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Overview

Our world needs graduates who thrive in an era of uncertainty and change. In the Monash Bachelor of Arts you will cultivate your intellect, foster your passions and develop your capacity to ask the questions and find the solutions required to transform our world.

The Monash Bachelor of Arts is designed to give you maximum flexibility and choice. You can choose from over forty areas study to build a genuinely transformative experience. The course is built around deeply enriching experiences, including local and international internships, professional engagements and entrepreneurial opportunities, and the choice of over fifty global immersion programs. You will build a unique graduate profile, preparing you to live and work in complex and culturally diverse environments. You may like to continue on in your learning journey and complete honours or postgraduate study.

The Bachelor of Arts has four Professional Futures domains which build skills and abilities that employers value and seek. You will not be required to do any single specific unit across these domains. Instead, you can build your own suite of experiences and attributes to create a graduate profile that is unique to you:

Global Immersion

Broaden your knowledge and life experience by participating in the Global Immersion Guarantee or one of our other short study trips or a semester-long programs. Our high quality international mobility experiences help our graduates to engage in the world and prepare them for the global workplace.

Intercultural Expertise

Build skills to thrive in globalised work places and communities. The reality for all our graduates is that they are competing in a global employment market and whether they find themselves in local, national or international organisations these will all be multi-cultural environments. The capacity to successfully navigate the complexities of culturally different environments is a signature capability of an Arts graduate. These units are designed to specifically address the development of our students’ capabilities.

Professional Experience

Through industry internships and placements, create networks and skills for your career development. Professional experiences allow you to start activating your knowledge in real world scenarios. It aids you to see your learning in an employment context.

Innovation Capability

Cultivate an innovation mindset as you develop your creative and enterprising abilities. These units offer you the opportunity to understand and build innovation capabilities and enterprising skills. You are challenged to seek/build the solutions required to transform our world by leveraging your own experiences and activities outside the classroom.

Course structure

Rules

In choosing units you must ensure you complete no more than 60 credit points at level 1, and at least 36 credit points at level 3 of which at least 24 credit points must be Arts units. It is recommended that you keep your options open in your first year by taking a sequence of units in at least two different areas of study that offer majors within arts. You may use your Arts electives in Part B. and C. to complete a double major, but please note that no more than two units can normally be credited towards two majors.

Double degree students

If you are completing a double degree you must complete no more than 36 credit points at level 1 Arts units and at least 36 credit points at level 3 of which at least 24 credit points must be arts units.

Part A. Arts listed majors and extended major48 credit points

You must complete one of the following majors with no more than 12 credit points at level 1 and at least 18 credit points at level 3. It is recommended that you complete level 2 units in more than one area of arts to give options for finalising your choice of major at level 3.

APAC - Psychology extended major

60 credit points

If you are completing the APAC Psychology extended major below you will be required to complete 60 credit points of Psychology units and 36 credit points of Arts units which must include Arts electives (12 credit points) and Professional Futures domain units (24 credit points).

PSYCHOL03Area of studyPsychologyNo reviews yet60 cp

European languages extended major

72 credit points

You have the option of reaching proficient level in two European Languages by completing an extended major. You must begin at entry level 2 intermediate level in at least one of the two languages.

EUROPLAN03Area of studyEuropean languagesNo reviews yet72 cp

Part B. Arts specified study48 credit points

You must complete 24 credit points of Arts elective units and 24 credit points of units from the Professional Futures domains. Note: If you are enrolled in the double degree D3002 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts you must complete only 12 credit points of units from the Professional Futures domains instead of 24 credit points; and the remaining 12 credit points should be selected from the 2nd year Arts' elective units.

Arts elective units

24 credit points

You must complete 24 credit points of Arts elective units which can be combined into a minor of study different to the chosen major from Part A and with no more than 12 credit points at level 1.

Professional Futures

24 credit points

You must complete 24 credit points from the units in the following Professional Futures domains

Global immersion

You may complete the following units or any of the Arts study tours or semester length programs at arts.monash.edu/learning-abroad/home

Intercultural expertise

Professional experience

Innovation capability

Part C. Free elective study48 credit points

You must complete 48 credit points of free electives from across the university, provided you satisfy the unit rules. Elective units may be chosen from units available in the Bachelor of Arts course to complete a second major or minor(s) from the course. At most, two level one units may be counted towards two majors or a major and a minor. You are encouraged to take an internship as an elective unit for an opportunity to apply coursework to real world situations and develop workplace skills. In double degree courses, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards the Arts degree.

The handbook's description of this structure

This is a comprehensive course, structured in three equal parts:

Part A. Arts listed major

This will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your practical and theoretical skills and knowledge in one Faculty of Arts listed major area of study. You will learn to critically analyse, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of the area of study.

Part B. Arts specified study

This will expose you to several arts disciplines contributing breadth to your knowledge of the arts, humanities and social sciences. You will have the flexibility of learning about several areas of study before finalising your choice of major. You will also build skills and abilities that employers value and seek by completing units from the Professional Futures domains.

Part C. Free elective study

This will enable you to further develop your knowledge of your chosen major, or of arts, humanities and social sciences more broadly, through a second major or a minor. Alternatively you can select units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol. You are encouraged to take an internship as an elective unit. Internships are an opportunity to apply coursework to real-world situations and develop workplace skills.

Master's accelerated pathway

High achieving students, who have completed all of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts and are in good standing with the faculty, may be able to progress to a master's course.

By the second year of the course you will have decided on your intended major, and confirmed your destination master’s degree. You will use four of your elective studies (Part C) to complete 24 points of specified units from your destination master's degree.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete units as specified in Parts A, B and C (144 points): a minimum of 96 points of arts listed study over Part A and Part B, and 48 points of free electives in Part C.

In choosing units you must ensure that you complete no more than 10 level one units (60 points), and at least six units (36 points) at level 3 of which at least four (24 points) must be Arts units. Included in your selection of Arts units, you must complete 24 points of units from the Professional Futures domains.

You may use your Arts electives in Part B. and C. to complete a double major, but please note that no more than two units can normally be credited towards two majors.

It is recommended that you keep your options open in your first year by taking a sequence of units in at least two different areas of study that offer majors within arts.

If you are completing a double degree you must complete no more than six level one Arts units (36 points) and at least 36 points at level three of which at least 24 points must be Arts units.

Units are 6 points unless otherwise specified.

Part A. Arts listed major (48 points)

You must complete one arts listed major. A major requires eight units with no more than two units at level one (12 points) and at least three units (18 points) at level three.

It is recommended that you complete level two units in more than one area of arts to give options for finalising your choice of major at level three.

If you are intending to undertake an honours year you should ensure you complete the specific units required as a pre-requisite for honours in the chosen major area of study.

Part B. Arts specified study (48 points)

You must complete 24 points of Arts elective units which can be combined into a minor in an area of study different to the chosen arts major from Part A. and 24 points of units from the Professional Futures domains.

Note: if you are enrolled in the double degree D3002 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts you must complete only 12 points of units from the Professional Futures domains instead of 24 points; and the remaining 12 points should be selected from the 2nd year Arts' elective units.

Professional Futures

Global Immersion

ATS2992 Global immersion guarantee program (12 points)
ATS2170 Social entrepreneurship challenge in the Indo-Pacific
ATS3170 Social entrepreneurship challenge in the Indo-Pacific
Plus any of our study tours or semester length programs

Intercultural Expertise

ATS2000 From Freud to Friends: Ethnic Identity in Popular Culture
ATS2184 Intercultural skills for an internationalised workplace
ATS2199 Intercultural encounters : communication, misunderstandings and conflict resolution
ATS2243 Intercultural competence and media: Cultures, customs and values
ATS2757 Towards decolonisation: The United Nations, rights and Indigenous peoples
ATS3174 Melbourne migrant cultures in contact

Professional Experience

ATS2910 Professional and academic presentation skills
ATS3129 Arts internship (12 points)
ATS3130 Arts international internship (12 points)
ATS3836 Victorian parliamentary internship (12 points)
ATS3919 Journalism professional placement
ATS3935 Professional practice

Innovation Capability

ATS2211 Understanding workplace innovation
ATS3173 Workplace innovation project

Part C. Free elective study (48 points)

Elective units may be chosen from units available in the Bachelor of Arts course to complete a second major or minor(s) from the course. Note that, at most, two level one units may be counted towards two majors or a major and a minor.

You are encouraged to take an internship as an elective unit. Internships are an opportunity to apply coursework to real world situations and develop workplace skills.

Elective units may also be taken from non-arts disciplines to broaden knowledge or to complete a major or minor(s) from another course as long as you have completed the prerequisites and there are no restrictions on enrolment in the units.

Free electives can be identified using the [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search][browse units]] tool and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/][indexes of units]] in the current edition of the Handbook. [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-major.html][Majors]] and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-minor.html][minors]] can also be identified using the Handbook indexes. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties.

If you are in a double degree course, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards the arts degree.

Master's accelerated pathway

High achieving students, who have completed all of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts and are in good standing with the faculty, may be able to progress to a master's course.

By the second year of the course you will have decided on your intended major, and confirmed your destination master’s degree. You will use four of your elective studies (Part C) to complete 24 points of specified units from your destination master's degree.

Areas of study

Majors (26)

Extended majors (2)

Elective studies (32)

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

1
critically analyse and apply the content, methods of investigation and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of at least one area of study
2
develop and communicate creative and innovative solutions in at least one area of study in a range of formats, and for various audiences
3
communicate an argument through the use of critical, evaluative and analytical skills
4
design, conduct, and communicate an independent research project
5
engage in scholarship or professional practice collaboratively and respectfully
6
demonstrate competencies required for responsible global citizenship.

Entry requirements

Guaranteed ATAR and selection rank

70; International: UERT Year 12/Foundation Band 3 (80-82.49); UERT Post-secondary Band 2 (Credit)

Other applicants

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites.

VET Diploma graduates: To be considered, applicants who have completed VCE or its equivalent and who are applying with a Humanities or Social Science based diploma will require an average result of at least 60%. Applicants who have not completed VCE but have completed a Humanities or Social Science based diploma will require an average result of at least 70% Programs that involve competency-based assessment without grades or marks will not meet the admission requirements.
VET Certificate IV graduates: To be considered, applicants who have completed VCE or its equivalent and who are applying with a Humanities or Social Science based Cert IV will require an average result of at least 80%. Programs that involve competency-based assessment without grades or marks will not meet the admission requirements. No credit is granted for these studies
University: To be considered on the basis of tertiary study alone, applicants who have completed VCE or equivalent will be required to complete the equivalent of one year (48 credit points) of a recognised university degree and will require an average result of at least 60% (including failed units). For applicants who have completed less than the equivalent of one year of study, both the senior secondary qualification results and the units completed will be considered.
For applicants who do not have any formal qualifications completion of two single units at an Australian higher education or equivalent overseas educational institution satisfy minimum entry requirements, but four units are recommended to be competitive for selection, especially in Humanities or Social Science areas. Applicants should have at least a 60% average in their studies (including failed units). Studies must have been completed within five years of intended commencement.

English language

Monash Minimum: Level A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test

Pathways

Monash College - Diploma of Arts
Monash Access Program
Monash Transition Program
Arts (Indigenous Entry)
Articulation agreement: Northwest Community College (2+2) Exp: 2-Nov-21
Articulation agreement: Beijing Foreign Studies University (1+3) Exp: 19-May-24
Articulation agreement: Beijing Foreign Studies University (2+2) Exp: 19-May-24
Articulation agreement: Beijing Institute of Technology (2+2) Exp: 19-May-24
Articulation agreement: Henan University (2+2) Exp: 17-Apr-24
Articulation agreement: Beijing Normal University (2+2) Exp: 10-May-23

More information

Progression to further studies

Honours

Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to A3701 Bachelor of Arts (Honours). You must have:

completed 48 credit points of studies within your chosen Honours area of study;
obtained a distinction grade average (75%) or above in 24 credit points of studies in your chosen Honours area of study at level three; and
an overall WAM of 75 in your completed undergraduate degree.

For some disciplines, completion of specific units or their equivalent are required for admission to honours. The details are provided with the requirements for each discipline to which this applies.

Master's pathway

Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to a masters course. You must have completed all the requirements for your undergraduate degree with a 60% average.

Other information

Our world needs graduates who thrive in an era of uncertainty and change. In the Monash Bachelor of Arts you will cultivate your intellect, foster your passions and develop your capacity to ask the questions and find the solutions required to transform our world.

The Monash Bachelor of Arts is designed to give you maximum flexibility and choice. You can choose from over forty areas study to build a genuinely transformative experience. The course is built around deeply enriching experiences, including local and international internships, professional engagements and entrepreneurial opportunities, and the choice of over fifty global immersion programs. You will build a unique graduate profile, preparing you to live and work in complex and culturally diverse environments. You may like to continue on in your learning journey and complete honours or postgraduate study.

The Bachelor of Arts has four Professional Futures domains which build skills and abilities that employers value and seek. You will not be required to do any single specific unit across these domains. Instead, you can build your own suite of experiences and attributes to create a graduate profile that is unique to you:

Global Immersion

Broaden your knowledge and life experience by participating in the Global Immersion Guarantee or one of our other short study trips or a semester-long programs. Our high quality international mobility experiences help our graduates to engage in the world and prepare them for the global workplace.

Intercultural Expertise

Build skills to thrive in globalised work places and communities. The reality for all our graduates is that they are competing in a global employment market and whether they find themselves in local, national or international organisations these will all be multi-cultural environments. The capacity to successfully navigate the complexities of culturally different environments is a signature capability of an Arts graduate. These units are designed to specifically address the development of our students’ capabilities.

Professional Experience

Through industry internships and placements, create networks and skills for your career development. Professional experiences allow you to start activating your knowledge in real world scenarios. It aids you to see your learning in an employment context.

Innovation Capability

Cultivate an innovation mindset as you develop your creative and enterprising abilities. These units offer you the opportunity to understand and build innovation capabilities and enterprising skills. You are challenged to seek/build the solutions required to transform our world by leveraging your own experiences and activities outside the classroom.

Common questions

How long is Bachelor of Arts?

3 years full time, 144 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 6 semesters of full-time study.

What majors can I take in Bachelor of Arts?

28 majors in 2021, including Anthropology; Archaeology and ancient history; Chinese studies; Communications and media studies; Criminology; European languages; Film and screen studies; and Gender Studies.

What ATAR do I need for Bachelor of Arts?

The guaranteed ATAR listed for 2021 entry is 70.

Where can I study Bachelor of Arts?

At Clayton and Caulfield.

How do I plan my Bachelor of Arts units?

Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.

Course details

Qualification: Bachelor Degree
AQF level: Level 7
Credit points: 144
Full time: 3 Years
Part time: 6 Years
Maximum time: 8 years

Faculty: Faculty of Arts
CRICOS code: 075404D
Abbreviation: BA
Award title: Bachelor of Arts
Handbook years: 202020212022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027