Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science


General information

Course code: 0530 · Clayton campus

Course structure

The combined course for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science will normally be four years full-time study or eight years part-time study. An honours degree in either arts or science will require one further year of full-time study. Except with the permission of both faculties, students will be required to complete the combined course within 10 years.
Students must study a minimum of three first-year disciplines offered by the Faculty of Science and two first-year disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts, over the duration of the course; only four will be taken within the first year of study.
A major (three-year) and a minor (two-year) sequence will be taken from the disciplines of each faculty. One of the minors, in either arts or science, will be continued as a major sequence. Students will thus normally study three major sequences and a minor sequence, over the duration of the course. At least one major must be taken in science and one in arts. The third major may be taken in either science or arts. If taken in science, the minor must be taken in arts or vice-versa.
Students are required to pass a total of 196 credit points to complete the requirements for the BA/BSc.
They may be eligible to graduate with either a BA or a BSc after three years, depending on the subjects studied. The Faculty of Arts requires arts studies to be chosen from the arts disciplines in the subject listings. The Faculty of Science requires science studies to be chosen from the disciplines in this section and the subject listings. Students undertaking either geography or psychology should note that geography will count only towards the arts component of the double degree and psychology only towards the science component of the double degree.