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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Visual Arts

Course code: 3779 + Course abbreviation: BA/BVA + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield; Gippsland)

Course description

This course combines the broad teaching and learning objectives of the Bachelor of Arts degree with the more specific theories and practices of a Bachelor of Visual Arts. Students must satisfy the requirements of study within the very wide range of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and communications offered by the Arts faculty and are encouraged to grasp the opportunity provided to develop their imaginations and gain a broad understanding of the new ideas, skills and concepts. Students also complete visual arts studies from the studio practice and theory areas, chosen from ceramics, glass, metals/jewellery, painting, photomedia, printmedia, sculpture, tapestry or the theory of art and design.

Course structure

Students must complete 96 points in the Bachelor of Arts component and 96 points in the Bachelor of Visual Arts component.

Majors and other studies

For information on arts majors and minors offered, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course requirements
Arts component

Students must complete 96 points including:
(a) a major (48 points)
(b) a minor (24 points)
(c) an additional first-year-level sequence (12 points)
(d) a further 12 points of arts.
Note that students who are offered a place at the Caulfield campus may complete arts units chosen from those offered at the Clayton campus.

Visual arts component

Students must complete 96 points, including a major study comprising 48 points (with at least 36 points at second and third-year levels) to provide depth of study, together with breadth of study provided through complementary and other units in studio and theory from which individual study programs can be formed.
Students select one of the following major studies for their core stream - ceramics, glass, metals/jewellery, painting, photomedia, printmedia, sculpture, tapestry, or theory of art and design.
Students cannot graduate from either degree until they have satisfied the above requirements and successfully completed studies to the value of 144 points. Students undertaking the above double-degree program are permitted to count up to 48 points of the other faculty's component towards those 144 points. Students must also complete at least 36 points at third-year level to meet Bachelor of Arts requirements.
Note that students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.

Contact details

Website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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