Course code: 0002
The broad teaching and learning objectives of the Monash BA degree ask of students that they satisfy the requirements of study within some elements of the very wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences offered by the faculty, and of some disciplines offered by other faculties. In the process of satisfying these requirements, students are enjoined to grasp the very special opportunity provided by the BA to open their horizons of understanding and imagination to the many new materials, ideas and values with which they will be confronted.
Graduates in arts are expected to have:
Under the present regulations, students in the faculty are given a wide variety of paths by which they can achieve the objectives set out above. This breadth constitutes one of the great strengths of the Monash BA, which offers the largest range of humanities, social science, creative and performing arts courses of any university in Australia.
The teaching of all disciplines is structured in such a way that, in general, students find they are led from an elementary appreciation of the objectives set out above in their first year to a relatively sophisticated understanding by the third year. Honours students, in fourth year, will begin to test themselves on the possibility that they may make a certain original contribution to the learning and scholarship of their chosen discipline or combination of disciplines.
Not all disciplines, however, work in exactly the same way. Some - especially languages and creative arts - build on skills and abilities incrementally acquired over the years of the degree, and are quite tightly structured and layered. After the first year, others will revisit similar texts or issues, asking more of students' understanding and critical ability on each encounter. Students are sometimes likely to find themselves in a class with both first and second-year students, or second and third-year students. In such a situation, they will discover that the second or third-year students will be expected to show a deeper understanding and an ability to discuss more extensively the literature on the topic.
Applicants to the faculty must satisfactorily complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (or its equivalent) by obtaining a grade average of C in units three and four of English and a grade average of D in at least three other studies.
Students who have successfully passed a LOTE will be deemed to have a TER two percentage points higher. Interstate and overseas applicants must complete a qualification regarded as comparable to the VCE. The Faculty of Arts has one of the most liberal policies regarding the VCE and will accept any approved study to be counted in a student's `best four' subjects used to calculate the score for university entry. Students in the middle band should note, however, that consideration will be given to performance in English and the best other humanities/social sciences results, and the full range of the applicant's VCE studies and results.
Director: Ms H Curzon-Siggers
The Monash Orientation Scheme for Aborigines (MOSA) aims to accelerate access by Koorie people to university qualifications, thereby increasing Koorie participation in the professions, public service, management and community leadership, thus contributing to Koorie self-management. It arose initially from the ideas of Koorie people and organisations.
The scheme offers Koorie candidates specific preparation for university study, bridging the educational and cultural gap which frequently exists between Koorie people and other first-year university students.
Classes are held weekdays between nine to five where MOSA's own teaching staff and its specially designed courses assist candidates to acquire study and communication skills which are essential at university. Candidates who successfully complete the humanities orientation program at appropriate levels and are recommended for provisional matriculation by the MOSA committee will be guaranteed first-year places in the Monash faculties of Arts, Law, and Business and Economics. For further information contact the director, Ms Helen Curzon-Siggers (phone 9905 4200).
The general requirements are:
At meeting 2/97 Academic Board it was agreed `that, for the purposes of defining the structure of the Bachelor of Arts, disciplines and subjects referred to as `arts' be considered to be those taught by departments of the Faculty of Arts in an approved schedule.'
The following is a schedule of disciplines taught by departments of the Faculty of Arts:
m Disciplines are offered to level of minor only and subject to sufficient student demand and availability of staff.
1 ONLY TO FIRST-YEAR LEVEL (IE STUDENTS COULD COUNT IT AS A FIRST-YEAR ARTS SEQUENCE AND NO MORE).2 BEGINS AT SECOND-YEAR LEVEL.
3 INCLUDES POLISH, RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN.
4 INCLUDES FILM AND TELEVISION AND ART HISTORY AND THEORY.
* Students enrolled at Gippsland must complete ninety-two points from subjects offered by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and should refer to the Gippsland section of the handbook for subject details. Disciplines offered at Gippsland in arts include Australian studies, mass communications, history/politics, Koorie studies, sociology, community studies, gender studies, Indonesian, journalism, writing, and social welfare.
Students must select ninety-two points from subjects in the schedule in accordance with the course requirements. The remaining fifty-two points may be selected from approved subjects inside or outside the Faculty of Arts.Students should consult the document on majors and minors available in each department or at the faculty undergraduate office on the first floor of the Menzies building to determine majors and minors available in each discipline.
The course of study for the Bachelor of Arts must include:
* See general restrictions below.
The definitions below supplement section two of the regulations and help to define section three of the regulations.
A student must complete 144 points in the degree of which ninety-two points must be taken in three different arts disciplines (listed in the approved schedule) and in accordance with the structure outlined in the general requirements of the BA degree.
The remaining fifty-two points may be taken from subjects taught by departments of the Faculty of Arts and/or subjects taught by departments outside the Faculty of Arts and/or approved alternatives
If students choose to select any or all of the fifty-two points from subjects offered by the Arts faculty these subjects may be selected from the disciplines taken as part of the major, minor or other first-year sequence, except that students may not take more than twenty-four points at first-year level in any one discipline.
A normal year's work for a full-time student for the pass degree is forty-eight points and any student wishing to overload must seek permission from the coordinator, undergraduate studies (Clayton campus) or the campus administrator (Peninsula, Caulfield or Gippsland). In any event, students will not be permitted to overload more than one subject a semester in second and third year. Over-enrolment in first year is not permitted, except for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts Dean's Scholars Program with permission.
Students would normally be required to undertake two first-year sequences before progressing to a second-year subject. Part-time students requesting to proceed to a second-year subject without two first-year sequences are advised to see the coordinator, undergraduate studies for advice or the relevant campus administrator.
Students wishing to complete more than 144 points must seek permission from the faculty board and in such an event will not be permitted to undertake more than 160 points.
All students must meet prerequisite requirements as prescribed in the handbook in the subject description.
The degree is normally taken in not less than three years and not more than eight, including students studying part-time.
Students undertaking summer semester or accelerated programs must seek permission from the faculty board to complete the degree in less than three years. Applications shoud be made to the faculty registrar with supporting documentation from the head of department.
Except with the permission of the faculty board: