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Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science - Arts Stream

Sample Pathway
General plan for Arts major, with one Liberal Studies unit per semester.

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

Requirements for Arts Stream:

  • 144 cp total (maximum 84cp 1000-level units)
  • minimum 36 cp of units listed in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table (including ATHK1001, WRIT1001 and 6 cp from the Ethics area)
  • minimum one Arts major from (Table A)
  • minimum 36 cp Table A Science units (including at least 12 cp 2000 or 3000-level units);
  • maximum 12 cp from the Table S elective list
  • NB: i) Units chosen to satisfy the liberal studies requirement cannot count towards the Science or Arts requirements.
  • ii) If you major in Science you must complete a sequence in Arts and if you major in Arts you must complete a sequence in Science.
General Pathway
 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Arts Table A Major

1XXX

Arts or Science Elective

XXXX

Science Unit

1XXX

Liberal Arts and Science Unit

Analytical Thinking

ATHK1001

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Arts Table A Major

1XXX

Arts or Science Elective

XXXX

Science Unit

1XXX

Liberal Arts and Science Unit

Writing and Rhetoric - Academic Essays

WRIT1001

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 2

1

Arts Table A Major

2XXX

Table S Elective

XXXX

Science Unit

1XXX/2XXX

Liberal Arts and Science Unit

HPSC/PHILXXXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Arts Table A Major

2XXX

Table S Elective

XXXX

Science Unit

1XXX/2XXX

Liberal Arts and Science

Elective Unit

XXXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 3

1

Arts Table A Major

3XXX

Arts Table A Major

3XXX

Science Unit

2XXX/3XXX

Liberal Arts and Science

Elective Unit

XXXX
 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Arts Table A Major

3XXX

Arts Table A Major

3XXX

Science Unit

2XXX/3XXX

Liberal Arts and Science

Elective Unit

XXXX
 

6

6

6

6

24

Total credit points:

144

Example Pathway: History major

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Total

Year 1

1

History Major

HSTY1001

Age of Empires

Arts or Science Elective

BIOL1006

Life and Evolution

Science Unit

PSYC1001

Psychology 1001

Liberal Arts and Science Unit

ATHK1001

Analytical Thinking

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

History Major

HSTY1003

Birth of the Present: The world since 1750

Arts or Science Elective

HPSC1001

What is this thing called Science?

Science Unit

PSYC1002

Psychology 1002

Liberal Arts and Science Unit

WRIT1001

Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 2

1

History Major

HSTY2607

Palestine, Israel and the Middle East

Table S Elective

HPSC2100

The Birth of Modern Science

Science Unit

PSYC2015

Brain and Behavioural Psychology

Liberal Arts and Science Ethics Unit

HPSC1000

Bioethics

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

History Major

HSTY2631

Sin City? A History of Sydney

Table S Elective

BIOL1007

From Molecules to Ecosystems

Science Unit

PSYC2016

Perception, Cognition and Intelligence

Liberal Arts and Science Elective Unit

INDG1001

Introduction to Indigenous cultures

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 3

1

History Major

HSTY3901

History in the Making

History Major

HSTY3999

Interdisciplinary Impact

Science Unit

PSYC3017

Social Psychology

Liberal Arts and Science Elective Unit

GEOS1001

Earth, Environment and Society

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

History Major

HSTY3902

History Beyond the Classroom

History Major

HSTY3903

History and Historians

Science Units

PSYC3016

Developmental Psychology

Liberal Arts and Science Elective Unit

PHIL2642

Critical Thinking

 

6

6

6

6

24

Total credit points:

144