Course code: 0530 · Clayton campus
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.