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Award granted Bachelor of Arts
CampusOffered at Melbourne Burwood Campus, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Warrnambool Campus, Off campus
Duration3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code012762C
Deakin course codeA300

Course sub-headings

Course overview

As a Deakin Arts graduate you will develop some of the most important skills a student can gain at university. You will become expert at managing knowledge and communicating information and develop skills of critical analysis and systematic thinking.

The Bachelor of Arts provides the opportunity to develop an imaginative understanding and appreciation of the theory and practice of the social sciences, humanities and arts. It will also give you: an enhanced cultural sensitivity; skills and knowledge relevant to employment in the modern workforce; and an understanding of information technology tools and systems used in learning and employment.

 

The degree is structured in a way that offers maximum flexibility. It gives you the opportunities to pursue your own interests and design courses of study that suit your needs. You may study particular areas in-depth or undertake a wide range of units.

 

You are required to complete at least one major sequence chosen from a variety of study areas including performing and creative arts, languages, history, media and communication, and sociology. Up to one-third of the course may be taken outside the Faculty of Arts and Education, providing even greater possibilities for interesting course combinations.

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Structuring the course
In general, students who do not enter with credit for prior learning are advised to complete a variety of level 1 units and proceed to level 2 units after developing a range of study and research skills.

 

In some cases, where students have obtained above-average results in their level 1 units and are keen to pursue a particular major sequence, it may be possible to enrol in the next level of a particular major sequence prior to completion of 8 credit points at level 1.

 

Transition to University study
The faculty offers two units ASC160 Introduction to University Study and ALW117 Writing for Professional Practice, that are specifically designed to ease the transition into university study. New students are encouraged to enrol in one or both of these units in their first year.

 

Prerequisites
Since several disciplinary studies are cumulative, in that knowledge, technical competencies, and, study and research skills develop across units, there are prerequisites that direct students to take some units before others. Students must seek advice from a course adviser before enrolling in units for which they do not have prerequisite or recommended units.

 

Multi-level offerings
A number of units within the course are offered at more than one level, with appropriate adjustments to assessment requirements. Students who pass a unit at a particular level cannot enrol in the same unit at another level. For example, ASS205/ASS305 Anthropology of Poverty and Development is offered at levels 2 and 3. If students pass this unit at level 2, then they cannot enrol in it again at level 3.

 

Assessment
Assessment within the award of Bachelor of Arts varies from written assignments and examination to practical and technical exercises and performance. In some units assessment may also include class participation, online exercises, workshop exercises, and tests.

 

Cross-institutional arrangements
Continuing Deakin students may apply to study units offered by another Australian tertiary institution and have them credited to their Deakin University degree. Further information is available from Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries.

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Fees and charges

Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.

 

Please be aware:

  • Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
  • Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
  • Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services

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Course rules

To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts a student must complete 24 credit points of study including:

  • an approved Arts major sequence of at least 8 credit points from the campus at which you are enrolled
  • no more than 8 credit points taken outside the course-grouped units for the BA (in effect this means that up to 8 credit points may be taken outside the recognised Faculty of Arts and Education major sequences)
  • no more than 10 credit points at level 1
  • at least 14 credit points at level 2 or above
  • 4 credit points at level 3

Note: EAD103 Independent Study and EAD105 Applied Community Project are offered as electives for students enrolled at the Warrnambool Campus only.

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Major sequences

All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts course are required to complete at least one Arts major sequence offered on the campus at which they are enrolled.

The campus or mode where the major sequence is offered is indicated in parenthesis as follows:
B = Melbourne Burwood Campus
G = Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
W = Warrnambool Campus
X = Off campus

Animation (B)

Anthropology (G, X)
Arabic (B)
Australian Studies (B, G, W, X)
Chinese (B)
Criminology (G, X)
Dance (B)
Drama (B)

Film and Video (B)*
Film Studies (B)
Gender Studies (B, G#, X)*
History (B, G, X)
Indonesian (B, G, X)
International Relations (B, G, X)

Journalism (B, G, W, X)
Language and Culture Studies (B, G**, X**)
Literary Studies (B, G, W, X)
Mathematical Modelling (B, G, X)
Media and Communication (B, G, W, X)

Middle East Studies (B, G, X)
Philosophy (B, G, X)
Photography (B)
Politics and Policy Studies (B, G, W, X)
Psychology (B, G, W, X)
Public Relations (G, W#, X)
Social and Political Thought (B, G, X)
Sociology (B, G, W, X)
Visual Arts (B, S, W)
Webmedia (W)*


* Available to continuing students only
** A full major in Arabic or Chinese is not available at nominated campus
# Full major is not available at nominated campus

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Details of major sequences

Animation - unit set code MJ-AU00011

The Animation major sequence offers the opportunity to develop a moving image, graphic and animation practice within the expanding digital domain. Students will explore digital animation production and publication options that include web, CD and DVD publication possibilities, and develop the skills to work with and manage such technologies effectively. Students are encouraged to develop skills in all aspects and types of animation production and learn to write and think analytically about such creative work.

On completion of the Animation major sequence students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to implement and manage all stages of production of a professional digital animation project.
  • an ability to develop a unique production path for a digital project for a variety of publication platforms.
  • an ability to think and write effectively about innovative moving image animation work and digital culture.
  • an ability to use advanced digital image production technologies.
  • an ability to work in collaborative and team settings on graphic moving image tasks.
  • an ability to work efficiently to deadlines in an industrial setting.

Level 1 and level 2

 

Trimester 1 or trimester 2

ACM138 3D Animation 1: Screen Space, Layout, Landscape (B)  

ACN108 History of Interactive Entertainment (ONLINE)  

 

Trimester 1

ACM132 Introduction to Animation (B)  

ACM225 Effects, Graphics and Compositing (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACM133 Animation Basics (B)  

ACM239 Digital Animation (B)  

 

Level 3

 

Select 2 credit points from the following:


Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  *

 

Trimester 1

ACM327 Advanced Animation (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACM308 Delivering Moving Images (B)  

 

* Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Anthropology - unit set code MJ-A000007

Anthropology is the study of the lives of people in a range of societies. This major sequence investigates kinship and family; gender; economic and political anthropology; work and consumption; religion, ritual and witchcraft; person, society and cosmos; death; the impact of and problems caused by expanding European nations on the peoples of Africa and the Pacific; globalisation; processes of change in the Third World; international tourism; festivals; medical anthropology; communal conflict; ethnicity; international migration and doing fieldwork.


On successful completion of the Anthropology major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • a detailed understanding of cultural diversity
  • an appreciation of the full array of globalising forces at work in the contemporary world
  • an ability to reflexively relate the cultural realities of other societies to their own social experience
  • an informed and refined critical consciousness in regard to social life.

Level 1
Trimester 1

ASS101 Anthropology 1A: Culture and Imagination (G, X)  


Trimester 2

ASS102 Anthropology 1B: Culture and Communication (G, X)  

 

Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 2 and at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:


Level 2 and 3
Trimester 1

ASS205/ASS305 Anthropology of Poverty and Development (G, X)  

ASS229/ASS329 Anthropology of Crime and Violence (G, X)  

ASS233/ASS333 Myth and Ritual (G, X)  


Trimester 2

ASS206/ASS306 Medical Anthropology (G, X)  

ASS228/ASS328 Australian People: Anthropological Insights (G, X)  

ASS234/ASS334 10 Billion People: Environmental Anthropology (G, X)  

 

Arabic - unit set code MJ-A000029

The Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa form an area of critical global importance having broad strategic, economic, religious and cultural influence. The Middle East comprises the fourth largest trading block among Australia's overseas trading partners, with the total value of Australia's trade with the Middle East more than doubling in the last decade.
The major sequence provides for the development of communication skills in modern standard Arabic and language fluency is enhanced through contextual knowledge of Middle Eastern history, culture and society. Students taking Arabic are encouraged to take complementary units in the relevant area studies in order to obtain sound background knowledge of the cultural, geopolitical and historical issues relevant to the regions where Arabic is spoken.

The following units complement the Arabic major sequence:

AIE153 Introduction to the Middle East (B, G, X)  

AIE154 The Modern Middle East (B, G, X)  

AIE255 Middle East Politics (B, G, X)  


In-country study

Competitive in-country scholarships are available to assist students in study in the Middle East. For further information please contact the experiential learning officer on telephone 03 5227 2693.

Students undertaking the Arabic major or the Language and Culture Studies major (referred to later) are encouraged to study abroad during the trimester 3. Intensive in-country units provide opportunities for students to increase their level of linguistic proficiency and cultural understanding. De akin has well-established links with a number of institutions in Syria, Jordan, Oman and Tunisia. These relationships form an important feature of the Arabic program.

In-country units are offered at both second and third-level levels, and students who successfully complete these units will receive 2 credit points towards the major sequence.

It is possible, therefore, for students to complete the major sequence in two levels. This is an excellent way of accelerating completion of the major. Not only is the in-country experience a unique part of the language study, the fact that students will have completed the major in tow levels gives them flexibility in the third level to take additional units.

The Arabic major sequence is offered at two levels; beginner's level (little or no prior knowledge of the language) and post-level 12 Arabic.

On successful completion of the Arabic major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to read, comprehend and respond correctly in writing in Arabic
  • an ability to listen, comprehend and communicate orally with correct grammar, pronunciation and intonation in Arabic
  • an ability to understand oral interpreting and written translation tasks, from English into Arabic and vice versa, at an advanced level (post-level 12 level)
  • an ability to use the language to research an understand various cultural practices in the Arab world.

Arabic major sequence for beginners


Level 1


Trimester 1

AIB151 Arabic 1A (B, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIB152 Arabic 1B (B, X)  


Level 2


Trimester 1

AIB251 Arabic 2A (B, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIB252 Arabic 2B (B, X)  

 

Trimester 3

AIB205 Second Year Arabic In-Country   (2 credit points)

AIB306 Third Year Arabic In-Country   (2 credit points)

 

Note:  AIB205 and AIB306 are offered in alternating years 2012, 2014.

 

Level 3


Trimester 1

AIB351 Arabic 3A (B, X)  (2 credit points)

 

Trimester 2

AIB352 Arabic 3B (B, X)  (2 credit points)

 

Students undertaking the beginner's sequence may undertake AIB309 and/or AIB310 in their final level as electives in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

 

The Arabic major sequence for students who have completed Arabic at year 12 or equivalent begins at second level and consists of the following units:

Level 1


Trimester 1

AIB251 Arabic 2A (B, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIB252 Arabic 2B (B, X)  

 

Level 2


Trimester 1

AIB351 Arabic 3A (B, X)  (2 credit points)

 

Trimester 2

AIB352 Arabic 3B (B, X)  (2 credit points)


Trimester 3

AIB205 Second Year Arabic In-Country   (2 credit points)

AIB306 Third Year Arabic In-Country   (2 credit points)

 

Note:  AIB205 and AIB306 are offered in alternating years 2012, 2014.

 

Level 3


Trimester 1

AIB309 Advanced Arabic Language Skills (B, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIB310 Introduction to Translation Skills (B, X)  

Australian Studies - unit set code MJ-A000012

The Australian studies major sequence comprehensively examines major debates in Australian society in its global contexts. At each level, students are encouraged to explore a range of sources from popular culture to politics and policy.

On successful completion of the Australian Studies major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to reconstruct/explain social, political and cultural events;
  • an ability to relate the global/international and the Australian;
  • an ability to recognise the impact of the Australian past on the present;
  • an ability to analyse change today and place contemporary issues and debates in context;
  • an ability to incorporate a reflective perspective; that is, to illustrate the range of opinions between different scholars and disciplines on the subject and how and why interpretations have differed;
  • an ability to evaluate media coverage of current political debates such as those over citizenship/identity and Indigenous issues;
  • an ability to appreciate social, class, ethnic, cultural and gender differences;
  • an ability to study Australian society from and interdisciplinary perspective.

 

Level 1

Core Units

Trimester 1

AIA104 Australian Identities: Indigenous and Multicultural (B, G, W, X)  (Final year of offer 2013)

 

Trimester 2

AIA105 Visions of Australians - Time and Space From 1700 to 2010 (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2 and 3
Select 6 credit points from the following units ensuring at least 2 credit points are undertaken at level 2 and 2 credit points are at level 3.

Trimester 1
AAM219 Contemporary Australian Cinema (B, W)  **

AIH205 Sex and Gender in History (B, G, X)  

AIH337 Race, Science and Religion in Australasia 1860s to 1920s (B, G, X)  



Trimester 2

AIH288 Exploring Australia's Indigenous Pasts (B, G, X)  

AIH238 Australia and the Two World Wars (B, G)  

AIP204 Politics and the Media (B, G, W, X)  

ALL360 Australian Literature (B, W)  

ASC304 Culture and Control: Boundaries and Identities (B, G, X)  

ASS228/ASS328 Australian People: Anthropological Insights (G, X)  

 

** AAM219 Also offered trimester 3
 

Trimester 3

ALL379 Representing Australia (ONLINE)  

 

Chinese - unit set code MJ-A000028

Standard Chinese, commonly known as Mandarin Chinese, is a major language of the world. It is the official language in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Singapore and widely used in community groups in Hong Kong, South-East Asia, North America and Australia. Chinese is also one of the five official languages of the United Nations. China is Australia's biggest trading partner. Students studying Chinese are encouraged to select complementary units in Asian Studies in order to gain a sound background knowledge of the cultural, geopolitical and historical issues relevant to the regions where Chinese is spoken. Chinese is available at beginners, post-level 12 and advanced (background speaker) levels.

On successful completion of the Chinese Language major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to read, comprehend and respond correctly in writing in Chinese
  • an ability to listen, comprehend and communicate orally with correct grammar, pronunciation and intonation in Chinese
  • an ability to correctly interpret and translate from English into Chinese and vice versa
  • an ability to function effectively and in an appropriate manner in the Chinese culture.

Chinese major sequence for beginners

Level 1


Trimester 1

AIC181 Chinese 1A (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC182 Chinese 1B (B)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
AIC281 Chinese 2A (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC282 Chinese 2B (B)  

 

Level 3

Trimester 1

AIC381 Chinese 3A (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC382 Chinese 3B (B)  

 

The Chinese major sequence for students who have completed Chinese at level 12 or equivalent (non-background speakers) begins at second level and consists of the following units:

Level 1

Trimester 1

AIC281 Chinese 2A (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC282 Chinese 2B (B)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
AIC381 Chinese 3A (B)  (2 credit points)


Trimester 2
AIC382 Chinese 3B (B)  (2 credit points)


Post-level 12 students who are not background speakers must complete this major sequence by undertaking 2 credit points from the following units:

Trimester 1
AIC385 Chinese for Business Purposes A (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC386 Chinese for Business Purposes B (B)  
 

 

Trimester 3

AIC287 Intensive Chinese In-Country A   (2 credit points) (may replace 2 level 2 units)

AIC388 Intensive Chinese In-Country B   (2 credit points) (may replace 2 level 2 units)

 

 

Chinese major sequence at advanced level for background speakers only

Level 1

Trimester 1

AIC283 Chinese 2C (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC284 Chinese 2D (B)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
AIC383 Chinese 3C (B)  (2 credit points)


Trimester 2
AIC384 Chinese 3D (B)  (2 credit points)

Level 3

Trimester 1

AIC387 Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes C (B)  


Trimester 2
AIC389 Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes D (B)  


Trimester 3
AIC390 Advanced Intensive Chinese In-Country   (2 credit points)

Criminology - unit set code MJ-A000045

Criminology is an interdisciplinary field that draws upon law, sociology, history, psychology and other disciplines to address the substantive issues of crime, security, policing, and punishment. Criminology is also concerned with the social processes that shape criminalisation, control and security; the institutions of criminal justice; and the various theories used to explain crime, criminalisation and criminal justice practices. In this way criminology combines critical theory with an applied focus on the analysis of the policies, the practices of criminal justice professions, and other participants (for instance victims), and the shifting role of the state in the government of crime. Major issues addressed include the principles and practices of the criminal justice system, historical and contemporary shifts in the nature, organisation and practices of policing at local, state, national and transnational levels, the impact of and responses to terrorism and transnational crime, how deviant identities are formed and regulated, the role of law in the control of behaviour, and different practices for conducting criminological research.

On successful completion of the Criminology major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an understanding of the key theoretical traditions and debates within criminology
  • an ability to analyse key theoretical debates
  • an ability to apply theoretical knowledge to the substantive issues of crime, criminal justice, deviance, security and policing
  • an ability to analyse contemporary issues of terrorism, transnational crime drugs and policing in a theoretical informed manner
  • the capacity to identify the appropriateness, strengths and weaknesses of the different research methods applied to the study of a specific criminological issue
  • an ability to present criminological ideas and analyses before fellow students
  • knowledge of the range of sources of criminological ideas information, including electronic information from government and non-government sources.

Select 8 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at each level from the following:

Level 1

Trimester 1

ASL113 Understanding Crime (G, X)  


Trimester 2

ASL111 Understanding Criminal Justice (G, X)  


Levels 2 and 3

 

Select 6 credit points, including compulsory core units ASL209/309 and ASL214, and at least 2 credit points from each level from the following:


Trimester 1

ASL204/ASL304 Issues and Ethics in the Criminal Justice System (G, X)  

ASL209/ASL309 Criminology (G, X)  

ASL221/ASL321 Crime Prevention and Security (G, X)  


Trimester 2
ASC304 Culture and Control: Boundaries and Identities (B, G, X)  

ASL208/ASL308 Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Security (G, X, ONLINE)  

ASL214 Designing and Conducting Criminological Research (G, X)  

ASL219/ASL319 Drugs, Crime and Society (G, X)  

ASL222/ASL322 International and Comparative Criminal Justice (G, X)  

 

Trimester 3

ASC270/ASC370 Sociology and the Law (X)  

 

 

The following units may be taken in addition to the major sequence:

Trimester 1

MLP233 Criminal Law and Procedure (G, X)  


Trimester 2
MLP103 Police and the Law (G, X)  

Dance - unit set code MJ-A000025

Each unit within the Dance major sequence develops practical skills in contemporary technique and choreography and interrelates this learning with theoretical studies in dance history, analysis and aesthetics. There is an ongoing development of technique, craft, and theory over the three level levels, with class material becoming increasingly specialised and challenging as students progress. Skills in oral and written communication, personal and group management, reflection and decision-making are developed over the three level levels in tandem with the development of physical, compositional and research skills. This learning intensifies at level 3 with production and research project units which not only place students' work in a public and professional context, but also focus on the development of specialised skills in the associated technical, production, marketing and administration areas.

On successful completion of the dance major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to demonstrate high-level contemporary dance technique
  • an ability to demonstrate well-developed independent choreographic practice
  • an ability to think and write analytically about dance and its values
  • an ability to manage artistic and technical aspects of dance promotion
  • an ability to learn and apply safe dance practices for maintenance of physical and personal wellbeing

Note: Enrolment in level 1 dance units is subject to audition (special requirement). For further details please contact Arts Student Support at the Melbourne Burwood Campus, Tel 03 9244 3909/3910 or email artsedstudentsupport@deakin.edu.au

Level 1

Trimester 1

ACD101 Introduction to Contemporary Dance Practice A (B)  


Trimester 2
ACD102 Introduction to Contemporary Dance Practice B (B)  


Levels 2 and 3

Trimester 1
ACD203 Contemporary Dance Practice and History A (B)  

ACD211 Dance and Technology (B)  

ACD307 Specialised Technique and Dance Performance (B)  


Trimester 2
ACD204 Contemporary Dance Practice and History B (B)  

ACD206/ACD306 Dance Production and Analysis (B)  

ACD308 Choreographic Research and Performance (B)  


Note: the following may also be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

Trimester 1

ACD110 Dance Improvisation and Body Awareness (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACD105 Ballet for Contemporary Movers (B)  


Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  *


* Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Drama - unit set code MJ-A000031

This major sequence provides skills in contemporary drama practices and perspectives, together with an understanding of their application in a wide range of artistic and social contexts. It includes acting theory and practice, performance styles and processes, theatre history, text studies, community theatre and technical studies.

On successful completion of the Drama major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to develop individual vocal technique and voice production
  • an ability to understand and respond to the technical, expressive and/or compositional demands of a range of performance styles and genres
  • an ability to successfully achieve performance realisation based on chosen compositional and performance strategies
  • an ability to analyse, compose and collaborate in order to build effective relationships between actor, director, designer and writer in processes of performance realisation.

Level 1

Trimester 1

ACP101 Principles of Live Performance (B)  


Trimester 2
ACP177 Modern and Postmodern Drama (B)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
ACP205 Performance for Alternative Spaces (B)  

ACP279 The Integrated Performer (B)  


Trimester 2
ACP206 Processes of Realisation (B)  

ACP280 Performance, Text, Realisation (B)  


Level 3

Trimester 1
ACP378 Out of the Ether: Devised Performance (B)  


Trimester 2
ACP323 Out of the Box: Theatre Practice in Alternative Contexts (B)  


Note: The following unit may also be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

Trimester 1, trimester 2 or trimester 3
ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  *


* Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Film Studies - unit set code MJ-A000046.2

The Film Studies major sequence aims to develop students' creative and critical thinking while providing a practical and theoretical grounding in the production and application of film, video and television. The sequence puts these media in the historical and social context of the institutions, technologies and artistic and personal forces from which they have emerged.

In level 1, students learn formal and theoretical concepts through analysis of case studies and a series of projects which demand individual input, team collaboration, as well as recording, filming, direction, and post-production techniques. Collaborative skills are extended in level 2 through investigation of team management, narrative, representation, editing, and audiences, as well as the relationship between the actor, director, producer and exhibitor.

Students also undertake case studies in genre and the creative practices and aesthetic approaches of significant practitioners or movements. The final level provides opportunities for students to develop unique and individual creative practices through units including Documentary Production Practice which explores the use of actuality in narrative, as well as the Independent Production Practice, which explores non-representational, contemplative and oppositional structures, together with strategies that rework or synthesise conventional forms.

Level 1

 

Trimester 1

ACM120 Moving Pictures: Screening Film History (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACM112 Writing with the Camera (B)  



Level 2 and 3

Trimester 1 or trimester 2

ACM217 Documentary Production Practice (B)  

ACM237 TV Studio Production (B)  

ACM318 Independent Production Practice (B)  

 

Trimester 1

ACM236 Screen Practitioners (B)  

AAM319 Contemporary Australian Cinema (B)  *

 

Trimester 2

AAM220 Cinemas and Cultures (B, X)  

 

The following unit is also available in addition to the major sequence:

Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  

 

* Students must take AAM319, not AAM219 to complete the Film Studies Major Sequence. Please note AAM319 is also offered on campus at Burwood in trimester 3

Film and Video

Available to continuing students only (unit set code - MJ-A000046.1)

The Film and Video major sequence aims to develop students' creative and critical thinking while providing a practical and theoretical grounding in the production and application of film, video and television. The sequence puts these media in the historical and social context of the institutions, technologies and artistic and personal forces from which they have emerged.

In level 1, students learn formal and theoretical concepts through analysis of case studies and a series of projects which demand individual input, team collaboration, as well as recording, filming, direction, and post-production techniques. Collaborative skills are extended in level 2 through investigation of team management, narrative, representation, editing, and audiences, as well as the relationship between the actor, director, producer and exhibitor.

Students also undertake case studies in genre and the creative practices and aesthetic approaches of significant practitioners or movements. The final level provides opportunities for students to develop unique and individual creative practices through units including Documentary Production Practice which explores the use of actuality in narrative, as well as the Independent Production Practice, which explores non-representational, contemplative and oppositional structures, together with strategies that rework or synthesise conventional forms.

Level 1

Trimester 1

ACM116 Screen Practices (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACM111 Sound, Light, Motion (B)  



Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:

Level 2
Trimester 1

ACM236 Screen Practitioners (B)  

 

ACM220                 Moving Pictures: Screening Film History (Final year of offer 2011)


Trimester 1 or trimester 2

ACM213 Genre Form and Structure (B)  

ACM237 TV Studio Production (B)  


Level 3
Trimester 1 or trimester 2
ACM317 Documentary Production Practice (B)  

ACM318 Independent Production Practice (B)  

 

Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  *


* Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Gender Studies - unit set code MJ-A000047

Continuing students only. 

 

Continuing students wishing to complete this major sequence must contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries at the Melbourne Burwood Campus telephone 03 9244 3909/3843 or Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus on 03 5227 3379/2477

History - unit set code MJ-A000023

In History, students explore the historical precursors of the modern world: the forces and great events of especially the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the ways historians have interpreted them. Among the themes given special attention are war and peace, modernisation and social change, colonialism, nationalism and internationalism, gender in history and the Holocaust. In focusing on such themes, students can choose a sequence from units which cover American, African-American, Asian, Australian and European histories. All units aim to stimulate and challenge students to come to understand past human behaviour and to acquire critical, analytical and research skills. Students should note that not all units are currently available at all campuses.

On successful completion of the History major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to illustrate the range of opinion between historians on the subject and how and why historians' interpretations have differed
  • an ability to distinguish between different types of written material in terms of their function, authorship and intention
  • an ability to place a primary source document in its contemporary framework
  • an ability to initiate and conduct interviews and respect the interviewee as a source
  • an ability to be sensitive to the need for appreciation of cultural and gender differences
  • an ability to reflect on the ways in which we construct the past.


Level 1

Trimester 1

AIH107 World History Between the Wars 1919 - 1939   

or

AIA104 Australian Identities: Indigenous and Multicultural (B, G, W, X)  



Trimester 2
AIH108 The World After the War: 1945 - 1991 (B, G, X)  

or

AIA105 Visions of Australians - Time and Space From 1700 to 2010 (B, G, W, X)  


Levels 2 and 3

Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 2 and at least 2 credit points at level3 from the following

Trimester 1

AIH205 Sex and Gender in History (B, G, X)  

AIH264 The Holocaust (B, G, X)  

AIH265 Great Debates: Unfinished Business of the Past (ONLINE)  *

AIH337 Race, Science and Religion in Australasia 1860s to 1920s (B, G, X)  

AIH366 Modern Southeast Asia (B, X)  Not offered 2012


Trimester 2

AIH238 Australia and the Two World Wars (B, G)  

AIH263 "History Written with Lightning:" Film and the Past (B, G, X)  

AIH288 Exploring Australia's Indigenous Pasts (B, G, X)  

AIH289 Unit description is currently unavailable   Not offered 2012

AIH389 Revolutionary France 1789-1799 (B, G, X)  

AIH399 Making History (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 1 or trimester 2

AIH320 History Internship (B, G, X)  (2 credit points) ***


* This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only - there will be no face to face teaching.

*** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Indonesian - unit set code MJ-A000030

Indonesia is Australia's nearest Asian neighbour and the fourth most populous country in the world. There are more than 220 million people who speak Bahasa, Indonesia, the national language.


Indonesia is increasingly important to Australia economically, politically and culturally: knowledge of Indonesian language and culture is a desirable asset in many fields. Student who have completed university study of Indonesian typically find employment in business, government service, and a wide range of service industries including travel, tourism and communication.


Additionally, Bahasa Indonesia is offered by many Australian schools and an ability to teach the language is a sought-after qualification for primary and secondary teachers. The Indonesian language program gives students a high level of mastery of spoken and written Bahasa Indonesian and also provides a thorough understanding of Indonesian culture and way of life.

In-country study

The Faculty offers the opportunity for students to undertake in-country studies of Indonesian at third year levels. Students who successfully complete these units will receive credit towards the major sequence. It is possible, therefore, for students to complete the major in two levels. This is an excellent way of accelerating completion of the major. Not only is the in-country experience a unique part of the language study, the fact that students can complete the major before their third level also gives some flexibility in the third level to take additional units.

On successful completion of the Indonesian language major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to read, comprehend and respond correctly in writing in Indonesian
  • an ability to listen, comprehend and communicate orally with correct grammar, punctuation and intonation in Indonesian
  • an ability to read and interpret written Indonesian
  • an ability to read, comprehend, apply and synthesise original Indonesian sources
  • an ability to compare and contrast Indonesian and Australian society

To obtain a major sequence in Indonesian, students must complete 8 credit points. There are two possible pathways to do this, beginner's and post-level 12.

Indonesian major sequence for those entering at beginner's level

Level 1

Trimester 1

AIF141 Conversational Indonesian A (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2
AIF142 Conversational Indonesian B (B, G, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
AIF241 Formal and Informal Indonesian A (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2
AIF242 Formal and Informal Indonesian B (B, G, X)  


Level 3

Trimester 1
AIF341 Professional and Academic Indonesian A (B, G, X)  (2 credit points)


Trimester 2
AIF342 Professional and Academic Indonesian B (B, G, X)  (2 credit points)

 

Note: AIF341 and AIF342 can be replaced by the trimester 3 unit AIF351 Third level Indonesian/Malay In-Country (4 credit points)

 
Indonesian major sequence for those entering at post-level 12 level


Level 1

Trimester 1

AIF241 Formal and Informal Indonesian A (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2
AIF242 Formal and Informal Indonesian B (B, G, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
AIF341 Professional and Academic Indonesian A (B, G, X)  (2 credit points)


Trimester 2
AIF342 Professional and Academic Indonesian B (B, G, X)  (2 credit points)


Note: AIF341 and AIF342 can be replaced by the trimester 3 unit AIF351 Third level Indonesian/Malay In-Country (4 credit points)

 

Level 3

Trimester 1

AIF345 Indonesian Business Purposes A (B, G, X)  

OR

AIF355 Media and Society in Indonesia   ***


Trimester 2

AIF354 History and Development of the Indonesian Language (B, G, X)  *

OR

AIF316 Reading and Writing Jawi   **

OR

AIF311 Popular Cultures in Indonesia   ***

OR

AIF312 Popular Cultures in Indonesia   ***

 

Note: Any two Year 3 units can be replaced by the trimester 3 in country unit AIF315 Indonesian/Malay Language and Contemporary Society (2 credit points)


* Offered in alternate years: offered 2012, 2014.

** Offered in alternate years: offered 2013, 2015.

*** AIF355, AIF311 and AIF312 are not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

Journalism - unit set code MJ-A000014

This major sequence provides students with the skills and knowledge to become qualified journalists in the broadcast and print media. Initially, studies focus on the mass media and the extent to which journalists live up to the ethical standards set both by their profession and the expectations of the public. Comparative studies focus on the role of journalists and the news media in different political systems and cultures. Students will gain an understanding of the theoretical and practical elements of radio and television journalism, and the role radio plays as a communication medium. The laws of defamation and other legal constraints to which the profession of journalism is subject are examined in the final level. Students will also develop research techniques, practical skills and an understanding of the methods and techniques required for specialist writing. The writing component within the course is intensive, to bring students' work to a standard that can be published in a daily newspaper or mainstream magazine.

On successful completion of the Journalism major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to write in academic style with adequate referencing;
  • an ability to identify, research, write and construct stories suitable for print, broadcast and online media
  • an ability to interview for print, broadcast and online media and select material for inclusion in stories
  • an ability to analyse the social role of journalism both nationally and internationally and identify the theoretical issues raised by news, current affairs and feature publications and programs
  • an ability to appreciate the role of the production process in any media product
  • an ability to work in teams and to develop presentation skills in a group setting.

Students must complete 8 credit points from the list below:

 

To complete the Journalism major sequence, students enrolled on campus at Warrnambool must select one off campus unit from ALJ301, ALJ318 or ALJ319


Level 1

Trimester 1

ALJ111 Contemporary Journalism (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALJ112 Comparative Journalism Studies (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
ALJ216 Research for Writers (B, G, W, X)  

 

Trimester 1 and Trimester 3

ALR207 Media Relations (B, G, W, X)  *


Trimester 2
ALJ217 Editing and Design (B, G, W, X)  


Level 3

Trimester 1
ALJ313 Media Law and Ethics (B, G, X)  

ALJ318 Broadcast Journalism (Radio) (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2
ALJ301 Multi-Media Journalism (B, G, X)  

ALJ319 Broadcast Journalism (Television) (B, G, X)  


Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or Trimester 3
ALJ321 Journalism Internship (B, G, W, X)  **

ALJ322 Journalism Internship B (B, G, W, X)  **^


*ALR207 is only counted towards the Journalism major sequence for students enrolled on campus at Warrnambool.  

** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

^ALJ322 - this unit may only be taken by students who complete ALJ321 and is not counted towards the Journalism major.

Language and Culture Studies - unit set code MJ-A000052

Students must complete a 4 credit point sub-major in one of the languages: Arabic, Chinese, or Indonesian. In addition, students must select 4 credit points of contextual studies units, which must include at least 2 credit points at level 3, from the elective list below.

Arabic sub-major

Students must complete 4 credit points of Arabic units (AIB)


Chinese sub-major

Levels 1 and 2

Students must complete 4 credit points of Chinese units (AIC)

Indonesian sub-major

Students must complete 4 credit point of Indonesian units (AIF)

Elective units

Trimester 1

AIE153 Introduction to the Middle East (B, G, X)  

AIE334 China: From Empire to Republic (B)  

AIE255 Middle East Politics (B, G, X)  

AIH366 Modern Southeast Asia (B, X)  Not offered 2012

ASP102/ASP202 World Religions (B, G, X)  *


Trimester 2
AIE154 The Modern Middle East (B, G, X)  

AIE335 Modern China: Liberation, Cultural Revolution and Reform (B)  

AIP206 Democratisation: Comparative Studies (B, G, X)  

AIR243 International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (B, G, X)  

ASC233/ASC333 Migration and Multiculturalism   **

 

* Also offered Trimester 3 in off-campus mode only.

** Not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

Literary Studies - unit set code MJ-A000013

The Literary Studies major sequence is interdisciplinary and theoretical in orientation. The units focus attention on literary texts in the contexts of their production and reception. Insights from anthropology, philosophy, psychology, history and linguistics form part of this process. There are opportunities for creative writing alongside critical analysis. Texts studied range from classical Greek drama and Shakespearian plays to recent world fiction and poetry.

On successful completion of the Literary Studies major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an informed ability to read texts of a wide variety
  • an ability to write creatively as an extension of literary studies texts
  • an ability to conduct a comparative analysis of text/culture relationships
  • an ability to explain the intercultural and cross-cultural forces in human society and history in so far as they are reflected in literature
  • an ability to understand and apply methodologies of contemporary literary criticism and theory
  • an ability to critically appreciate the nature of disciplinary knowledge in Literary Studies
  • an ability to reflect upon different theoretical positions in relation to literary and non-literary texts.

Literary Studies major sequence - Burwood, Geelong and off campus

 

Level 1

Trimester 1

ALL101 Narrative and Identity (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL102 Narrative and Genre (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
ALL201 Literature and Modernity A: From Romanticism to Realism (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL202 Literature and Modernity B: Literary Modernisms (B, G, X)  



Select 4 credit points from the following:

Level 3

Trimester 1
ALL372 The Literatures of Hell and Heaven   *

ALL373 Greek Tragedy: Death, Sex and Vengeance (B, G, X)  

ALL374 Supernatural Literature (G, X)  

ALL378 War Terror Trauma: Narrative and the Art of Extremities (B)  


Trimester 2
ALL328 Literature and Philosophical Contexts (B)  

ALL360 Australian Literature (B, W)  

ALL375 Shakespeare: Six Plays, Six Worlds (B, G, X)  

ALL376 Classics and Trash (G, X)  (This unit was titled Surviving Myth in 2011)

 

Trimester 3

ALL379 Representing Australia (ONLINE)  **


Levels 1, 2 and 3

Note: The following units in Children's Literature may be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

Trimester 1
ALL153 Reading Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  

ALL226/ALL326 The Body in Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL154 Power Politics in Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  

ALL230/ALL330 Race, Place and Children's Text (B, G, X)  

 

Literary Studies major sequence - Warrnambool

 

Level 1

Trimester 1

ALL153 Reading Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL102 Narrative and Genre (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
ALL201 Literature and Modernity A: From Romanticism to Realism (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL154/ALL254 Power Politics in Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  


Level 3

Trimester 1
ALL326 The Body in Children's Texts (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL360 Australian Literature (B, W)  

 
Select 2 credit points from the following off campus and/or wholly online units:

 

Trimester 1

ALL373 Greek Tragedy: Death, Sex and Vengeance (B, G, X)  

ALL374 Supernatural Literature (G, X)  


Trimester 2
ALL330 Race, Place and Children's Text (B, G, X)  

ALL375 Shakespeare: Six Plays, Six Worlds (B, G, X)  

ALL376 Classics and Trash (G, X)  (This unit was titled Surviving Myth in 2011)

 

Trimester 3

ALL379 Representing Australia (ONLINE)  *

 

* Not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

** This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only - there will be no face to face teaching.

Mathematical Modelling - unit set code MJ-S000007

Students enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts degree may undertake an 8-credit-point major sequence in mathematical modelling offered by the Faculty of Science and Technology.
For details of the Mathematical Modelling major sequence refer to the Bachelor of Science.

Media and Communication - unit set code MJ-AU00008

Media and communication is the world's fastest growing industry and is an area of rapid and continuous technological, political, economic, and social change. Much of the recent explosion in the stock of human knowledge is linked with developments in media and communication. Students will address issues and events in the industry at national and international level.

Core units

Level 1

Trimester 1

ALC101 Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of Text, Image and Meaning (B, G, W, X)  ****


Trimester 2
ALC102 Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of New Media (B, G, W, X)  


Select 6 credit points with at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:

Levels 2 and 3

Trimester 1
AAM219 Contemporary Australian Cinema (B, W)  ***

ACT203/ACT303 Art and the Politics of Censorship (B)  

ALC208 Researching Media: Texts, Audiences and Industries (B, G, W, X)  

ALC209 Representing Men and Masculinities (B, X)  

ALR276 Ethical Communication and Citizenship (G, X)  

ASC246/ASC346 Sociology of the Media and Popular Culture (B, G, X)  


Trimester 2

AAM220 Cinemas and Cultures (B, X)  

ALC215 Globalisation and the Media (B, G, W, X)  

ALC314 Advertising: Designing Desires (ONLINE)  *

ALC320 Approaches to Media: Audiences and Effects (ONLINE)  *

 

Note: The following unit may be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALC313 Media and Communication Internship (B, G, W, X)  **


* This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only. There will be no face to face teaching.
** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

*** Also offered trimester 3

**** Not offered at the Geelong Waterfront Campus in 2012, re-offered 2013.

Middle East Studies - unit set code MJ-A000053

A major in Middle East Studies will give students a comprehensive understanding of the events and issues shaping the region. There will be emphasis on both historical and contemporary issues relevant to the analysis of the Middle East as a regional system, as well as its place in the international system. A particular stress will be placed on the changing role of the United States in the Middle East since the end of the Cold War and its push to reshape the region's political landscape according to American national interests. Several of the endemic conflict situations that exist in the Middle East will be examined throughout the sequence, including the War on Terror; the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israel-Palestine impasse; the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis; Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the role of 'rogue states'.

On successful completion of the Middle East Studies sequence, students should have the skills and capacities to:

 

  • comprehend and critically analyse debates in relation to the Middle East
  • understand the organisation of government in the Middle East and North Africa
  • communicate clearly, in written and oral form, about the issues of the Middle East
  • understand and explain the principles that inform political action at local, national and global levels in relation to the region
  • articulate a coherent argument in response to set topics
  • identify, understand and analyse political ideas and arguments

 

Level 1

Core units

 

Trimester 1

AIE153 Introduction to the Middle East (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIE154 The Modern Middle East (B, G, X)  

 

Level 2 and 3

Core units

Trimester 1

 

AIE255 Middle East Politics (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIE363 The Politics of Terrorism (B, G, X)  


Level 2 and 3

Elective units

Select 4 credit points from level 2 and 3 elective units.

 

Trimester 1

AIR245 American Foreign Policy (B, G, X)  

ASP202 World Religions (B, G, X)  *

AIH264 The Holocaust (B, G, X)  

 

* Offered in trimester 1 (B, G, X) or trimester 3 (X)

 

Trimester 2

ASC233/ASC333 Migration and Multiculturalism   **

AIR244 Conflict, Security and Terrorism (B, G, X)  

AIR234 Order and Justice in World Politics (B, G, X)  

ASP216/ASP316 Ethics in Global Society (B, G, X)  

AIR342 Theories of International Relations (B, G, X)  

 

** Not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

International Relations - unit set code MJ-A000018

The International Relations major sequence focuses on understanding conflict and cooperation and, war and peace in contemporary international politics. Students examine the system of states before, during and after the Cold War, the nature of power and security, global issues, human rights and Australia's place in the world.

On successful completion of the International Relations major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to identify and critically synthesise themes and arguments
  • an ability to develop policies within real-world contexts
  • an ability to distinguish declaratory policy from operational policy (i.e. words from deeds)
  • an ability to understand and explain the international forces which shape our environment.

Students majoring in International Relations should also consider a complementary major sequence or electives in Politics and Policy Studies .



Level 1
Trimester 1

AIR108 International Relations (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIR120 Australia and the World (B, G, X)  


Select a further 6 credit points, ensuring at least 2 credit points are undertaken at level 2 and 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:
 

 

Level 2

Trimester 1

AIE255 Middle East Politics (B, G, X)  

AIR205 The Rise of China (B, G)  

AIR236 Global Capitalism and its Discontent (ONLINE)  *

AIR245 American Foreign Policy (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIR225 Global Environmental Politics   **

AIR234 Order and Justice in World Politics (B, G, X)  

AIR243 International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (B, G, X)  

AIR244 Conflict, Security and Terrorism (B, G, X)  


Level 3

Trimester 1

AIR347 Crises and Risk in International Relations (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

AIR342 Theories of International Relations (B, G, X)  


* This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only - there will be no face to face teaching and this unit is also offered in trimester 3.

** This unit is not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

Philosophy - unit set code MJ-A000048

Philosophy provides an introduction to most of the central themes in contemporary philosophical studies. A distinctive feature of the major is its focus upon Asian philosophy, psychoanalysis and philosophy as practiced in continental Europe. Individual units cover questions which deal with the nature of human existence; value, belief and purpose; and knowledge and belief.

On successful completion of the Philosophy major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to develop and articulate abstract ideas
  • an ability to reflect upon and critique assumptions about life, values and society
  • an ability for logical thinking and rational argument
  • an ability to debate philosophical issues arising in fields such as ethics, political values, knowledge systems, religion and interpersonal relationships.


Level 1

Trimester 1 (B, G, X)

ASP102/ASP202 World Religions (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

ASP106 Freedom and Subjectivity (B, G, X)  


Levels 2 and 3

Select 6 credit points with at least 2 credit points at level 2 and at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:

Trimester 1

ASP207/ASP307 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life (B, G, X)  

ASP208/ASP308 Introduction to Logical Reasoning (B, G, X)  

ASP214/ASP314 Political Philosophy (B, G, X)  

ASP215/ASP315 Morals and Modernity (B, G, X)  

ASP226/ASP326 Language and Reality (B, G, X)  

 

Trimester 2

ASP216/ASP316 Ethics in Global Society (B, G, X)  

ASP224/ASP324 Freud and Philosophy (B, G, X)  

ASP227/ASP327 Philosophies of Religion: Western, Asian, and Contemporary Inquiries (B, G, X)  

ASP228/ASP328 Philosophy, Art, Film (B, G, X)  


Trimester 3

ASP102/ASP202 World Religions (B, G, X)  *

ASP229/ASP329 Love, Sex and Death (ONLINE)  **

* Offered Trimester 3 Off campus only.

** Wholly online unit.

Photography - unit set code MJ-A000049

The Photography major sequence is based around creative, critical and professional practice. Students can choose to develop their artistic, academic or professional aspirations.
Level 1 introduces students to the basics of photographic techniques and practice and to the history of photography with respect to Australian and international artists. Using analog and digital technologies, students explore the uses of referent-based and non-referent based images as social and cultural artefacts.
Level 2 introduces a range of professional analog and digital photographic formats, darkroom and studio environments as well as the application of photographic imagery in virtual and collaborative environments at a global level. Students also engage in the discourse that surrounds contemporary photographic practice.
Level 3 introduces students to a range of alternative analog and digital photographic formats and their application in creative practice. Students are strongly encouraged to experiment, research and develop their own conceptual and aesthetic sensibilities. The work undertaken at this level is applicable to exhibition, installation, multimedia, and collaborative productions and provides a strong basis for further postgraduate studies and professional practice.

Level 1

Trimester 1 or Trimester 2

ACM101 Still Images (B, S)  

ACM102 Pixel to Print: Digital Imaging 1 (B, S)  


Level 2

Trimester 1 or Trimester 2
ACM203 Photographic Practice (B, S)  

ACM204 Contemporary Photography (B)  

ACM207 Advanced Imaging (B)  

 

Trimester 1, Trimester 2 or Trimester 3

ACM202 Advanced Digital Imaging (B, S)  *

 

Level 3

Select 2 credit points from the following:

 

Trimester 1, Trimester 2 or Trimester 3

ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  **

 

Trimester 1

ACM328 Shifting Focus: Experimental Photography and Creative Practice (B)  

 

Trimester 2

ACM335 Studio and Professional Photography (B)  

 

Students who have completed ACM235 must complete ACM307. Please contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries.   

 

* Trimester 1 offering will commence 2013.

** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Politics and Policy Studies - unit set code MJ-A000005

In Politics and Policy Studies, students will examine issues of power and authority through studies of policy, institutions and political movements. Students will also be introduced to the political values, ideas and ideologies that orient political action. Throughout the sequence of units, students will be encouraged to understand contemporary political problems at local, national and global levels. Key themes include democracy, citizenship, globalisation, risk, environment, gender and religion. Our units are intended to encourage student to make better sense of the world in which they live and understand the current social and political challenges they face. Central is a concern to understand how Australian and global institutions ought to respond to complex policy problems in an era of globalisation and rapid change.

On successful completion of the Politics and Policy Studies sequence, students should have the skills and capacities to:

  • comprehend and critically analyse political issues and policy debates
  • identify, understand and analyse political ideas and arguments
  • understand and explain the principles that inform political action at local, national and global levels
  • understand the organisation of government in Australia and other countries
  • apply key political concepts to contemporary debates and policy issues
  • communicate clearly, in written and oral form, about political issues and policy options.

Level 1

Trimester 1

AIP107 Contemporary Australian Politics (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2 (B, G, W) or trimester 3 (X)
AIP116 Modern Political Ideologies (B, G, W, X)  


Levels 2 and 3

Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 2 and at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:

Trimester 1
AIE255 Middle East Politics (B, G, X)  

AIP205 Democracy and Citizenship (B, G, W, X)  

AIP230 Public Policy in Australia (B, G, X)  *

AIP398 Political Leadership (B, G, W, X)  

AIR205 The Rise of China (B, G)  


Trimester 2

AIP203 Politics in India   ***

AIP204 Politics and the Media (B, G, W, X)  

AIP206 Democratisation: Comparative Studies (B, G, X)  

AIP246 European Union: Regional and Global Powerhouse (B, G, X)  

AIP307 Comparative Politics (B, G, W, X)  

 

AIP345 Policy Internship (B, G, W, X)  **

 

* Offered at Warrnambool Campus in alternate years 2013, 2015.

 

** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

 

*** Not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

Psychology - unit set code MJ-H000008

Students enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts may undertake a major sequence in psychology offered by the Faculty of Health as a major sequence within their BA degree.
The Psychology major sequence is course-grouped for the Bachelor of Arts, that is, the units do not count towards the eight non-course-grouped units able to be taken outside the Faculty.


Students intending to become psychologists, however, must take four levels of academic study (three levels of undergraduate study, including ten units of Psychology, plus either a level-4 Honours in Psychology or the level-4 Graduate Diploma of Psychology). The 10-credit-point undergraduate Psychology sequence consists of two units at level 1, HPS111 and HPS121, five units at level 2, HPS201, HPS202, HPS203, HPS204 and HPS205 plus three units at level 3, HPS301, HPS307 and HPS308.

Students may also choose to take a limited sequence in psychology of 8 credit points (depending on the requirements of their course). These sequences are designed as terminal studies in psychology to complement other studies within an award. They do not meet the requirements for entry into fourth-level studies in psychology, nor will they lead to professional qualifications in psychology. Students may also choose to take individual elective units in psychology, if they have the relevant prerequisites.



The 8-credit point sequences normally consist of two units at level one, HPS111 and HPS121, two or three units at level 2, selected from HPS202, HPS203, HPS204 and HPS205, and two or three units at level 3, selected from HPS302, HPS303, HPS304 and HPS307, HPS308 and HPS395. Students wishing to take alternative psychology units must seek approval from the School of Psychology.

 

Level 1

HPS111 Introduction to Psychology A (B, G, W, X)  

HPS121 Introduction to Psychology B (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

 

Select 3 units from level 2 from the list below:


 

HPS203 Cognitive Psychology A (B, G, W, X)  

HPS204 Introduction to Social Psychology (B, G, W, X)  

HPS202 Child and Adolescent Development (B, G, W, X)  

HPS205 Behavioural Neuroscience (B, G, X)  



Level 3

Select 3 units from level 3 from the list below:


HPS302 Pathways Through Adulthood (B, G, W, X)  

HPS307 Personality (B, X)  

HPS395 Clinical Neuroscience (B, X)  

HPS303 Cognitive Psychology B (B, G, X)  

HPS304 The Social Psychology of Relationships (B, G, X)  

HPS308 Psychopathology (B, G, W, X)  

 

 

The 10 credit point undergraduate Psychology sequence consists of two units at level 1, HPS111 and HPS121, five units at level 2, HPS201, HPS202, HPS203, HPS204 and HPS205 plus three units at level 3, HPS301, HPS307 and HPS308.

 

Level 1

 

HPS111 Introduction to Psychology A (B, G, W, X)  

HPS121 Introduction to Psychology B (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

 

HPS201 Research Methods in Psychology A (B, G, W, X)  (Core unit)

HPS203 Cognitive Psychology A (B, G, W, X)  

HPS204 Introduction to Social Psychology (B, G, W, X)  

HPS202 Child and Adolescent Development (B, G, W, X)  

HPS205 Behavioural Neuroscience (B, G, X)  *

 

Level 3

 

HPS301 Research Methods in Psychology B (B, G, W, X)  

HPS307 Personality (B, X)  

HPS308 Psychopathology (B, G, W, X)  

Public Relations - unit set code MJ-A000021

The Public Relations major sequence is concerned with the management of communication between people, agencies and various publics. Students will study such areas as crisis and issues management, organisational public relations and public relations campaigns; and will develop the necessary skills for effective public relations.

On successful completion of the Public Relations major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to explain the role of public relations in society;
  • an ability to differentiate between the various areas of public relations;
  • an ability to explain the legal and regulatory context of public relations;
  • an ability to prepare public relations strategies using traditional, internet and social media tactics;
  • the ability to write and communicate for public relations practice across a broad range of professional contexts.

Core units

 

Level 1

Trimester 1

ALR103 Introduction to Public Relations (G, W, X)  


Trimester 1, Trimester 2 or Trimester 3
ALW117 Writing for Professional Practice (B, G, W, X)  

 

 

Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 2 and at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following: 
 

Level 2 and Level 3

 

Trimester 1 

 

ALR276 Ethical Communication and Citizenship (G, X)  

ALR207 Media Relations (B, G, W, X)  ****

ALR383 Government Relations and Issues Management (ONLINE)  **


Trimester 2

ALR206 Web Media Public Relations (G, X)  ***

ALR279 Public Relations Practice and Event Management (G, X)  *(2 credit points)

ALR300 Public Relations Campaigns and Practice (B, G, X)  (2 credit points)

ALR310 Marketing Communication (B, G, X)  

 

* Burwood offering available to students enrolled in A328 and A325. Not offered at Warrnambool in 2012.

** This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only. There will be no face to face teaching.

*** Not offered at Warrnambool in 2012, re-offered 2013.

**** ALR207 also offered in Trimester 3.

Social and Political Thought - unit set code MJ-A000050

This major sequence ranges across communications, politics, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and international relations. A focus on theorising about society and politics is the common theme. This major has no corresponding Honours programme, but it offers a good supplement for any students interested in undertaking Honours in Sociology, Politics, Philosophy, Communications, or International Relations.

Level 1

Trimester 1

ALC101 Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of Text, Image and Meaning (B, G, W, X)  *


Trimester 2
AIP116 Modern Political Ideologies (B, G, W, X)  **

or
ASC102 Introduction to Sociology B (B, G, W, X)  


Levels 2 and 3


Select 6 credit points, including at least 2 credit points at level 3 from the following:

Trimester 1

AIP205 Democracy and Citizenship (B, G, W, X)  

ASC308 Sociology and the Modern World (B, G, X)  

ASP214/ASP314 Political Philosophy (B, G, X)  

ASP215/ASP315 Morals and Modernity (B, G, X)  

ALC209 Representing Men and Masculinities (B, X)  


Trimester 2

AIR342 Theories of International Relations (B, G, X)  

ASP216/ASP316 Ethics in Global Society (B, G, X)  

 

* Not offered at the Geelong Waterfront Campus in 2012, re-offered 2013.

** Also offered Trimester 3 off campus only.

Sociology - unit set code MJ-A000019

Sociology is the study of society and social relations. Thinking sociologically allows the individual to step outside the taken for granted processes of everyday living towards examining the processes which create, maintain and change social groups in society.
On successful completion of the Sociology major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:

  • an ability to explain key sociological concepts such as socialisation, modernity, postmodernity, gender, social class, race and ethnicity; an ability to identify core theoretical understandings in sociology
  • an ability to apply sociological analysis to a range of contemporary issues such as health, family life, deviance and the media
  • an ability to understand conflict, cohesion and social change in societies
  • an ability to explain the systems, practices and technologies of control and their historical transformation in Western cultures
  • an ability to recognise the impact of social policy on social life
  • an ability to critically assess the work of other social researchers.


Level 1

Trimester 1

ASC101 Introduction to Sociology A (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2
ASC102 Introduction to Sociology B (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2 and 3

Select 6 credit points, including compulsory core units ASC308 and ASC250 and 2 level 3 units from the following:

Trimester 1
ASC246/ASC346 Sociology of the Media and Popular Culture (B, G, X)  

ASC308 Sociology and the Modern World (B, G, X)  (core unit)

ASC320 Sex, Crime and Justice in An Electronic Age (ONLINE)  *

ASC207 Consumer Society and Sustainable Futures   **


Trimester 2

ASC304 Culture and Control: Boundaries and Identities (B, G, X)  

ASC206/ASC306 Sociology of Health (G, W, X)  

ASC233/ASC333 Migration and Multiculturalism   ***

ASC250 Social Research: An Introduction (B, G, X)  (core unit)

ASC287/ASC387 Love, Sex and Relationships (B, G, W, X)  

 

Trimester 1 or trimester 2

ASC321 Sociology Internship (B, G, W)   ****

 

Note: The following may be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.

Trimester 1 (B, G, W, X) or trimester 3 (X)

ASC160 Introduction to University Study (B, G, W, X)  

 

 

Trimester 3

ASC270/ASC370 Sociology and the Law (X)  

 

* This unit is offered in the wholly online teaching mode - there will be no face to face teaching.

** This unit will commence Trimester 1 2013.

*** These units are not offered 2012, re-offered 2013.

**** Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Visual Arts - unit set code MJ-A000015

The Visual Arts major will appeal to students who are interested in careers across a variety of traditional media including painting, drawing or 3D modelling and new technologies including digital/photo imaging and computer-generated prints. A broad based course structure enables students to overlap disciplines to develop individual vision and expression by exploring the aesthetic, formal and social concerns of visual communication.

On successful completion of the Visual Arts major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to produce a conceptually, formally and thematically coherent body of work of exhibition standard
  • an ability to identify a professional niche in the art industry and a preparedness to enter that industry
  • an ability to negotiate the marketplace and develop productive working relationships with galleries, professional organisations and funding bodies; and
  • an ability to position their own work in relation to their field of research


Level 1

Trimester 1

ACV101 Studio Art: Painting A (B, S, W)  


Trimester 2
ACV102 Studio Art: Painting B (B, S, W)  


Level 2

Students to select 4 units from level 2 units on offer.

Trimester 1

ACV203 Visual Narrative Studio (B, S)  

ACV205 Studio Art: Painting C (B, S, W)  

EEA211 Navigating the Visual World (B, G, S, W)  

 

Trimester 2

ACV204 Graphic Novels and Artists' Books Studio (B, S)  

ACV206 Studio Art: Painting D (B, S, W)  

EEA212 Visual Culture: Images, Meaning and Contexts (B, G, S, W)  

 

Level 3

Trimester 1

ACV307 Studio Art: Painting E (B, S, W)  


Trimester 2
ACV308 Studio Art: Painting F (B, S, W)  


Note: The following unit may be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence:

Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3
ALX321 Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X)  *


*Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.

Webmedia - unit set code MJ-A000054 - for continuing students only

The Webmedia major sequence offers students an introduction to communication technologies: through application in web design, web journalism, web public relations, web photography and web advertising.

 

The major is completed with a media and communication internship in the regional community with a newspaper, TV broadcast studio, local government, real estate and property development, retail marketing, retirement village PR, advertising agency, gallery, information centres or schools.

 

On successful completion of the Webmedia major sequence, students should have the following skills:

  • an ability to identify, research, write and construct stories suitable for print and online media
  • an ability to interview for print and online media and select material for inclusion in stories
  • ability to understand photographic practices and principles, applicable to traditional and online communication mediums

Students must select 8 credit points from the following list of units, including a minimum of 2 credit points at level 2 and 2 credit points at level 3:

 

Year 1

Trimester 1

ACG101 Design Fundamentals   

ALC101 Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of Text, Image and Meaning (B, G, W, X)  *

ALJ111 Contemporary Journalism (B, G, W, X)  


Trimester 2

ALC102 Contemporary Communication: Making Sense of New Media (B, G, W, X)  


Level 2

 

Trimester 1

ACM203 Photographic Practice (B, S)  


Trimester 2
ACG204 Design and Society   

ALJ217 Editing and Design (B, G, W, X)  

ALR206 Web Media Public Relations (G, X)  **


Level 3

Trimester 1 or trimester 2 or trimester 3

ALC313 Media and Communication Internship (B, G, W, X)  

 

Trimester 2

ALC314 Advertising: Designing Desires (ONLINE)  

 

* Not offered at the Geelong Waterfront Campus in 2012, re-offered 2013.

** Not offered at the Warrnambool Campus in 2012, re-offered 2013.

 

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