Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Errata
item | Errata | Date |
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1 | The following units require Departmental Permission: HPSC1900 Bioethics (Advanced) GEOS1901 Earth, Environment and Society Advanced GEOS1902 Introductory Geography (Advanced) |
09/02/2017 |
Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table
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 | Semester 2 Winter Main |
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PHIL2615 Logic and Proof |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Philosophy, including PHIL1012 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215 |
Semester 2 |
PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
STAT2012 Statistical Tests |
6 | P MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 N STAT2912, STAT2004 |
Semester 2 |
Any unit of study in Mathematics 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 | Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Elective units of study |
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ENGL1008 Australian Texts: International Contexts This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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WRIT1000 Writing: Style and Method |
6 | Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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WRIT2002 Argumentation: Theory and Practice |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 |
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. |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
HPSC1900 Bioethics (Advanced) |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC1000 |
Semester 1 |
HPSC3107 Science, Ethics and Society |
6 | P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900) and (HPSC2101 or HPSC2901) N HPSC3022 or HPSC3024 |
Semester 1 |
INFO2315 Introduction to IT Security |
6 | A In order to enter this unit, students should have at least one semester of tertiary study of IT. In particular, we assume familiarity with the value of information, and with the varied uses of IT in business and personal activities. We also assume an introductory level of skill in using a computer (for example, creating and moving files and folders, downloading and installing files, etc). The assumed background would be achieved by completing INFO1003 Foundations of IT. We also assume previous instruction in verbal presentations and teamwork. |
Semester 2 |
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 Summer Late |
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 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
ANTH1002 Anthropology and the Global |
6 | N ANTH1004 |
Semester 2 |
ANTH2625 Culture and Development This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Anthropology |
Semester 2 |
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 |
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 |
Semester 2 |
GOVT1202 World Politics |
6 |
In Summer School this unit is available to current HSC students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
HSTY1044 Twentieth-Century Europe |
6 | N HSTY1043 |
Semester 2 |
KOCR2600 Indigenous Australia: An Introduction This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N KOCR2100 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
E. Scientific Enquiry |
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ANTH2627 Medical Anthropology |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Anthropology) or (12 Junior credit points from Gender and 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 |
HPSC2100 The Birth of Modern Science |
6 | P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2900 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
PHYS1500 Astronomy |
6 |
No assumed knowledge of Physics. |
Semester 2 |
F. Technological Literacy |
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INFO1003 Foundations of Information Technology |
6 | N INFS1000, INFO1000, ISYS1003, INFO1903 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
INFO1903 Informatics (Advanced) |
6 | P ATAR sufficient to enter BCST(Adv), BIT or BSc(Adv), or portfolio of work suitable for entry Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
ARIN2610 Web Transformations |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from (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) N ARIN2100 |
Semester 2 |
ARIN2620 Cyberworlds |
6 | P 18 junior credit points from (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) N ARIN2200 |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
ARIN2630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 18 junior credit points from (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) N ARIN2300 |
Semester 2 |