University Of The Sunshine Coast
Follow your interests and build your own career with a flexible Bachelor of Arts. Choose from a wide range of specialisations, including literature, history, politics and international studies, sociology, and more. As an Arts graduate, you’ll enter the global marketplace of ideas with advanced skills in critical and creative thinking.
In this program you will:
Explore new ideas and ways of thinking
Become a skilled communicator
Develop specialist knowledge in subjects that interest you
Build advanced critical thinking, research and writing skills
Sunshine Coast, Australia
36 Months
AU$ 24,400
IELTS: 6
Introductory courses (2) 24 units
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability
Developing and Graduate courses (2) 24 units
SCS225 Social Research
PLUS select one course (12 units) from:
BCI300 Work Integrated Learning Project
SCS300 Social Sciences and Humanities Project
Major and minor courses (16)* 192 units
Select 2 majors (16 courses/192 units) OR Select 1 Extended major (12 courses/144 units) and 1 minor (4 courses/ 48 units) OR
1 major (8 courses/96 units) and 2 minors (4 courses each/ 48 units each) from those listed below:
* With the approval of the Program Coordinator, students may replace a specified major or minor with a study component deemed to be equivalent commenced or completed at another university or comparable tertiary institution.
MAJORS (8) (96 UNITS):
Creative Writing and Publishing
Criminology and Justice
English
Geography
History
International Studies^
Japanese In-country (Major)^
Japanese Studies^
Japanese In-country (Extended Major)^ (144 units)
Journalism
Psychology
Screen Media
Sociology^
Sustainability - Society
Theatre and Performance^
MINORS (4) (48 UNITS):
Behavioural Science
Counselling Skills
Creative Writing and Publishing
Criminology and Justice
English
Geography
Geospatial Analysis
Global Environmental Politics^
History
Indigenous Studies
International and Human Rights^
International Studies^
Japanese Studies^
Journalism
Music^
Screen Media
Social Theory^
Sociology^
Sustainability
Theatre and Performance^
For entry into most USC undergraduate degree programs, you need to have completed a minimum level of education similar to successful completion of Australian Year 12 with good grades.
Further studies, for example, a semester or more at college or university, can also be considered for entry and may give you credit transfer towards a degree.
Some examples of upper secondary qualifications and a guide to the minimum grades that USC will consider are listed here. These are minimum requirements and do not guarantee entry. Some programs may require higher grades. Alternative qualifications may also be considered on a case by case basis.
English Language Requirement
IELTS (Academic) Overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each subtest
TOEFL iBT Overall score of 85 with minimum score of 21 for writing
Annual tuition fee ($AUD)
A$24,400
Editor
Geographer
Government / development professional
Historian
Media and communications professional
Policy officer
Publisher
Researcher
Sociologist
Writer