Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts -
Program of study and sequence options

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PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2007]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.

The 108 units must include: *

• one Arts major sequence selected from the list below (comprising at least 9 First Year units, 12 Second Year units and 12 Third Year units);
• one Arts minor sequence (at least 9 First Year units and 12 Second Year units) from another major sequence program listed below. For students who have been admitted into an advanced stream of language studies, a minor sequence in Chinese or Japanese will consist of 12 Second Year units and 12 Third Year units;
• at least 27 but no more than 45 First Year units, and at least 24 Third Year units;
• a minimum of 18 units at First Year which satisfy the first year requirements of at least two Arts sequences.

Any topic offered by the University may be chosen to complete the 108 units, provided course and prerequisite requirements are met. With the permission of the BA Board of Studies, up to 54 units may be taken through study at another approved institution.

The BA Examinations Board may approve substitute topics if a student is unable to undertake particular core topics while studying overseas on an approved program. A student who fails the same topic twice may not re-enrol in that topic except with the permission of the BA Board of Studies.

* Students who completed 21 units in the BA prior to the start of the 1996 academic year need not meet the requirements for the minor sequence and may complete up to 60 First Year units.

NOTE: FOR ALL BA MAJOR/MINOR SEQUENCES - NOT ALL TOPICS ARE NECESSARILY AVAILABLE IN A GIVEN YEAR.

Please note: All Chinese, German and Japanese topics are taught only at the University of Adelaide campus.

SEQUENCE OPTIONS

The following can be studied as major or minor sequences (all except those marked # can be taken at honours level).

^^ These minor sequences are no longer offered in the single Bachelor of Arts degree. They are open only to students in the combined Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Arts degrees.