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Bachelor of Arts

University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

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Course Overview

Follow your interests and build your own career with a flexible Bachelor of Arts. Choose from a wide range of specialisations, including literature, history, politics and international studies, sociology, and more. As an Arts graduate, you’ll enter the global marketplace of ideas with advanced skills in critical and creative thinking.

In this program you will:

Explore new ideas and ways of thinking
Become a skilled communicator
Develop specialist knowledge in subjects that interest you
Build advanced critical thinking, research and writing skills

General Eligibility

For entry into most USC undergraduate degree programs, you need to have completed a minimum level of education similar to successful completion of Australian Year 12 with good grades.

Further studies, for example, a semester or more at college or university, can also be considered for entry and may give you credit transfer towards a degree.

Some examples of upper secondary qualifications and a guide to the minimum grades that USC will consider are listed here. These are minimum requirements and do not guarantee entry. Some programs may require higher grades. Alternative qualifications may also be considered on a case by case basis.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Course Modules

Introductory courses (2) 24 units

Introduction to Indigenous Australia
Foundations of Sustainability

Developing and Graduate courses (2) 24 units

Social Research

PLUS select one course (12 units) from:

Work Integrated Learning Project
Social Sciences and Humanities Project

**Major and minor courses (16)* 192 units**

Select 2 majors (16 courses/192 units) OR Select 1 Extended major (12 courses/144 units) and 1 minor (4 courses/ 48 units) OR
1 major (8 courses/96 units) and 2 minors (4 courses each/ 48 units each) from those listed below:

Majors (8) (96 units):

Creative Writing and Publishing
Criminology and Justice
English
Geography
History
International Studies^
Japanese In-country (Major)^
Japanese Studies^
Japanese In-country (Extended Major)^ (144 units)
Journalism
Psychology
Screen Media
Sociology^
Sustainability - Society
Theatre and Performance^

Minors (4) (48 units):

Behavioural Science
Counselling Skills
Creative Writing and Publishing
Criminology and Justice
English
Geography
Geospatial Analysis
Global Environmental Politics^
History
Indigenous Studies
International and Human Rights^
International Studies^
Japanese Studies^
Journalism
Music^
Screen Media
Social Theory^
Sociology^
Sustainability
Theatre and Performance^

^Not currently available at Moreton Bay campus

Elective courses (4)* 48 units

Select 4 elective courses (48units) from the undergraduate elective course options.

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

Programme Information

Course CategoryArts

Course LevelUndergraduate

Awarding BodyUniversity of the Sunshine Coast

Campus NameSunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Online

DurationFull-Time, 3 years

Available IntakeFebruary, July

Tuition FeesAU$24,800

International FeesAU$24,800

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