Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is an undergraduate degree comprising 24 units taken over 3 years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent). In your first year as a BA student, you can select from units across a range of disciplines – including creative writing, economics, geography, history, legal studies, linguistics,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is an undergraduate degree comprising 24 units taken over 3 years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent).
In your first year as a BA student, you can select from units across a range of disciplines – including creative writing, economics, geography, history, legal studies, linguistics, literature, marketing, management, not-for-profit management, sociology and various languages. Before the end of your first year, you will be able to nominate a major in which to specialise – you will need to complete 8 units from that major (10 units for language majors).
Alongside your major, you will also take core units in research skills. This works towards a major project in your final year in which you will research a real-world organisation, diagnose issues and present solutions.
You can enrich your major with a second major (or a minor) in another discipline from the humanities and social sciences. Alternatively, you may decide to broaden your studies by selecting general electives from faculties such as business or mathematics, physical sciences and life sciences.
All undergraduate students also take one core unit per year from the School of Christian Studies.
A 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.
Upon completing the Bachelor of Arts, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate your understanding of a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with an emphasis on the underlying principles and concepts of one or more disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.
- Exercise your cognitive skills successfully to critically analyse, synthesise and consolidate information, concepts and theories from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Critically evaluate the scholarship and professional practice of one or more disciplines within the humanities and social sciences in the light of contemporary research, of workplace practice, and of perspectives grounded in Christian scholarship.
- Communicate your understanding of current knowledge and professional practice of one or more disciplines to others through structured assignments and presentations in a variety of learning contexts.
- Demonstrate your intellectual independence through creative intellectual contributions to the study and/or practice of one or more disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.
- Apply research-based knowledge, skills and concepts from one or more disciplines within the humanities and social sciences to analyse problems and propose creative solutions across a diverse range scenarios.
- Demonstrate your capacity to seek knowledge and truth with persistence, independence, rigour, and integrity.
- Evaluate the relevance of Christian faith and practice to the pursuit of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences.
- Model self-discipline, servant leadership and respect for the dignity of individuals and groups in various settings.
Each unit you take in the Bachelor of Arts program will contribute towards the fulfilment of these broader learning outcomes.
REQUIREMENTS
Open to persons who are 18 years of age or over who have either:
Completed the WACE and achieved the published ATAR entry score (or its equivalent as determined by the Academic Council) for the course, or
Completed the WACE and a university preparation course authorised by an Australian university, or
Completion of a recognized university foundations course, or
Completed a VET Certificate IV in a relevant discipline, or
Completed an International Baccalaureate (Applicants should contact Sheridan’s Registrar for information regarding what score is required for entry into their chosen course), or
Completed secondary school offshore and met the minimum academic entry score upon completion of their study (with evidence to Sheridan’s Registrar for review), or
Provided a portfolio (applicants are asked to contact the Sheridan Registrar for information regarding portfolio entry).
Minimum English language proficiency requirements for undergraduate courses are:
IELTS (Academic): 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet based): 85 (no band less than 20)
TOEFL (Paper based): 550 (with Test of Written English 5)
Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic): 57 (no band less than 50)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
