Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Liberal Arts and Science |
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| 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 |
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Core units of study |
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| 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 |
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| LNGS1001 Structure of Language |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PHIL1012 Introductory Logic |
6 | Intensive July Semester 2 |
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| PHIL2615 Logic and Proof |
6 | P PHIL1012 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215 |
Semester 1 |
| PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
Semester 2 |
| DATA1002 Informatics: Data and Computation |
6 | N INFO1903 OR DATA1902 |
Semester 2 |
| DATA1902 Informatics: Data and Computation (Advanced) |
6 | A This unit is intended for students with ATAR at least sufficient for entry to the BSc/BAdvStudies(Advanced) stream, or for those who gained Distinction results or better, in some unit in Data Science, Mathematics, or Computer Science. Students with portfolio of high-quality relevant prior work can also be admitted. N INFO1903 OR DATA1002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| Any unit of study in Mathematics or Statistics from the Faculty of Science Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. | |||
B. Communication |
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Core units of study |
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| WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays |
6 | Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Elective units of study |
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| ENGL1007 Englishes: Language Society Text Time |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT1000 Introduction to Academic Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WRIT2002 Arguments that Change the World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Writing Studies |
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 |
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| HPSC1000 Bioethics |
6 | N HPSC1900 This Junior unit of study is highly recommended to Intermediate and Senior Life Sciences students. |
Intensive January Intensive June Semester 1 |
| 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 2 |
| PHIL1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty |
6 | N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008 |
Semester 1 |
| PHIL2617 Practical Ethics |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617 |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| PHIL2623 Moral Psychology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513 |
Semester 1 |
D. Culture, Society and Global Citizenship |
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| AMST1001 Global America |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ANTH1001 Introduction to Anthropology |
6 | N ANTH1003 |
Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 |
| ANTH1002 Anthropology in the World |
6 | N ANTH1004 |
Semester 2 |
| ANTH2625 Culture and Development This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT1002 Shock of the Now: Global Art since 1900 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| 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 |
| GOVT1621 Introduction to International Relations |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures |
6 | Intensive July Semester 1 |
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E. Scientific Enquiry |
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| ANTH2627 Medical Anthropology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies N ANTH2027 |
Semester 1 |
| HPSC2101 What Is This Thing Called Science? |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2901 or HPSC1001 or HPSC1901 |
Intensive January Semester 2 |
| HPSC2901 What Is This Thing Called Science? (Adv) |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average N HPSC2101 or HPSC1001 or HPSC1901 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 |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| 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 |
F. Technological Literacy |
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| ARIN2610 Internet Transformations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media Studies or 18 credit points at 1000-level in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology N ARIN2100 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2620 Everyday Digital Media |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Media Studies or 18 credit points at 1000-level in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology N ARIN2200 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO1110 Introduction to Programming |
6 | N INFO1910 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO1002 Digital Media and Communications Landscapes |
6 |
Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), BA/BLaw and Digital Cultures major students only |
Semester 2 |