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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 thirty areas of 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

To satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts you must complete 144 credit points as specified in the course requirements, including:

- a maximum of 60 credit points at Level 1 and,
- a minimum of 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 (12 credit points) can normally be credited towards two majors. Double majors are only available for students undertaking the single degree.

Part A. Arts listed majors and extended major48 credit points

You must complete one of the following majors including:

- a maximum of 12 credit points at Level 1 and,
- a minimum of 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.

If you are planning to take the Economics major, please note that background knowledge and application of maths is required at the equivalent of VCE Year 12 Higher level. You may have satisfied this by completing relevant prerequisite unit/s, or by studying relevant topics in your final years of secondary school or by successfully completing either ECC1550 Introduction to quantitative skills for social sciences or MTH1010 Functions and their applications, as a first-year elective.

APAC - Psychology extended major

60 credit points

The Psychology extended major (APAC accredited level 1 sequence of units) is only offered in the single degree Bachelor of Arts (A2000) or in the double degree Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts (S2006).

If you are completing the Psychology extended major (APAC accredited level 1 sequence of units) 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).

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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.

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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.

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.

Note: If you are enrolled in the double degree D3002 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts, you must complete 12 credit points of units from the Professional Futures domains and the remaining 12 credit points should be selected from level 1, 2 or 3 Arts' elective units.

For your discipline studies in the double degree secondary education specialisation, you must complete a Victorian Institute of Teaching minor study in one secondary teaching area. The minor study must consist of four units, with no more than two units at first year level. Space for the minor study units will come from elective unit allocations on the course map. Approved disciplines can be found on the secondary specialist areas page.
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Global immersion

You may complete the following units or any of the Arts study tours or semester length programs by submitting an enquiry to Monash Connect. Please note, study tours must be offered by the Faculty of Arts in order to be counted as Professional Futures units.

Please visit https://www.monash.edu/arts/learning-abroad/global-study-tours for more information.

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. The units may be at any level ensuring that the course rules are satisfied for the Bachelor of Arts. At most, two Level 1 units may be counted towards two majors or a major and a minor.

In double degree courses, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards the Arts degree.

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.

You can enrich your degree by using some of your free electives to take a study tour, field trip or exchange opportunity. You can also use this space to hone your academic and professional skills with an internship or a range of practical units. See Arts enrichment https://www.monash.edu/students/handbooks/faculty-info/undergrad/arts/enrichment-units and Monash Intercultural Lab https://www.monash.edu/students/handbooks/faculty-info/undergrad/arts/monash-intercultural-lab-units lists of units to discover the breadth of options available.

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.

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. You can also use your free electives for study tours, field trips, internships, exchange opportunities or explore the Arts enrichment and Monash Intercultural Lab for other available options.

Master's accelerated pathway

If you satisfy the below requirements, you may be invited to join the master's accelerated pathway program:

have achieved a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65%; and
have completed a minimum of 96 credit points in your bachelor degree, including 24 credit points towards your Arts major.

Please note that you should also have a minimum of 24 credit points of free electives available.

On joining the accelerated pathway your 24 credit points of free elective units will be replaced with specified units from your destination master's degree. As long as you attain a minimum WAM of 60% at the end of your bachelor studies, you will be eligible to continue your chosen master's studies the following year.

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.

To satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts you must complete 144 credit points as specified in the course requirements, including:

a maximum of 60 credit points at level 1 and,
a minimum of 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.

If you are planning to take the Economics major, please note that background knowledge and application of maths is required at the equivalent of VCE Year 12 Higher level. You may have satisfied this by completing relevant prerequisite unit/s, or by studying relevant topics in your final years of secondary school or by successfully completing either ECC1550 Introduction to quantitative skills for social sciences or MTH1010 Functions and their applications, as a first-year elective.

Units are 6 points unless otherwise specified.

Part A. Arts listed major (48 points)

You must complete one Arts listed major including:

a maximum of 12 points at level 1 and,
a minimum of 18 credit points at level three.

It is recommended that you complete level two units in more than one area of Arts to give you 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.

The Psychology extended major (APAC accredited level 1 sequence of units) is only offered in the single degree Bachelor of Arts (A2000) or in the double degree Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts (S2006).

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 12 credit points of units from the Professional Futures domains and the remaining 12 credit points should be selected from level 1, 2 or 3 Arts' elective units.

For your discipline studies in the double degree secondary education specialisation, you must complete a Victorian Institute of Teaching minor study in one secondary teaching area. The minor study must consist of four units, with no more than two units at first year level. Space for the minor study units will come from elective unit allocations on the course map. Approved disciplines can be found on the secondary specialist areas page.

Professional Futures

Global Immersion

MON2100 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 The inhuman body in the human world: Corporations and contemporary culture
ATS2243 Intercultural competence and media: Cultures, customs and values
ATS2354 Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state
ATS2378 Global inequality and alternatives to development
ATS2757 Towards decolonisation: The United Nations, rights and Indigenous peoples
ATS2792 Understanding Australia: From the deep past to the present
ATS3064 Intercultural skills for global leaders
ATS3174 Melbourne migrant cultures in contact
ATS3329 Language, culture and power

Professional Experience

ATS1298 Professional writing
ATS2490 Writing and editing for the workplace
ATS2743 Build your career: Planning and strategies for employability
ATS2910 Professional and academic presentation skills
ATS3129 Arts internship (12 points)
ATS3130 Arts international internship (12 points)
ATS3264 Practising applied qualitative research
ATS3836 Victorian parliamentary internship (12 points)
ATS3919 Journalism professional placement
ATS3935 Professional practice
ATS3950 Activism for academic freedom: Applied workshop in research advocacy
MON2000 Volunteering in practice

Innovation Capability

ATS2211 Understanding workplace innovation
ATS2266 Living a meaningful life: The history, philosophy and practice of a contemplative life
ATS2290 Interdisciplinary research collaboration
ATS2292 The ethics of artificial intelligence
ATS2946 Critical thinking: How to analyse arguments and improve your reasoning skills
ATS3173 Workplace innovation project
ATS3222 Developing research literacy
ATS3248 Field methods in anthropology and international development
MON2500 Research, Experimentation and Discovery
MON2750 Monash Innovation Guarantee
MON3500 Research, Experimentation and Discovery
MON3750 Monash Innovation Guarantee

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. The units may be at any level ensuring that the course rules are satisfied for the Bachelor of Arts. 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.

You can enrich your degree by using some of your free electives to take a study tour, field trip or exchange opportunity. You can also use this space to hone your academic and professional skills with an internship or a range of practical units. See Arts enrichment and Monash Intercultural Lab list of units to discover the breadth of options available.

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.

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.

Areas of study

Majors (28)

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 2 (75-77.49); 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 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: Beijing Foreign Studies University (1+3) Exp: 19-May-24 *Renewal in progress
Articulation agreement: Beijing Foreign Studies University (2+2) Exp: 19-May-24 *Renewal in progress
Articulation agreement: Beijing Institute of Technology (2+2) Exp: 19-May-24 *Renewal in progress
Articulation agreement: Henan University (2+2) Exp: 17-Apr-24 *Renewal in progress
Articulation agreement: Beijing Normal University (2+2) Exp: 10-May-23 *Renewal in progress

More information

Progression to further studies

Honours

Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (A3701). 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 3; 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

Successful completion of this course may also provide a pathway to a master's course within the Faculty of Arts. You must have completed all the requirements for your undergraduate degree with a 60% average.

Notes for students

You can enrich your degree by honing your academic and professional skills through a range of flagship rich educational experiences (FREE), including the Monash Innovation Guarantee, Global Immersion Guarantee, Research, Experimentation and Discovery and/or Volunteering. These FREE units may be credited in place of your free electives if approved by the faculty. There are both 6 and 12 credit point unit options available.

If you are enrolled in a double degree it may be possible to utilise credit from one or both of your degrees to do a 6 and/or 12 credit point flagship rich educational experience. For information on eligible double degree combinations please see FREE.

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 thirty areas of 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.

Contacts

Academic Coordinator: Dr Andrew Connor

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?

30 majors in 2025, including Anthropology; Archaeology and ancient history; Behavioural Studies; Chinese studies; Communications and media studies; Criminology; Economics; and European languages.

What ATAR do I need for Bachelor of Arts?

The guaranteed ATAR listed for 2025 entry is 70.

Where can I study Bachelor of Arts?

At Caulfield and Clayton.

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: 2020 2021 2022 2023 202420252026 2027