Bachelor of Arts

Are you passionate about understanding what connects and disrupts communities, the nation, and the world? Do you appreciate the power of narratives in the past and present that shape the future? Forge global citizenship and a meaningful career path by choosing from a range of major and minor study areas in the arts, humanities and languages. This degree program develops your love of reading, evaluating and writing into career-based skills for critiquing, curating, exhibiting, communicating and shaping knowledge about the place of people in the world. Explore ideas, theories and records of human interaction and more-than-human relationships with nature and artificial intelligence. Gain advanced skills in history, literature, language, politics, society and culture.

Campus
Duration
Fees
ATAR

Callaghan

Full-time - 3 years

Part-time - 8 years

N/A
65

Online

Online/Off-campus - 3 years

N/A
65

Structure

The Bachelor of Arts requires students to successfully complete 240 units, which is comprised of: 30 units of core courses; 10 units from the Career-ready placement course list; one 80 unit Arts major; and 120 units of electives. Refer to the pathway information below*

Subjects

  • English & Writing
  • Screen and Cultural Studies
  • French Studies
  • German
  • Global Indigenous Studies
  • History
  • Human Geography & the Environment
  • Japanese Studies
  • Linguistics
  • International Relations
  • Psychology Studies
  • Sociology & Anthropology
  • Performing Arts

Entry requirements

  • The University of Newcastle accepts a range of qualifications to determine eligibility for admission. These include, but are not limited to, Australian or overseas senior secondary qualifications (such as the HSC), prior tertiary studies, prior TAFE/VET studies, and completed enabling programs.

Study Pathways

Honours is available as an additional year to meritorious students.