Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Unit outlines will be available through 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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| Students must complete 144 credit points, comprising least 132 credit points from: | |||
| (a) the Table below; and | |||
| (b) Bachelor of Arts Table A or | |||
| (c) Bachelor of Science Table A | |||
| All students complete: | |||
| (1) a minimum of 36 credit points from the table below, including: | |||
| (a) ATHK1001 and WRIT1001; and | |||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part C Ethics ; and | |||
| (c) 18 credit points of units from Parts A-F. | |||
| All students complete either a Science major or an Arts major: | |||
| (1) Science major | |||
| (a) a major from Bachelor of Science Table A; and | |||
| (b) a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Arts Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of Arts 2000 or 3000-level units of study; or | |||
| (2) Arts major | |||
| (a) a major from Bachelor of Arts Table A; and | |||
| (b) a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Science Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of 2000 or 3000-level units of study | |||
| (4) a maximum of 12 credit points from outside of Bachelor of Arts Table A and Bachelor of Science Table A may be taken from the Table S elective list; and | |||
| (5) no more than 84 credit points of 1000-level units of study. | |||
Part A Analytical Thinking |
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Core |
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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 |
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| MATH1111 Introduction to Calculus |
6 | A Knowledge of algebra and trigonometry equivalent to NSW Year 10 N MATH1011 or MATH1901 or MATH1906 or MATH1001 or HSC Mathematics Extension 1 or HSC Mathematics Extension 2 or ENVX1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1921 or MATH1931 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students who have previously successfully studied calculus at a level at least equivalent to HSC Mathematics are prohibited. |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
| SCIE1001 Sydney Science 2050: Towards the Future |
6 | Intensive July |
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| Any unit of study in Mathematics or Statistics from Bachelor of Science Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. | |||
Part B Communication |
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Core |
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| WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Elective |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WORK1004 Foundations of Management |
6 | N WORK2201 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| 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 1 |
| WRIT3000 Business and Workplace Communications |
6 | P 24 credit points at 2000 level |
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. | |||
Part 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 February 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 |
| HPSC2011 Science, Ethics and Society |
6 | A Students should be familiar will introductory material in Philosophy of Science, Ethics or Sociology. N HPSC3107 |
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 February |
| PHIL2623 Moral Psychology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513 |
Semester 1 |
Part 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 |
Semester 1 |
| ANTH1002 Anthropology in the World |
6 | N ANTH1004 |
Semester 2 |
| ANTH2625 Culture and Development This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
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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| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
| INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures |
6 | Intensive July Semester 1 |
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Part 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 |
| DATA1001 Foundations of Data Science |
6 | N DATA1901 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DATA1901 Foundations of Data Science (Adv) |
6 | A An ATAR of 95 or more N MATH1005 or MATH1905 or ECMT1010 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020 or DATA1001 or MATH1115 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DATA2002 Data Analytics: Learning from Data |
6 | A Basic linear algebra and some coding for example MATH1014 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 and DATA1001 or DATA1901 P 6 cp of DATA1X01 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or STAT2X11 or BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or STAT1021 or [MATH1115 and MATH10X5] or [MATH1905 and MATH1XXX] N STAT2012 or STAT2912 or DATA2902 |
Semester 2 |
| DATA2902 Data Analytics: Learning from Data (Adv) |
6 | A Basic linear algebra and some coding for example MATH1014 or MATH1002 or MATH1902 and DATA1001 or DATA1901 P 6 cp of DATA1901 or STAT2911 or (MATH1905 and MATH1XXX) or a mark of 65 or above in (DATA1001 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or STAT1021 or STAT2011) or an average mark of 65 or above in (MATH10X5 and MATH1115) N STAT2012 or STAT2912 or DATA2002 |
Semester 2 |
| ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Methods |
6 | N ENVX1001 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 or ECMT1010 Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, and Food and Agribusiness, and Taronga Wildlife Conservation streams |
Semester 1 |
| HPSC1001 What is this Thing Called Science? |
6 | N HPSC2101 or HPSC2901 or HPSC1901 |
Intensive February Semester 2 |
| HPSC1901 What is this Thing Called Science? (Adv) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC2101 or HPSC2901 or HPSC1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| HPSC2100 The Birth of Modern Science |
6 | P 12 cp from (PHIL1XXX or HSTY1XXX or HPSC1XXX or ANTH1XXX) N HPSC2900 |
Intensive February Semester 1 |
| HPSC2900 The Birth of Modern Science (Advanced) |
6 | P An average mark of 75 or above in (24 credit points of 1000-level units of study) N HPSC2100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Part F Digital 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 |
| 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 |
| INFS1020 Digital Work Environments |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |