Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table
Errata
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| 1. | HPSC1000 Bioethics: Session availability has changed. June Intensive has been added, July Intensive is no longer available. | 31/1/2018 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| Candidates are required to complete 36 credit points from units listed in the Liberal Studies Units Table. ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 and at least one 6 credit point unit of study from Part C Ethics must be completed. The remaining 18 credit points of Liberal Studies units may be taken from any of the six areas of the table, A-F. It is strongly recommended that ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 are taken in the first year of the degree. | |||
A. Analytical Thinking |
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Core units of study |
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| ATHK1001 Analytical Thinking |
6 |
ATHK1001 is a compulsory unit within the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science (BLAS) degree and will only be available to students enrolled in BLAS. |
Semester 1 |
Elective units of study |
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| LNGS1001 Structure of Language |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PHIL1012 Introductory Logic |
6 | Intensive July Semester 2 |
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| PHIL2615 Logic and Proof This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P PHIL1012 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215 |
Semester 2 |
| PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| DATA2002 Data Analytics: Learning from Data |
6 | A (Basic Linear Algebra and some coding) or QBUS1040 P [DATA1001 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002] or [MATH10X5 and MATH1115] or [MATH10X5 and STAT2011] or [MATH1905 and MATH1XXX (except MATH1XX5)] or [BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or STAT1021] N STAT2012 or STAT2912 |
Semester 2 |
| Any unit of study in Mathematics and Statistics from the Faculty of Science Table 1 to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. | |||
B. Communication |
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Core units of study |
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| WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
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Elective units of study |
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| ENGL1007 Language, Texts and Time |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT1000 Introduction to Academic Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WRIT2002 Arguments that Change the World |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Any unit of study in a language subject area other than English, from the Faculty of Arts Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points in languages can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. | |||
C. Ethics |
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| HPSC1000 Bioethics |
6 | N HPSC1900 This Junior unit of study is highly recommended to Intermediate and Senior Life Sciences students. |
Intensive July Semester 1 Summer Main |
| HPSC1900 Bioethics (Advanced) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC1000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| HPSC3107 Science, Ethics and Society |
6 | P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900) and (HPSC2101 or HPSC2901) N HPSC3022 or HPSC3024 or HPSC2011 |
Semester 1 |
| PHIL1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty |
6 | N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008 |
Semester 1 |
| PHIL2617 Practical Ethics |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617 |
Semester 2 |
| PHIL2623 Moral Psychology |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Philosophy N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513 |
Semester 1 |
D. Culture, Society and Global Citizenship |
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| AMST1001 Global America |
6 |
Students intending to do a major in American Studies must complete AMST1001 and either HSTY1023 or HSTY1076 |
Semester 2 |
| ANTH1001 Cultural Difference: An Introduction |
6 | N ANTH1003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July Semester 1 Summer Main Winter Main |
| ANTH1002 Anthropology and the Global |
6 | N ANTH1004 |
Semester 2 |
| ANTH2625 Culture and Development |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Anthropology |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT1001 Style and Substance: Introducing Art History |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
Semester 1 |
| GEOS1901 Earth, Environment and Society Advanced |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1001 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| GEOS1002 Introductory Geography |
6 | N GEOS1902 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 |
Semester 2 |
| GEOS1902 Introductory Geography (Advanced) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1002 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| GOVT1202 World Politics This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
In Summer School this unit is available to current HSC students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| HSTY1044 Twentieth-Century Europe This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | N HSTY1043 |
Semester 2 |
| INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures |
6 | Intensive July Intensive June Semester 1 |
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E. Scientific Enquiry |
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| ANTH2627 Medical Anthropology |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in any of Anthropology, Gender Studies or Cultural Studies N ANTH2027 |
Semester 1 |
| HPSC2101 What Is This Thing Called Science? |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2901 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| HPSC2901 What Is This Thing Called Science? (Adv) |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average N HPSC2101 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| HPSC2100 The Birth of Modern Science |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2900 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| HPSC2900 The Birth of Modern Science (Advanced) |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average N HPSC2100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PHYS1500 Astronomy |
6 |
No assumed knowledge of Physics. |
Semester 2 |
F. Technological Literacy |
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| ARIN2610 Internet Transformations |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2100 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2620 Cyberworlds |
6 | P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2200 |
Semester 1 |
| ARIN2630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2300 |
Semester 2 |