CA10 Bachelor of Arts

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
  2. Complete 3 majors
  3. Complete electives

Core Structure

Number of units: 0 Total credit points: 0

Course Structure:

To satisfy the requirements of the award, students must complete 24 units (144 units of credit) as outlined below:

  • Two majors (OR one major, one minor and two electives) totalling 16 units from the following BA Arts majors: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Major; Geography and Environmental Studies Major; History Major; Liberal Arts (minor); Literary & Cultural Studies Major; Sociology Major; Writing Major.

PLUS

  • One major (or one minor and two electives) totalling 8 units from the following Professional majors: Business (i.e. choose from: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Public Relations OR Accounting); Journalism, Language, Multimedia (choose from Interactive Multimedia or Video and Animation), OR Psychology.

NOTE:

  • Some business professional majors may only be undertaken as a minor because of necessary prerequisites in some units;
  • No more than ten level 1 units out of the 24 units;
  • Prerequisites and corequisites for each unit.
Arts Majors Professional Majors
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Business
Geography & Environmental Studies Journalism
History Language
Literary & Cultural Studies Multimedia
Sociology Psychology
Writing

Unit availability

Students should note that although Level 1 units are offered every year, some Advanced Level units may only be offered in alternate years. Students should check the availability by clicking on the hyperlinked unit codes of their choices.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies draws upon a diverse range of disciplines including history, literature, anthropology, philosophy, politics, education and sociology. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of Australia's Indigenous past, the major issues faced by Indigenous people today, and what all this means for Australia's future. In so doing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies promotes respect for Indigenous cultures, encourages responsible custodianship of the land, enhances community spirit and advances reconciliation. Students who complete an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies plan often go on to enjoy careers in such areas as education, government, health care, social work or community development. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander major requires the completion of eight units as listed below.

Campus Availability: Distance Education

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface
INDG11006 Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface
INDG11014 Family History and Australian Identity

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
INDG19015 Aboriginal Cultures and Country
INDG19016 Contemporary Indigenous Issues
INDG19017 Political Philosophy and Indigenous Perspectives
INDG19018 Indigenous Australians and Popular Culture
SOWK14004 Reconciliation in the Workplace and Community

Business Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Select one eight unit major from CA01 Bachelor of Business (i.e. choose one from: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Public Relations, OR Accounting). NOTE: Some business professional majors may only be undertaken as a minor because of necessary prerequisites in some units.

Digital Media Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
DGTL11001 Foundations of Animation
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MMST12019 3D Computer Graphics
DGTL13003 Advanced Media Production
COMM12116 Contemporary Photomedia
DGTL12002 Working with Social Media
MMST13017 Business of Digital Innovation
COMM12030 Desktop Publishing

Geography and Environmental Studies Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The Geography major offers a diverse set of units that range from a more traditional liberal studies focus to units that concentrate on developing industry-specific knowledge and skills. Geography is a broadly based, integrative discipline where units may have humanities, social science or natural science foci, or some combination of these approaches. This major includes Environmental Geography units because the Geography discipline also deals with environmental issues that are more contemporary in nature and are aimed at improving our ability to manage the environment more effectively. Geography students will develop a unique set of knowledge and skills that are not only useful in a wide range of careers, but can play important roles in helping students to make sense of the world around them, including current events and future trends.

Students wishing to complete a Geography major are required to complete eight units (two of the three level 1 units plus six advanced level units) from those listed below. Students studying to be Geography teachers as part of an education degree will choose units as per the advice given as part of the structure of those courses. Students from all other courses are welcome to enrol in any unit in the major provided they meet the pre-requisite for that unit. Students who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with a course advisor. Geography staff can also advise students about their choice of units for various career interests.

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
GEOG11023 Physical Geography of Australia
GEOG11024 Conservation in Australia
GEOH11001 Introduction to Human Geography

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete 6 from the following units:
EVST19007 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
EVST19008 Development and Environmental Policy
EVST19020 Environmental Management Systems
EVST19022 Climate Change: Risk and Assessments
GEOG19021 Geographic Information Systems
GEOG19029 Applied Demography
GEOG13013 Sustainable Regions and Cities

History Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

History is both a body of knowledge and a method of inquiry, a way of understanding ourselves and the world around us. It strives to comprehend complex processes of continuity and change and provides insights into how the past influences the present and the future. Historians draw on the largest storehouse of information that exists about how human beings actually behave: the past. Doing History, students learn to identify, evaluate and interpret evidence, make informed judgements about its significance, debate their findings and clearly and cogently communicate their informed opinions, all while studying a subject they enjoy!

Students wishing to complete a History major are required to complete eight units (normally two level 1 and six advanced) from those listed below. Those studying to be History teachers as part of an education course will choose units from the major as per the advice given as part of the structure of those courses. Students from all other courses are welcome to enrol in any unit in the major provided they meet the pre-requisite for that unit. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Course Advisor.

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HIST11037 Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038 The Modern World Emerges: An Overview

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HIST19029 Modern Japan
HIST19032 War and Australian Society
HIST19031 Australia on the World Stage: History and Politics
HIST19038 20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
HIST19035 Modern South East Asia
EVST19015 Australian Environmental History

Journalism Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The Journalism major focuses on developing knowledge and skills in journalistic writing. Students will be introduced to journalism within the broader contextual framework of media industries and will engage in debates about journalistic practice. Students will cover news and narrative writing for a range of journalism genres, and the associated requirements for research, analysis, and conduct within legal and ethical frameworks that are associated with journalistic practice. The Journalism major enables students to become familiar with a variety of skills, techniques and intellectual enquiry in the field of Journalism. While this major does not enable students to graduate as professionally qualified Journalists, it provides a good skill base, especially when combined with other relevant majors in the BA.

Students wishing to complete a Journalism major are required to complete the eight units (two level 1 and six advanced) listed below. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Course Advisor.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Distance Education

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
COMM11007 Media Writing
JOUR11005 Introduction to Journalism

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
COMM12016 Media Industries
COMM12033 Speech and Script
JOUR12010 Feature Writing
JOUR12039 News Writing and Reporting
COMM13110 Journalism Project
COMM12022 Communication and Global Technologies

Language Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Students who wish to take a language major as part of the Bachelor of Arts course should consider enrolling cross-institutionally at a university which offers language units in the distance mode. Any student interested in this option should consult with the BA Course Advisor and obtain the Head of Course's approval prior to enrolling.

Literary & Cultural Studies Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The Literary & Cultural Studies major brings together two distinct but complementary disciplinary approaches: literary studies where literature is read for its own sake and for the values it reveals in stories, poems and plays about our lived and imaginary experiences; and cultural studies where ideas and concepts derived from a broad study of culture are explored through a variety of texts including film, media, television, advertising and the like. Both disciplines examine the assumptions used to support the way that meaning is made across a range of texts and in a variety of contexts.

Literary Studies students will be able to demonstrate advanced reading and writing skills; to apply critical thinking and advanced modes of textual analysis to a broad range of texts, genres and media; to communicate using cogent, discipline-based and context-relevant research; and to participate, both self-reflexively and ethically, in discipline critical debates.

Students wishing to complete a Literary Studies major are required to complete eight units (normally two level 1 and six advanced) from those listed below. Students studying to be English teachers as part of an education degree need to consult the advice given to students studying for these courses BEFORE they choose their 'English' units. Students from all other courses are welcome to enrol in any unit in the major provided they meet the pre-requisite for that unit. Students who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Course Advisor.

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LITR11055 Popular Genres
LITR11043 The Short Story

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
CULT19015 Explorations in the Gothic
LITR19049 Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19051 Literary Theory
LITR19052 The Modern Novel
LITR19056 Shakespeare Today
LITR19057 Contemporary Australian Literature

Psychology Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The primary purpose of this major is to provide students with a broad knowledge of the discipline of psychology and its applications. In contrast to the Bachelor of Psychology offered at CQUniversity, a BA major in Psychology places less emphasis on statistical and research methods and places more emphasis on an understanding of human thought and behaviour from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Students wishing to take a Psychology major are required to complete the eight psychology units listed below (two at level 1 plus six advanced level units).

N.B. A Psychology major alone is not intended as a route towards professional registration as a psychologist. If you wish to become an accredited practising psychologist, please contact the Head of Course for Psychology to discuss your options.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Distance Education

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC11008 Biological Foundations of Psychology
PSYC11009 Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC12013 Personality
PSYC12014 Critical Social Psychology
PSYC12010 Psychology Across the Lifespan
PSYC13017 Foundations of Psychopathology
PSYC13020 Individual Differences and Assessment
PSYC13021 Forensic Psychology

Sociology Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Sociology is a social science that uses various empirical and critically analytic techniques to develop an understanding of human social activity. Sociology is the study of social life in all its forms including political economy, criminality, deviance, the environment, health and medicine, tourism, rurality, Indigenous issues, gender, consumption, leisure and social ecology. Sociology helps us understand how we came to be who we are by placing individuality in a social context. Sociology is multi-disciplinary. Sociology helps prepare graduates to create a role for themselves in the globalised, multicultural world of the twenty-first century. Students wishing to complete a Sociology major are required to complete the eight units (two level 1 and six advanced) listed below.

Campus Availability: Distance Education

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOCL11055 Sociology of Australian Society
SOCL11056 Australian Identity

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete 6 from the following units:
SOCL19060 Human Ecology
SOCL19061 Movements, Cults and Social Change
SOCL19064 Understanding Social Life
SOCL19069 Social Research Methods
SOCL19072 Criminality, Deviance and Social Control
SOCL19081 The Body Sexuality and Society

Note: Students interested in pursuing honours in Sociology need to complete SOCL11055 Self and Society; SOCL11056 Australian Identity; SOCL19064 Understanding Social Life; and SOCL19069 Social Research Methods

Writing Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Writing across a range of genres requires understanding and appreciation of established and emerging writing techniques and an ability to apply different writing strategies depending on audience, purpose, and genre content. Students undertaking a Writing major will be exposed to the divergent genres of media and literary/creative writing, and will be required to explore different writing styles through critique and review. Students will learn to identify the differing requirements of media and creative writing, and will develop writing skills that will enable them to apply different techniques as required for different writing purposes. Upon completion of the major, students will be able to write, as a minimum, effective media releases, news stories, feature articles, blogs, and pieces for social media, and will also be able to exercise creativity through more diverse forms such as poetry, literary prose, creative non-fiction, and experimental writing.

Students are required to complete two level one and six advanced level units as detailed below.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton and Distance Education

Level 1

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
WRIT11023 Beginning Creative Writing
Available units
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
COMM11007 Media Writing
JOUR11005 Introduction to Journalism

Advanced

Available units
Students must complete 2 from the following units:
MMST11010 Illustration and Visualisation
COMM12030 Desktop Publishing
FAHE13002 Special Project
LITR19049 Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19052 The Modern Novel
Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
WRIT11025 Creative Nonfiction
WRIT12010 Creative Writing: Adventures in Craft
JOUR12010 Feature Writing
WRIT13013 Writing Project

Note 1 - students wishing to complete WRIT13013 Writing Project are required to have completed at least WRIT11023, COMM11007 OR JOUR11005, WRIT11025, WRIT12010 and JOUR12010.

Students will be able to undertake a creative writing project in terms 1 and 2, but those undertaking a media/professional writing project will only be able to do so in term 1.

Students who select MMST11010 in the writing plan need to remember that in the Bachelor of Arts, students can only take 10 Level 1 units.

Liberal Studies Minor

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 36

Liberal Arts may be taken as a minor only. Liberal Arts provides student with an opportunity to design their own minor by selecting 36 units of credit normally including no less than four advanced level units from the Bachelor of Arts majors. This will allow students the flexibility to pursue a study stream that suits their interests. Students must meet the usual pre and co-requisites for these units. Please note that the units selected must be from the Arts majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree. Units selected for the Liberal Studies minor may not be selected for any other major or minor in the BA.

Elective

Number of units: 2 Total credit points: 12

Students who choose to undertake an Arts minor will be required to study a further 2 electives from the Arts majors.

Students who choose to undertake a six unit minor from one of the Professional majors must undertake two electives totalling eight units. These electives can be from any CQUniversity Course.