3920 - Bachelor of Arts
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
Abbreviated title | BA |
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Managing faculty | Arts |
Study location and mode | On-campus (Sunway) Students may select limited units from any campus, but should be aware of the teaching location as this may require travel to another campus. Students may also select units offered in off-campus mode. |
Total credit points required | 144 |
Duration (years) | 3 years FT, 6 years PT Students have a maximum of eight years to complete this course. |
Contact details | http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us Head of Arts: Professor James Chin, email james.chin@artsci.monash.edu; Course coordinator: Dr Andrew Ng, email ng.hock.soon@artsci.monash.edu.my; Course manager: Kevin Tan, email tan.khai.phen@artsci.monash.edu.my |
Description
Objectives
Structure
Students complete a compulsory arts major and arts minor, with additional studies chosen from a variety of arts disciplines.
Areas of study
For information on majors and minors, refer to the 'Areas of study' section in this Handbook at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.
Requirements
Students complete 144 points comprising the following:
(a.) an arts major (48 points) from any of the following study areas:
Communication
- COM1010 Media studies
- COM1020 Introduction to communication studies
- COM2020/COM3020 The second media age
- COM2409/COM3409 Media texts
- COM2411/COM3411 Media, culture, power - theories of mass communications
- COM3413 Cultural and communications policy
- COM3423 Media audiences
- ENH2407 Authorship and writing
Writing
- COM1010 Media studies
- COM1020 Introduction to communication studies
- COM2409/COM3409 Media texts
- COM3408 Screen theories and techniques
- ENH2407 Authorship and writing
- ENH2405 Contemporary fiction
- WRT2407 Postcolonial and diasporic literature
- WRT3421 Writing 1: techniques
- WRT3422 Writing 2: portfolio
International studies
- HPL3503 International relations
- INT1010 Contemporary worlds 1
- INT1020 Contemporary worlds 2
- INT2030/INT3030 Nationality, ethnicity and conflict
- INT2040/INT3040 Globalisation and its discontents
- INT2050/INT3050 Mobile worlds: migrants refugees and the politics of belonging
- INT2060/INT3060 Global cultures, local traditions: creating and consuming (popular) culture
- INT2085/INT3085 Governing the global economy: stability, efficiency, justice
Psychology
- PSY1011 Psychology 1A
- PSY1022 Psychology 1B
- PSY2031 Development and biological psychology
- PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
- PSY2051 Research design and analysis
- PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
- PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
- PSY3051 Perception and personality
- PSY3062 Research methods and theory
Journalism
- JRN1902 Newsroom practice and theory
- JRN1903 Feature writing
- JRN2901/JRN3901 International journalism
- JRN2903/JRN3903 Online journalism
- JRN2904/JRN3904 Editing for print media
- JRN2907/JRN3907 Radio and television journalism
- JRN2909/JRN3909 Media law
- JRN2910/JRN3910 Journalism ethics
(b.) an arts minor (24 points)
(c.) another first-year arts sequence (12 points)
(d.) another 12 points of arts at first, second or third-year level
(e.) additional units to make up a total of 144 points
No more than 10 units (60 points) are to be completed at a first-year level.
Students must complete a minimum of 36 points at third-year level (across the duration of the degree).
Of the 144 points, 96 points must be in the structure outlined in steps (a.) to (d), and the remaining 48 points may be taken from disciplines in the Faculty of Arts or from disciplines outside the faculty. This means the student can study a second major from the Arts faculty or a major (equivalent) from another faculty. A major from a faculty other than Arts usually requires the permission of that faculty.
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.