The Bachelor of Arts (UNSW BA) is designed to provide you with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts. The program provides you with not only the breadth (free electives and General Education) to explore a wide range of diverse interests but also the depth (Major and Minor streams) to focus in detail on two specialisations. The UNSW BA can be completed full-time in Single mode (normally 3 years), in Dual mode (the equivalent of two years full-time) or part-time. The basic requirements of the program are simple. The BA has a depth component and a breadth component. Students enrolled in Single mode do both the depth and breadth component while students enrolled in Dual mode only complete the depth component. The Depth component (Blue Zone) is: The completion of a major stream (54 UOC - 9 courses) selected from the list of the UNSW BA approved home major streams The completion of at least a minor stream (36 UOC - 6 courses) selected from the list of UNSW BA approved home and external major streams or dedicated minor streams. Note: Students may use their Green Zone free elective space to extend study in this area to a full major stream ("Double Major"). The completion of a Prescribed Faculty Elective (6 UOC - 1 course) The Breadth component (for students completing the program in Single mode) (Green Zone) is: Free Electives (36 UOC - 6 courses) which can be taken either within or outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences General Education (12 UOC - 2 courses) which must be taken outside of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The Program Objectives of the UNSW BA are: To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with Humanities and Social Science disciplines, and to encourage students to perceive the relationships between these disciplines To encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and research To enable students to place contemporary Australian society and culture in an historical and comparative context To engage critically with fundamental questions about value in both ethical and aesthetic contexts To develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about society, culture and the arts To promote the techniques and value of reasoned and openminded discussion and debate To foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures. The Graduate Attributes for this Program are as follows: The skills involved in scholarly enquiry The ability to engage in independent and reflective learning Information Literacy - the skills to locate, evaluate and use relevant information The capacity for enterprise, initiative and creativity A capacity to contribute to, and work within, the international community The skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work A respect for ethical practice and social responsibility The skills of effective communication An in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its interdisciplinary context.