: An Introduction
6    N ANTH1003

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive July
Semester 1
Summer Main
Winter Main
ANTH1002
Anthropology and the Global
6    N ANTH1004
Semester 2
ANTH2625
Culture and Development
6    P 12 Junior credit points in Anthropology
Semester 1
ARHT1001
Style and Substance: Introducing Art History
6      Semester 1
GEOS1001
Earth, Environment and Society
6    N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001
Semester 1
GEOS1901
Earth, Environment and Society Advanced
6    A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent
N GEOS1001 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
GEOS1002
Introductory Geography
6    N GEOS1902 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002
Semester 2
GEOS1902
Introductory Geography (Advanced)
6    A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent
N GEOS1002 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
GOVT1202
World Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6   

In Summer School this unit is available to current HSC students only.
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
HSTY1044
Twentieth-Century Europe

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    N HSTY1043
Semester 2
INDG1001
Introduction to Indigenous Cultures
6      Intensive July
Intensive June
Semester 1

E. Scientific Enquiry

ANTH2627
Medical Anthropology
6    P 12 Junior credit points each in any of Anthropology, Gender Studies or Cultural Studies
N ANTH2027
Semester 1
HPSC2101
What Is This Thing Called Science?
6    P 24 credit points of Junior units of study
N HPSC2901
Semester 2
Summer Main
HPSC2901
What Is This Thing Called Science? (Adv)
6    P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average
N HPSC2101

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
HPSC2100
The Birth of Modern Science
6    P 24 credit points of Junior units of study
N HPSC2900
Semester 1
Summer Main
HPSC2900
The Birth of Modern Science (Advanced)
6    P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average
N HPSC2100

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
PHYS1500
Astronomy
6   

No assumed knowledge of Physics.
Semester 2

F. Technological Literacy

ARIN2610
Internet Transformations
6    P 18 Junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures
N ARIN2100
Semester 2
ARIN2620
Cyberworlds
6    P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures
N ARIN2200
Semester 1
ARIN2630
Digital Arts
6    P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures
N ARIN2300
Semester 2