Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Unit of study table (Table A)
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Liberal Arts and Science |
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| Students must complete 144 credit points, comprising least 132 credit points from: | ||
| (a) the Table below; and | ||
| (b) Bachelor of Arts Table A or | ||
| (c) Bachelor of Science Table A | ||
| All students complete: | ||
| (1) a minimum of 36 credit points from the table below, including: | ||
| (a) ATHK1001 or ATHK1901, and WRIT1001; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points from Part C Ethics ; and | ||
| (c) 18 credit points of units from Parts A-F. | ||
| All students complete either a Science major or an Arts major: | ||
| (1) Science major | ||
| (a) a major from Bachelor of Science Table A; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Arts Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of Arts 2000 or 3000-level units of study; or | ||
| (2) Arts major | ||
| (a) a major from Bachelor of Arts Table A; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Science Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of 2000 or 3000-level units of study | ||
| (4) a maximum of 12 credit points from outside of Bachelor of Arts Table A and Bachelor of Science Table A may be taken from the Table S elective list; and | ||
| (5) no more than 84 credit points of 1000-level units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Part A Analytical Thinking |
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Core |
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| ATHK1001 Analytical Thinking |
6 | N ATHK1901 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. |
| ATHK1901 Analytical Thinking (Advanced) |
6 | A 75 or above in HSC Mathematics Standard or equivalent N ATHK1001 Students who have 75 or above in HSC Mathematics Standard or equivalent |
Elective |
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| MATH1111 Introduction to Calculus |
6 | A Knowledge of algebra and trigonometry equivalent to NSW Year 10 N MATH1011 or MATH1901 or MATH1906 or MATH1001 or HSC Mathematics Extension 1 or HSC Mathematics Extension 2 or ENVX1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1921 or MATH1931 Students who have previously successfully studied calculus at a level at least equivalent to HSC Mathematics are prohibited. |
| PHIL1012 Introductory Logic |
6 | |
| PHIL2615 Logic and Proof |
6 | P PHIL1012 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215 |
| PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
| SCIE1001 Sydney Science 2050: Towards the Future |
6 | |
| Any unit of study in Mathematics or Statistics from Bachelor of Science Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. | ||
Part B Communication |
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Core |
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| WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays |
6 | |
Elective |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | |
| WORK1004 Foundations of Management |
6 | N WORK2201 |
| WRIT1000 Introduction to Academic Writing |
6 | |
| WRIT2002 Arguments That Change the World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Writing Studies |
| 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. | ||
Part 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. |
| HPSC1900 Bioethics (Advanced) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC1000 |
| HPSC2011 Science, Ethics and Society |
6 | A Students should be familiar with introductory material in Philosophy of Science, Ethics or Sociology N HPSC3107 |
| PHIL1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty |
6 | N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008 |
| PHIL2617 Practical Ethics |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617 |
| PHIL2623 Moral Psychology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513 |
Part D Culture, Society and Global Citizenship |
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| AMST1001 Global America |
6 | |
| ANTH1001 Introduction to Anthropology |
6 | N ANTH1003 |
| ANTH1002 Anthropology in the World |
6 | N ANTH1004 |
| ANTH2625 Culture and Development |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology |
| ARHT1002 Shock of the Now: Global Art Since 1900 |
6 | |
| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
| 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 |
| GEOS1002 Introductory Geography |
6 | N GEOS1902 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 |
| GEOS1902 Introductory Geography (Advanced) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1002 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 |
| INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures |
6 | Please refer to the unit of study outline for individual sessions https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Part E Scientific Enquiry |
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| ANTH2627 Medical Anthropology |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies N ANTH2027 |
| DATA1001 Foundations of Data Science |
6 | N DATA1901 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 |
| DATA1901 Foundations of Data Science (Adv) |
6 | A An ATAR of 95 or more N MATH1005 or MATH1905 or ECMT1010 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020 or DATA1001 or MATH1115 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 |
| DATA2002 Data Analytics: Learning from Data |
6 | A Successful completion of a first-year or second-year unit in statistics or data science including a substantial coding component. The content from STAT2X11 will help but is not considered essential. Students who are not comfortable using the R software for statistical analysis should familiarise themselves before attempting the unit, e.g. taking OLET1632: Shark Bites and Other Data Stories P DATA1X01 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or [(MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972) and (STAT2011 or STAT2911)] or [MATH1X05 and (MATH1001 or MATH1002 or MATH1003 or MATH1004 or MATH1021 or MATH1023 or MATH1115 or MATH19XX)] N STAT2012 or STAT2912 or DATA2902 |
| DATA2902 Data Analytics: Learning from Data (Adv) |
6 | A Successful completion of a first-year or second-year unit in statistics or data science including a substantial coding component. The content from STAT2X11 will help but is not considered essential. Students who are not comfortable using the R software for statistical analysis should familiarise themselves before attempting the unit, e.g. taking OLET1632: Shark Bites and Other Data Stories P A mark of 65 or above in (DATA1X01 or ENVX1002 or BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or [(MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972) and (STAT2011 or STAT2911)] or [MATH1X05 and (MATH1001 or MATH1002 or MATH1003 or MATH1004 or MATH1021 or MATH1023 or MATH1115 or MATH19XX)]) N STAT2012 or STAT2912 or DATA2002 |
| ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Methods |
6 | N ENVX1001 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 or ECMT1010 Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, and Food and Agribusiness, and Taronga Wildlife Conservation streams |
| HPSC1001 What is This Thing Called Science? |
6 | N HPSC2101 or HPSC2901 or HPSC1901 |
| HPSC1901 What is This Thing Called Science? (Adv) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC2101 or HPSC2901 or HPSC1001 |
| HPSC2100 The Birth of Modern Science |
6 | P 12 cp from (1000-level units or 2000-level units) N HPSC2900 |
| HPSC2900 The Birth of Modern Science (Advanced) |
6 | P An average mark of 75 or above in (12 credit points of 1000 or 2000 level units of study) N HPSC2100 |
Part F Digital Literacy |
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| ARIN2610 Internet Transformations |
6 | P (6 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN) or (12 credit points at 1000 level in MECO or SIEN or DECO) or (12 credit points in WRIT1001 and (ATHK1001 or ATHK1901)) N ARIN2100 |
| ARIN2620 Everyday Digital Media |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN or MECO or SIEN or DECO or DESN or 12 credit points in WRIT1001 and (ATHK1001 or ATHK1901) N ARIN2200 |
| DATA1002 Informatics: Data and Computation |
6 | N INFO1903 OR DATA1902 |
| DATA1902 Informatics: Data and Computation (Advanced) |
6 | A This unit is intended for students with ATAR at least sufficient for entry to the BSc/BAdvStudies(Advanced) stream, or for those who gained Distinction results or better, in some unit in Data Science, Mathematics, or Computer Science. Students with portfolio of high-quality relevant prior work can also be admitted N INFO1903 OR DATA1002 |
| INFS1020 Working in Digital Ecosystems |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
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