Start Date
February

Campus
Magill

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
MBAT

SATAC Code
424541 (Internal)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 60.95 (for 2014)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

To build on students' creative, theoretical and innovative skills within a generalised degree structure for the purpose of developing skills within a strong professional framework. The Bachelor Degree qualifies individuals who apply a broad and coherent body of knowledge in a range of contexts to undertake professional work and as a pathway for further learning.

Content & Structure

Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning.

The program comprises a total of 108 units and may be completed in three years of full-time study or in a corresponding period of part-time study. All students take the four core courses (18 units); a free elective course selected from courses across the University (4.5 units); two majors each consisting of four required courses and four option courses (72 units); and three major elective courses chosen from the full list of major courses (13.5 units).

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Ideas, Innovation and Communication COMM 1060 4.5 Note(s): 1
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues HUMS 1034 4.5
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 4
Major A required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Governance and Citizenship in Australia POLI 1008 4.5 Note(s): 1
Intercultural Communication LANG 1054 4.5 Note(s): 1
Major A required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major A required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Major A required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major A option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Major A option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major A option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B required course 4.5 Note(s): 2
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Major A option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major B option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Major B option course 4.5 Note(s): 2
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
Major elective course 4.5 Note(s): 3
MAJORS Note(s): 2
Students select two of the following Majors and complete 4 Major required courses and 4 Major option courses:
COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND CULTURE MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
English and Creative Writing: An Introduction COMM 1061 4.5
The Writer's World LANG 3042 4.5
Effective Communication PERF 1001 4.5
Policy, Governance and the Economy POLI 3010 4.5
Contemporary Sociological Debates SOCU 3036 4.5
Major option courses: Note(s): 5
Digital Design Essentials COMM 1066 4.5
News and Social Media Connections COMM 2079 4.5
Screen Genres and Media Hybrids COMM 2085 4.5
Everyday Cultures Now and Then HUMS 2037 4.5
Contemporary Culture, Heritage and Conflict WELF 2016 4.5
HISTORY AND BELONGING MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
Everyday Cultures Now and Then HUMS 2037 4.5
Migration, Diversity and Citizenship HUMS 2038 4.5
Aboriginal People, History and Colonialism HUMS 2010 4.5
Identity and Representation HUMS 3014 4.5
Major option courses: Note(s): 5
Rights and Racism HUMS 2008 4.5
Colonial Experiment: Australian History 1788 - 1918 HUMS 1053 4.5
Language, Identity and Society LANG 2022 4.5
Australia in the Asian Century POLI 2003 4.5
Historicising Place and Meaning HUMS 3048 4.5
A History of Ideas HUMS 3047 4.5
Power and Resistance: 1900 - Present HUMS 3049 4.5
LANGUAGES MAJOR Note(s): 2
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
Introduction to Language and Communication LANG 1062 4.5
Language, Communication and the Professions LANG 2021 4.5
English: Past and Future LANG 3035 4.5
Shakespeare Past and Present LANG 2042 4.5
Major option courses Note(s): 5
Writing and Reading Poetry COMM 2057 4.5
Writing and Reading Short Fiction COMM 2058 4.5
Australia Imagined: Identity and Diversity in Australian Film and Literature COMM 3048 4.5
Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices LANG 2007 4.5
The Power of Story LANG 2005 4.5
WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAJOR Note(s): 2
Major required courses:
Introduction to International Relations POLI 1010 4.5
International Political Economy and Human Development POLI 2026 4.5
International Relations Theory POLI 1018 4.5
Energy, Security and Environmental Politics in Asia POLI 2025 4.5
Major option courses Note(s): 5
Regional Integration POLI 2028 4.5
Australia in the Asian Century POLI 2003 4.5
Global Power in the Asian Century POLI 3018 4.5
International Relations Research Project POLI 3016 4.5
Peace, Justice and Reconciliation POLI 3017 4.5
Integrated Communication Planning COMM 3062 4.5
Contemporary Security Issues POLI 3015 4.5

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