Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Bachelor of Arts Component:

Core Units:

  • HASS100 has been removed from the Core Units as it has merged with HASS101
  • HASS101 has a title change to The Academic Practice of Research and Critical Analysis
  • LING304 has been added (Linguistics major)
  • WRIT301 has been added (Screen and Media Studies major and Writing major)
  • MUSI210 has been recoded to MUSI311

Majors:

Removed Majors:

  • Australian History, Crime and Society, Criminal Justice, Cultural Heritage, English – Literary Futures, English – Literary Traditions, Environmental Futures, Gender Studies, Global Politics, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Planning and Design, Politics, and Studies in Settler Colonialism

Consolidated Majors:

  • Criminology (from Crime and Society and Criminal Justice)
  • English (from English – Literary Futures and English – Literary Traditions)
  • Geography (from Human Geography and Physical Geography)
  • History and Heritage (from the Australian History and Cultural Heritage majors)
  • Politics and International Relations (from Global Politics and Politics)

Minors:

  • Gender Studies will become a minor
  • Studies in Settler Colonialism will become a minor
  • Environmental Futures will become Environmental Studies (minor)
  • Classical Languages and Writing to be removed (will remain as embedded minor offerings)

Bachelor of Laws Component

Listed Units:

  • OSSE300 added
  • LAW306 added
  • LAW321 added
  • LAW346 added
  • LAW366 added
Note changes to listed units in the law component

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Bachelor of Arts Component:

  • No changes to this component

Bachelor of Laws Component

  • LAW319 added to listed units
  • LAW344 and LAW447 deleted from listed units
Note changes to listed units in the law component

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Bachelor of Arts Component:

Ancient History:

  • ANCH304 and ANCH305 deleted.
  • ANCH110 has been renamed From Solon to Socrates

Archaeology:

  • Major has been renamed Archaeological Studies.

Crime and Society, Criminal Justice and Studies in Settler Colonialism majors:

  • A  Minor is added to the Program of Study.

Cultural Heritage:

  • ARPA352 replaced with ARPA320.

Global Politics:

  • PAIS103 has been replaced with PAIS105.

Japanese:

  • JAPN321 has been removed and JAPN322 has been added.

Medieval and Modern European History:

  • HIST317 has been replaced with HIST313
  • HIST369 has a title change to The Spanish Empire, 1474-1700: The Rise and Decline.

Music:

  • ARTS301 has been  replaced with HASS301.

Sociology:

  • SOCY321, SOCY382 and SOCY393 added.

Studies in Religion:

  • RELS380 Exploring the Sacred has been moved to the Listed Units.

Writing:

  • ARTS301 has been replaced with HASS301.

Bachelor of Laws Component

  • No changes to this component
Note changes to program of study

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Program of Study

Bachelor of Arts Component:

The following majors have been introduced:

  • Australian Studies
  • Community Development
  • Community Planning
  • Crime and Society
  • Criminal Justice
  • Environmental Future
  • Gender Studies
  • Adaptation and Practice
  • Global Politics
  • International Law
  • Literary Traditions
  • Planning and Design
  • Politics
  • Post-Colonial Studies (replacing Indigenous Studies)

The following majors have been deleted:

  • Ancient Near East
  • Ancient Rome: History and Culture
  • Criminology
  • English
  • History
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Islamic Studies
  • Political and International Studies
  • The Medieval and Early Modern Europe major has changed to Medieval and Modern Europe.

New minors have been developed:

  • Ancient Ethics and Beliefs
  • Ancient Near East
  • Ancient World
  • Applied History
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Archaeological Practice
  • Classical Languages
  • Creative Entrepreneurship
  • Greek History
  • Linguistics
  • Psychology
  • Researching History
  • Roman History
  • Writing

Bachelor of Laws Component

New listed units added:

  • LAW261
  • LAW366 (new unit)

Note unit changes

Note New Majors and Minors

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Program of Study

Bachelor of Arts Component:

Four new majors have been introduced:

  • Ancient Greece: History and Culture;
  • Ancient Rome: History and Culture;
  • Cultural Heritage;
  • Medieval and Modern European History replacing the International History major.

Bachelor of Laws Component

New units added:

  • LAW364 First Peoples’ Laws: Native title, Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage
  • LAW365 Gender and the Law
  • LAW316 Commonwealth Criminal Law
  • LAW395 Special Studies in Law (C)
  • LAW398 Local Court Internship Program

Units removed:

  • LAW305 Taxation of Capital Gain
  • LAW307 Comparative Corporate Governance Law
  • LAW324 International Investment Law
  • LAW337 Innovation Law
  • LAW377 Information Technology Law

Addition of New Unit as a Listed Unit offering in the LLB component LAW306 Law Experiential Learning.

Deletion of LAW398 Local Court Internship Program as part of ongoing unit rationalisation and implementation of LLB

Note unit, unit code and title changes

Note New Major

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Rules and Program of Study have changed significantly for 2020. For details see Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws.

Additional Requirements

Inherent Requirements have been added and must be met in order to complete the course.

Course Requirements

Bachelor of Laws component: 36 credit points at 100-level changed to 48 credit points at 100-level.

Award of Honours information added to Course Requirements.

Pathway to Honours

The units to complete have been changed to: LAW400,LAW480 and LAW499.

Honours Result

How the Honours result is calculated has been amended.

Program of Study Overview

Bachelor of Laws component:

Core Units changed from 108 cps to 96 cps

Listed Units changed from 18-36 cps to 30-48 cps

Approved Majors

  • New Major added – Ancient Near East

Program of Study

Bachelor of Arts component:

There were no changes to the following Majors: Australian History, Chinese, Classical Languages, Human Geography, Linguistics, Peace Studies, Physical Geography and Spanish.

Core Units

  • HASS100 has replaced BCSS101
  • HUMS103 code changed to HASS101

Bachelor of Laws component

Core Units

  • LAW100 title change
  • LAW102 added
  • LAW161 deleted and replaced with LAW162
  • LAW171/LAW272 deleted and replaced with LAW172
  • LAW220 code changed to LAW399
  • LAW231/LAW232 deleted and replaced with LAW131
  • LAW281/LAW282 deleted and replaced with LAW283
  • LAW251 code changed to LAW351
  • LAW312 deleted and replaced with LAW310
  • LAW351 added
  • LAW399 added
  • LAW455 moved to Listed Units
  • LAW480 title change
  • LAW499 added

Listed Units

  • LAW360 reinstated and code changed to LAW260
  • LAW308 added
  • LAW315 title change
  • LAW324 added
  • LAW390 deleted
  • LAW455 moved from Core Units
  • LAW447 added

Bachelor of Arts component:

Ancient History

  • ANCH308,  ANCH309, ANCH322 added
  • ANCH324, ANCH325, ANCH327 deleted

Ancient Near East – NEW Major

Archaeology

  • ARPA107 title change
  • ARPA306 title change
  • ARPA370 title change
  • ARPA313 added

Criminology

  • CRIM390 code changed to CRIM190
  • CRIM301 code changed to CRIM201
  • CRIM306 code changed to CRIM206
  • CRIM307 code changed to CRIM207
  • CRIM344 code changed to CRIM244
  • CRIM308 and CRIM312 added
  • CRIM311 deleted
  • CRIM302 title change
  • CRIM374 title change
  • HIST313 title changed

English

  • ENGL103 title change
  • ENGL372 title change
  • ENGL390 title change
  • ENGL302 added

French

  • FREN205 and FREN305 deleted

German

  • GRMN301 and GRMN302 deleted
  • GRMN306 and GRMN406 deleted
  • GRMN309 added
  • GRMN310 added
  • GRMN311 added
  • GRMN307 title change
  • GRMN308 title change

History

  • HIST300 and HIST317 added
  • HIST305 deleted
  • HIST309 deleted
  • ISLM363 deleted
  • HIST313 title changed

Indigenous Studies

  • IDIG306 deleted

Indonesian

  • ISLM363 deleted

International History

  • HIST300 and HIST317 added
  • HIST305 deleted
  • HIST309 deleted
  • ISLM363 deleted
  • HIST313 title changed

Islamic Studies

  • HIST305 and ISLM363 deleted

Italian

  • ITAL205 added
  • ITAL307 deleted
  • ITAL309 title change
  • ITAL311 title change

Music

  • MUSI337 deleted

Philosophy

  • PHIL363 deleted

Political and International Studies

  • PAIS113 and PAIS317 added
  • PAIS363 deleted

Screen and Media Studies

  • INK101 added
  • COMM315 title changed

Sociology

  • SOCY120 and SOCY302 added
  • SOCY350 title change
  • SOCY308 deleted

Credit points changed for Prescribed Units and Listed Units – please see Major for full information.

Studies in Religion

  • ISLM363 deleted

Theatre and Performance

  • THEA321 title changed

Writing

  • INK101 added
  • THEA321 title change
  • WRIT309 title change

Note unit, unit code and title changes

Note changes to Award of Honours and Honours result.

Note New Major

Current students will be able to complete under current rules and may enrol in the new units if they wish or transfer subject to meeting new course requirements.

The School of Law have provided additional Transitional Information on their website.

Core Units:

  • LAW161 and LAW312 deleted and replaced with LAW162 and LAW310
  • LAW171  and LAW272 deleted and replaced with New Unit LAW172
  • LAW231  and LAW232  deleted and replaced with   New Unit LAW131
  • LAW281  and LAW282 deleted and replaced with New Unit LAW283

To enable students who have completed LAW161, LAW171, LAW231 and LAW281 the opportunity to complete the legal profession requirements the following units will be offered in 2020 for the last time:

  • LAW272
  • LAW232
  • LAW282
  • LAW312

If students who need to complete these units do not complete them in 2020, then they will be advised that they need to complete the new unit.

Continuing students will have their listed units adjusted according to the core units required to be completed.

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Bachelor of Laws component:

Transfer from another Award updated

Students in another award may apply for admission into this course on successful completion of at least 4 units of study with a minimum GPA of 4.2.

Exit Pathways updated

The Diploma in Legal Studies has been added as an Exit Pathway on completion of 48 credit points of law units (LAW or LS).

Program of Study - Overview

  • LAW206, LAW207, LAW349, LAW391, OSSE300 and   WORK300 have been addedto the Listed Units.

Bachelor of Arts component:

Ancient History: ANCH320 (How to be Good: Greek and Roman Ethics) has been added; ANCH318 has a title change to The Romans: From Cradle to Grave;

Archaeology: ARPA310 (From Bread to Wine: The Archaeology of Food), ARPA311 (First Farmers: Understanding the Neolithic Revolution in the Ancient Near East) and ARPA312 (Hot Stuff: Ancient Pyrotechnologies through Archaeology and Experiment) have been added;

English: ENGL103 (Introduction to Literature through Children’s Books) has been added to the Extended Major, ENGL306 (Science Fiction), ENGL308 (Graphic Novels as Literature) have been added;

French: The title for FREN205 has been changed to (French through the News); Additional requirements in the Honours note has been deleted;

German: GRMN406 (Societies in Transition) has been deleted while GRMN303 has a minor title change to (Contemporary German Short Stories);

History: HIST113 (Early Modern Europe: From Reformation to Revolution) and HIST369 (Spain and the New World, 1474-1700) have been added while HIS165 (Europe and the New World) has been deleted;

Italian: ANCH318 has a title change to The Romans: From Cradle to Grave;

International History: HIST113 (Early Modern Europe: From Reformation to Revolution) and HIST369 (Spain and the New World, 1474-1700) have been added while HIS165 (Europe and the New World) has been deleted;

Japanese: The title for JAPN421 has been changed to (Exploring Japanese Sociolinguistics). Minor changes have been made to the Honours note;

Music: The minor title for MUSI338 has been changed to (Western Music History: 20th and 21st Centuries);

Philosophy: PHIL309 (Sex and Death: Issues in the Philosophy of Biology) has been added while PHIL323 (Philosophy of Social Science) has been deleted;

Theatre and Performance: THEA360 (Pitches and Partners) has been added;

Writing: WRIT327 (Magazines: Culture, Industry and Practices) has been added.

Note rule changes.

Note unit additions, deletions and title changes for the Arts component.

Continuing students may enrol in the new Arts and Law Listed Units.

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Law students

Simplified entry requirements for the Honours Pathway: students must have completed 72 credit points of law units at UNE with a grade point average (GPA) of 5.5 or better.

Bachelor of Arts component

Program of Study - Overview

Core Units:

  • ENCO100 code changed to WRIT101

Majors (Arts)

Ancient History

Listed Units:

  • ANCH327 and ANCH328 have been added
  • ANCH322 has been withdrawn

Archaeology

Listed Units:

  • ARPA381 has been withdrawn

Chinese

Listed Units: Credit points have changed for the Extended Major from 30-36 cps to 24-36 cps with additional units changed from 0-6 cps to 0-12 cps.

  • CHIN425 has been withdrawn - CHIN325 remains
  • ICLU300 and ICLU301 (In-Country Language Units) have been added to the Extended Major

English

Prescribed Units: Credit points have changed from 18 cps to 12 cps

  • ENCO303 has been withdrawn

Listed Units: Credit points have changed for the Major from 18-24 cps to 12-24 cps with additional units changed from 12-24 cps to 12 - 42 cps.

  • ENGL304 title changed to Reading Fantasy Literature
  • ENCO310 code and title changed to ENGL310 Children's Literature
  • WRIT303 and WRIT304 have been added
  • ENCO326 code changed to WRIT326

French

Listed Units:

  • FRN203 title changed to French Oral Expression
  • FREN204 title changed to French through Contemporary Culture
  • FREN307 title changed to French through Literature: Modernity
  • ICLU300 (In-Country Language Unit) has been added to the Extended Major

German

Listed Units:

  • GRMN210 has been added
  • GRMN305 and GRMN405 have been deleted
  • ICLU300 (In-Country Language Unit) has been added to the Extended Major

History and International History 

Listed Units:

  • HIST301 has been added

Human Geography

Listed Units:

  • GEPL312 has been added
  • GEPL370 title changed to Place-making for People and the Environment

Indonesian

Listed Units:

  • INDN112 has been moved from Prescribed to Listed Units
  • INDN211 title changed to Indonesian In-Country Study 3
  • INDN212 title changed to Indonesian In-Country Study 4
  • INDN311 title changed to Indonesian In-Country Study 5
  • INDN312 title changed to Indonesian In-Country Study 6

Italian

Listed Units:

  • ICLU300 (In-Country Language Unit) has been added to the Extended Major
  • ITAL404, ITAL408 and ITAL409 have been withdrawn - ITAL304, ITAL308 and ITAL309 remain

Japanese

Listed Units:

  • ICLU300 (In-Country Language Unit) has been added to the Extended Major

Music

Listed Units:

  • MUSI330, MUSI334, MUSI335, MUSI336 have been withdrawn
  • MUSI337, MUSI339 and MUSI366 have been added
  • MUSI364 title changed to Screen Composition and Sound Design

Peace Studies

Listed Units:

  • COMM389, GRMN203, PAIS315 and SOCY356 have been added
  • PEAC388 title changed to Refugees, Rights and Responsibilities across the Contemporary World

Philosophy

Prescribed Units:

  • PHIL150 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy B: Metaphysics, Knowledge and the Search for Reality
  • PHIL151 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy A: Ethics, the Self and the Possibilities of Freedom

Physical Geography

Listed Units:

  • GEPL306 title changed to Water in the Environment
  • GEPL312 has been added

Screen and Media Studies

Prescribed Units: Students enrolled in the Major can now choose 12 credit points from three possible units. The extended Major must complete all 18 cps.

Listed Units: Credit points have changed for the Major from 18-30 cps to 24-36 cps. Credit points have changed for the Extended Major from 30-54 cps to 24-48 cps

  • COMM103 and COMM389 have been added
  • COMM321, COMM327 and COMM388 have been withdrawn
  • COMM301 title changed to Film Techniques and Digital Effects
  • COMM385 title changed to Australian Screens
  • ENCO303 code and title changed to WRIT303 Research in Writing and moved to Listed Units
  • ENCO326 code changed to WRIT326

Sociology

Listed Units:

  • SOCY300 title changed to The City and Social Change
  • SOCY319 title changed to Global Societal Challenges
  • SOCY332 title changed to Popular Culture and Consumer Society
  • SOCY360 title changed to Power, Inequality and Social Mobility

Spanish

Listed Units: Credit points have changed for the Extended Major from 30-36 cps to 24-36 cps with additional units changed from 0-6 cps to 0-12 cps.

  • ICLU301 has been added to the Extended Major

Studies in Religion

Listed Units:

  • HIST301 and ISLM363 have been added

Writing

Prescribed Units:

  • ENCO100 code changed to WRIT101
  • ENCO102 code changed to WRIT 102
  • ENCO303 code and title changed to WRIT303 Research in Writing and moved to Listed Units

Listed Units:

  • COMM103, WRIT304 and WRIT313 have been added
  • ENCO310 and ENGL304 have been withdrawn
  • ENCO304 code changed to WRIT304
  • ENCO306 code changed to WRIT306
  • ENCO309 code changed to WRIT309
  • ENCO326 code changed to WRIT326
  • ENCO329 code and title change to WRIT329 Publishing Practice

Bachelor of Laws component

Program of Study - Overview

Listed Units

  • LAW493 has been added
  • LAW164 title changed to Law and First Peoples of Australia
  • LAW361 title changed to International Law
  • LAW375 title changed to Australian Competition and Consumer Law

Note unit, code and/or title changes

Note change to credit point values in Majors and/or Extended Majors for Chinese, English, French, Screen and Media Studies and Spanish.

Current Bachelor of Laws students may enrol in new Listed Units if they wish.

Current Bachelor of Arts students will be able to complete under current rules and may enrol in the new units if they wish or transfer subject to meeting new course requirements.

Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

  • Admission Rule (b) and Rule (c) have been added

Program of Study

Bachelor of Laws component

Listed Units:

  • LAW305, LAW307, LAW318, LAW325, LAW337, LAW338, LAW339, LAW343, LAW345 and LAW346 have been added
  • LAW334 code changed to LAW344
  • LAW341 title changed to Environmental Law

Program of Study

Bachelor of Arts component

  • Minors and Extended Majors have been introduced. The Minors and Extended Majors are in the same subject areas and use the same Program of Study as the current Majors.
  • Students must now complete:
    • A 48-60 cp Major and a 24 cp Minor; or
    • A 72 cp Extended Major; or
    • Two Majors.
  • Core Units have now been added. Students must complete 12 cps from the 18cps of Core Units.

Majors

  • Credit point values throughout Majors have been amended to reflect addition of Minors and Extended Majors

Listed Units:

  • Where applicable, note the following HUMS unit changes:
    • HUMS301 title changed to Special Option
    • HUMS302, HUMS303 and HUMS304 have been deleted

Honours Notes:

Archaeology

Prescribed Units:

  • ARPA105 has been deleted
  • ARPA107 has been added

Listed Units:

  • ARPA301 and ARPA309 have been added
  • ARPA359 title changed to Advanced Analytic and Interpretative Methods
  • ARPA384 title changed to Stone Tools: Analysis and Interpretation

Deleted – Asian Studies

Listed Units:

  • JAPN325 code changed to JAPN245

Australian History

Listed Units:

  • CRIM308 has been withdrawn

Chinese

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; ECON345; LING380; PAIS380; or RELS381

Classical Languages

Prescribed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major must complete a second classical language, and must complete the following repeatable units: CLLA101 and CLLA102

Listed Units:

  • ANCH315 has been withdrawn
  • Candidates completing an Extended Major must complete 6-12 cps from the following: CLLA201, CLLA202, CLLA301, CLLA302, CLLA303, CLLA304

New – Criminology

For full unit details please see the Criminology Major Program of Study.

English

Listed Units:

  • ENCO303 and ENGL304 have been added
  • ENCO310 title changed to Reading and Writing Children’s Literature
  • ENGL390 title changed to Understanding Literary Theory
  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302

French

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; HIST328; or HIST357

German

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; HIST324; HIST328; or HIST357

History

Prescribed and Listed Units have now been expanded to specify particular units for the Major. For full unit details please see the History Major Program of Study

Indigenous Studies

  • This Program is only available as a Minor or Major, not as an Extended Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points for all students changed from 12 to 18 cps
  • IDIG101 and IDIG110 deleted and replaced with IDIG102, IDIG103 and OORA200
  • Candidates completing a Major must also complete IDIG301 and IDIG311

Listed Units:

  • IDIG300, IDIG303, IDIG304, IDIG307 and IDIG312 were deleted
  • IDIG301 title changed to Analysing Change in Indigenous Societies: Policy and Public Policy
  • IDIG305, LING366, PAIS316 and WORK300 have been added

Indonesian

Prescribed Units:

  • INDN101 changed to INDN101 or INDN111
  • INDN102 changed to INDN102 or INDN112

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; ISLM344; ISLM363; or LING350

International History

Listed Units:

  • HIST357 title changed to War, Nations and Empires: Modern Europe, 1789-1914

Italian

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ANCH313; ANCH315; ANCH318; ARTS301 or ARTS302; or LING350

Japanese

Listed Units:

  • JAPN235 has been added
  • JAPN325 code changed to JAPN245
  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; LING380; or RELS381

Music

Prescribed Units:

  • MUSI110, MUSI201, MUSI210, MUSI301, MUSI310, MUSI330 and MUSI338 have been withdrawn and added to the Listed Units

New – Listed Units:

Peace Studies

Listed Units:

  • PEAC308 has been added

Philosophy

Prescribed Units:

  • PHIL150 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy B: In Search of Reality

Listed Units:

  • PHIL306, PHIL307 and PHIL308 have been added
  • PHIL320, PHIL322 and PHIL333 have been deleted

Political Studies

  • This Major has had a name change to Political and International Studies

Prescribed Units:

  • PAIS102 has been deleted and replaced with PAIS103
  • Candidates undertaking a Major or Extended Major must also complete PAIS302 and PAIS314

Listed Units:

  • ANCH305 and ANCH313 have been withdrawn
  • PAIS302, PAIS314, PAIS315, PAIS318, and PAIS363 have been added
  • PAIS381 has been deleted

Psychology

Listed Units:

  • PSYC306 title changed to Organisational Psychology

Screen and Media Studies

Prescribed Units:

  • Only those doing a Major or Extended Major must complete ENCO303

Listed Units:

  • ENCO303 has been added (for those doing a Minor)
  • Candidates completing a Major may complete 0-12 cps, those completing an Extended Major may complete 0-24 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; ENCO326; FREN260; GRMN304; or WORK300

Spanish

Listed Units:

  • Candidates completing an Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; ICLU300; or LING350

Theatre and Performance

Prescribed Units:

  • THEA110 title changed to Ideas of Theatre I
  • THEA111 title changed to Ideas of Theatre II

Listed Units:

  • THEA202 has been added
  • Candidates completing a Major or Extended Major may complete 0-6 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302

Writing

Prescribed Units:

  • Only those doing a Major or Extended Major must complete ENCO303

Listed Units:

  • ENCO303 has been added (for those doing a Minor)
  • ENCO310 title changed to Reading and Writing Children’s Literature
  • ENGL304 title changed to Critical and Creative Writing: Fantasy Literature
  • Candidates completing a Major may complete 0-12 cps, those completing an Extended Major may complete 0-18 credit points from additional Listed Units: ARTS301 or ARTS302; COMM323; COMM381; or WORK300

Note change to Arts component course structure

Note withdrawn and renamed Majors

Note unit, unit code and /or title changes

Students who have completed units which are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Continuing students may enrol in new Listed Units for Law component

These course rule changes apply only to those commencing or transferring to 2017 rules. Continuing students may complete under their current rules or apply to transfer to 2017 rules.

Rules Variation Summary for 2016

Summary of Changes for 2016

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Majors with no changes for 2016:

  • Australian History
  • Chinese
  • Classical Languages
  • German
  • History
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Music
  • Peace Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Geography
  • Spanish
  • Theatre and Performance

Withdrawn Major:

  • Human Bioscience

Note Majors with no changes

Note withdrawn Major

Ancient History Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH307 title changed to Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
  • ANCH310 and ANCH340 have been withdrawn

Note unit title change

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Archaeology Major

Prescribed Units have been changed as follows:

  • Complete the following unit:
    • ARPA104 Archaeology: Principles and Practices
    • ARPA101 and EVOL102 have been withdrawn
  • Added – And complete 6 credit points from the following units:
    • ARPA100 and ARPA105
  • Added – And complete the following units (18 cps):
    • ARPA300
    • ARPA343 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units, and title changed to Archaeology in the Field
    • ARPA356 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units, and title changed to Archaeology in the Laboratory

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 30-36 cps to 12-18 cps
  • ARPA306 and ARPA307 have been added
  • ARPA351 and EVOL361 have been withdrawn

Note for students contemplating Honours:

  • Changed after including… from “18 credit points and completed ARPA343 and ARPA356 at Distinction level or better” to “ARPA300, and shall have attained a GPA (5.5) in those units at 300-level”.

Note unit and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules.

See note change for students contemplating Honours.

Asian Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete the following units changed to Complete 12 cps from the following units
  • PAIS103 has been added

Listed Units:

  • ECON350 and HIST342 have been withdrawn
  • JAPN325 title change to Introduction to Japanese Popular Culture

Note unit and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules.

English Major

Listed Units:

  • The Listed Units have now been divided into two parts.
  • Complete 12-18 cps from the following units:
    • ENGL341, 342, 351, 361, 372, 382 and 383
  • And complete 12-18 cps from the following units:
    • ENCO310, 326, ENGL381, 384, and 390
    • ENGL381 title change to The Contemporary Novel
    • CRIM384 code changed to ENGL384
    • ENGL390 title changed to Understanding Literary Theory
  • ENGL304 has been withdrawn

Note unit code and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules.

French Major

Listed Units:

  • FREN303/403 – FREN403 withdrawn – FREN303 remains
  • FREN304/404 – FREN404 withdrawn – FREN304 remains
  • FREN305/405 – FREN405 withdrawn – FREN305 remains
  • FREN306/406 – FREN406 withdrawn – FREN306 remains
  • FREN307/407 – FREN407 withdrawn – FREN307 remains

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Human Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • AGFD200 and GEPL315 have been added
  • GEPL304 has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules.

Indonesian Major

Listed Units:

  • INDN330/430 – INDN430 withdrawn – INDN330 remains
  • INDN331/431 – INDN431 withdrawn – INDN331 remains

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

International History Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST308 title changed to Crusader Europe, 1095-1453
  • HIST357 title changed to War, Nations and Empires: 1789-1914
  • HIST313 and HIST336 have been added
  • HIST318 and HIST342 have been withdrawn

Note unit and/or title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

International Studies Major

Note for candidates contemplating Honours:

  • Changed from:
    “Except with the permission of the Head of the School of Humanities, a candidate for Honours in Political and International Studies shall have completed the required 60 credit points from the units listed in either the International Studies major or the Political Studies major in the Bachelor of Arts and shall have attained at least a GPA of 5.5 in those units at 300-level.”
    To:
    “A candidate for International Studies honours in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree shall have passed 60 credit points in either International Studies or Political Studies, including 18 credit points at Distinction level or better at 300-level from these units.

Note change to note for students contemplating Honours.

Islamic Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • RELS181 has been withdrawn
  • RELS180 has been added

Listed Units:

  • HIST308 title changed to Crusader Europe, 1095-1453

Note unit title change

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Italian Major

Listed Units:

  • ITAL307/407 – ITAL407 withdrawn – ITAL307 remains
  • ITAL311/411 – ITAL411 withdrawn – ITAL311 remains
  • ITAL313/413 – ITAL413 withdrawn – ITAL313 remains
  • ITAL414 has been added

Note unit changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Japanese Major

Listed Units:

  • JAPN215 has been added
  • JAPN325*/425 –title changed to Introduction to Japanese Popular Culture, and JAPN425 withdrawn
  • JAPN455 has been withdrawn

Note for students contemplating Honours:

  • Added: In addition, Japanese Honours candidates must have achieved 18 cps at Distinction level or better at 300 or 400-level Japanese language units. Note that Japanese culture units (indicated in Listed Units with an asterisk) will not count towards this requirement for 18 credit points at Distinction level. With the approval of the Head of School of Arts, up to 12 cps in a subject relevant to the chosen area of study may be substituted for units in Japanese.

Note unit and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

See change to note for students contemplating Honours.

Political Studies Major

Note for candidates contemplating Honours:

  • Changed from:
    “Except with the permission of the Head of the School of Humanities, a candidate for Honours in Political and International Studies shall have completed the required 60 credit points from the units listed in either the International Studies major or the Political Studies major in the Bachelor of Arts and shall have attained at least a GPA of 5.5 in those units at 300-level.”
    To:
    “A candidate for International Studies honours in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree shall have passed 60 credit points in either International Studies or Political Studies, including 18 credit points at Distinction level or better at 300-level from these units.

Note change to note for students contemplating Honours.

Psychology Major

Prescribed Units:

  • PSYC301 code changed to PSYC371
  • PSYC302 code changed to PSYC372

Listed Units:

  • PSYC315 title changed to Environmental psychology: How to tame an ecological serial killer

Note unit code and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Screen and Media Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • WORK300 title changed to Work Integrated Learning – Professional Skills Development

Note unit title change

Sociology Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete the following units: 12 cps changed to 24 cps
  • SOCY340 has been moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units
  • SOCY345 has been added

Listed Units:

  • SOCY309, SOCY333 and SOCY341 have been withdrawn
  • SOCY336 title changed to The Family and Children in Society
  • SOCY393 has been added

Note for candidates contemplating Honours:

  • SOCY340 title changed to Foundations of Modernity: An Introduction to Social Theory
  • After “either SOCY333 (Qualitative Research Methods) or SOCY341 (Survey Methods)”,
    “or SOCY345 (Mixed Methods in Social Research)” has been added.

Note unit and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Note change to note for students contemplating Honours.

Studies in Religion Major

Prescribed Units:

  • RELS180 and RELS184 have been added
  • RELS181 and RELS183 have been withdrawn

Note unit changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course

Writing Major

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 30-36 cps to 24-30 cps
  • WORK300 title changed to Work Integrated Learning – Professional Skills Development

Note unit and title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Bachelor of Laws component

Implications for current Bachelor of Laws students

Program of Study:

Listed Units:

  • LAW201, LAW270 and LAW390 have been added
  • LAW331 code changed to LAW323
  • LAW335 code changed to LAW326

Note unit and unit code changes

Current students may continue under their current course rules or they may apply to exit with the Advanced Diploma in Legal Studies if they wish to discontinue their candidature in the Bachelor of Laws

Rules Variation Summary for 2015

Summary of Changes for 2015

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Majors with no changes for 2015:

  • Asian Studies
  • Chinese
  • Classical Languages
  • French
  • German
  • Human Geography
  • International Studies
  • Indonesian
  • Islamic Studies
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Peace Studies
  • Spanish
  • Studies in Religion

Renamed Major:

  • Film and Media Studies Major renamed Screen and Media Studies Major

Withdrawn Combined Major:

  • Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology

Ancient History Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH307 has been added

Archaeology Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ARPA102 code changed to EVOL102 Biological Anthropology

Listed Units:

  • ARPA361 code changed to EVOL361 Human Biological Variation
  • ARPA380 has been withdrawn

Australian History Major

Listed Units:

  • CRIM308 has been added

English Major

Prescribed Units

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 18 cps
  • ENCO303 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 30 cps
  • ENGL361 title changed to American Odyssey

Film and Media Studies Major renamed Screen and Media Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 18 cps
  • COMM120 and COMM121 have been withdrawn
  • COMM101, COMM102 and ENCO303 have been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points from 30-36 cps to 24-30 cps
  • COMM321, COMM382 and COMM387 have been added
  • COMM381 title changed to The Art of Documentary
  • COMM383 and ENCO328 have been withdrawn

History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following units (12 cps) to Complete the following unit: HINQ100 has been added
    And complete 6 cps from the following units: Select one unit at 100-level from either the Australian History Major or the International History Major

Human Bioscience Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 30 cps
  • HUMN340 moved to Listed Units

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 18 cps
  • ARPA326 code changed to EVOL326 Palaeoanthropology
  • ARPA336 code changed to EVOL336 Forensic Anthropology
  • HHSC398 has been added
  • HHSC403 has been withdrawn

Indigenous Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • LS364 has been withdrawn

International History Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST310 and HIST318 have been added
  • HIST304 has been withdrawn
  • HIST328 title changed to Modern Europe in War and Peace: 1918 to Yesterday

Linguistics Major

Listed Units:

  • LING250 code changed to LING350 and title changed to Communicating in Culturally Diverse Contexts

Music Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 48 cps
  • MUSI101 title changed to Aural Skills I
  • MUSI111, 207, 208 and 209 have been withdrawn
  • MUSI110, 201, 210, 301 (moved from Listed Units), 310, 330 (moved from Listed Units) and 338 have been added

Listed Units:

  • Listed Units section has been withdrawn which includes the following units: MUSI331, 332, 333, 354, 355, 356, 357, 360

Philosophy Major

Listed Units:

  • PHIL333 has been added

Physical Geography Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following units (GEPL111 and GEPL112) to Complete the following unit: GEPL112
  • And complete 6 credit points from the following units: GEPL106 has been added and GEPL111

Listed Units:

  • EM334 title changed to Introduction to GIS and Spatial Thinking
  • GEPL305 has been withdrawn

Political Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH305 and ANCH313 have been added

Psychology Major

Listed Units:

  • PSYC316 title changed to Psychology of Perception

Sociology Major

Listed Units:

  • SOCY317 has been withdrawn
  • SOCY340 title changed to Foundations of Modernity: An Introduction to Social Theory

Theatre and Performance Major

Listed Units:

  • THEA301 code changed to THEA304
  • THEA302 title changed to Creative Arts Performance and Analysis II

Writing Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 18 cps
  • ENCO303 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units and title change to Research and Writing Across Disciplines

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 30-36 cps to 24-30 cps
  • COMM381 title changed to The Art of Documentary
  • COMM387 has been added
  • ENCO328 has been withdrawn

Note unit and/or title changes

Note withdrawal of Combined Major

Note renamed Major

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2015 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

  • This Combined Major is no longer offered

Prescribed Units:

  • ARPA102 code changed to EVOL102 and title changed to Biological Anthropology

Listed Units:

  • ARPA326 code changed to EVOL326
  • ARPA333 and ARPA380 have been withdrawn
  • ARPA336 code changed to EVOL336
  • ARPA361 code changed to EVOL361 and title changed to Human Biological Variation

Note withdrawn Combined Major

Note unit code and/or title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

Bachelor of Laws component

Implications for current Bachelor of Laws students

Program of Study:

  • An Honours Program has been added.
  • Students can either complete the Coursework Program: Core Units (108 cps) and 36 cps Listed Units
    OR
    the Honours Program: Core Units (108 cps), LAW490 (was LS400) and LLM500 and 18 cps Listed Units.

Core Units:

  • LS100 code changed to LAW100
  • LS101 code changed to LAW101
  • LS161 code changed to LAW161
  • LS200 code changed to LAW400
  • LS212 code changed to LAW313
  • LS220 code changed to LAW220
  • LS231 code changed to LAW231
  • LS232 code changed to LAW232
  • LS240 code changed to LAW340
  • LS281 code changed to LAW281
  • LS282 code changed to LAW282
  • LS312 code changed to LAW312
  • LS320 code changed to LAW320
  • LS351 code changed to LAW251
  • LS355 code changed to LAW455
  • LS371 code changed to LAW171
  • LS372 code changed to LAW272
  • LS480 code changed to LAW480

Listed Units:

  • LS301 code changed to LAW301
  • LS314 code changed to LAW314
  • LS315 code changed to LAW315
  • LS321 code changed to LAW321
  • LS331 code changed to LAW331
  • LS332 code changed to LAW332
  • LS334 code changed to LAW334
  • LS335 code changed to LAW335
  • LS336 code changed to LAW336
  • LS341 code changed to LAW341
  • LS342 code changed to LAW342
  • LS352 code changed to LAW352
  • LS357 code changed to LAW157
  • LS358 code changed to LAW358
  • LS360 code changed to LAW360
  • LS361 code changed to LAW361
  • LS364 code changed to LAW164
  • LS370 code changed to LAW370
  • LS377 code changed to LAW377
  • LS379 code changed to LAW379
  • LS389 code changed to LAW389
  • LS396 code changed to LAW396
  • LS397 code changed to LAW397
  • LS459 code changed to LAW359
  • LS471 code and title changed to LAW375 Competition and Australian Consumer Law

Note unit code and/or title changes

Note addition of Honours program

Students who have not completed:

  • LS100 must complete LAW100
  • LS101 must complete LAW101
  • LS161 must complete LAW161
  • LS200 must complete LAW400
  • LS212 must complete LAW313
  • LS220 must complete LAW220
  • LS231 must complete LAW231
  • LS232 must complete LAW232
  • LS240 must complete LAW340
  • LS281 must complete LAW281
  • LS282 must complete LAW282
  • LS312 must complete LAW312
  • LS320 must complete LAW320
  • LS351 must complete LAW251
  • LS355 must complete LAW455
  • LS371 must complete LAW171
  • LS372 must complete LAW272
  • LS480 must complete LAW480

Current students may continue under their current course rules completing the new LAW coded units in place of LS coded units or they may apply to transfer to the 2015 course rules

Rules Variation Summary for 2014

Summary of Changes for 2014

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Ancient History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from - Complete the following units to Complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • ANCH112 has been added

Listed Units:

  • ANCH314 has been withdrawn
  • ANCH315 and ANCH318 have been added

Archaeology Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH315 and NR331 have been added

Asian Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ECON345 title changed to The Elephant and the Dragon: India and China in the Asian Century
  • GEPL314 has been withdrawn

Australian History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following units (12 cps) to Complete the following unit: HINQ100 has been added
    And complete 6 cps from the following units: HIST150, HIST151

Classical Languages Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH315 has been added

English Major

Listed Units:

  • CRIM384, ENCO326, ENGL382 and ENGL383 have been added
  • ENGL374 has been withdrawn

Film and Media Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • EACL329 has been withdrawn

French Major

Listed Units:

  • FREN206 has been added

Gender Studies Major

  • This major is no longer offered
  • ANCH314 has been withdrawn
  • PEAC328 title changed to Resolution or Transformation of Conflict

German Major

Listed Units:

  • GRMN407 has been withdrawn – GRMN307 remains
  • GRMN408 has been withdrawn – GRMN308 remains
  • GRMN203 has been added

Human Geography Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following unit to Complete the following units (12 cps): GEPL111 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 42 cps to 36 cps
  • GEPL304 and GEPL390 have been added
  • GEPL314, GEPL344, GEPL352 and GEPL380 have been withdrawn

Indigenous Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ENGL374 has been withdrawn
  • IDIG312 title changed to Indigenous Communities and Ethnic Minorities

International History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following units (12 cps) to Complete the following unit: HINQ100 has been added
    And complete 6 cps from the following units: HIST111, HIST165
  • HIST195 has been withdrawn

Listed Units:

  • HIST303 and HIST309 have been added
  • HIST307 and HIST348 have been withdrawn

Linguistics Major

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from Complete 30-36 cps to -
    Complete 6 cps from the following units: LING365, LING369
    And complete 24 to 30 cps from the following units: LING244, 250, 305, 353, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 369, 371, 380

Peace Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • PEAC328 title changed to Resolution or Transformation of Conflict

Physical Geography Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following unit to Complete the following units (12 cps): GEPL112 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 42 cps to 36 cps

Psychology Major

Listed Units:

  • PSYC321 has been withdrawn

Sociology Major

Listed Units:

  • SOCY301 has been added

Spanish Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 cps to 36 cps
  • SPAN301 (moved from Listed Units) and SPAN302 have been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 cps to 12 cps with at least 6 cps at 300-level from the following units
  • SPAN203 has been added

Studies in Religion Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Changed from – Complete the following units to Complete 12 cps from the following units: RELS183 has been added

Writing Major

Listed Units:

  • ENCO304 has been added
  • ENGL342 has been withdrawn

Note unit and/or title changes

Note withdrawal of Gender Studies Major

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2014 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH315 and NR331 have been added

Note unit changes

Bachelor of Laws component

Implications for current Bachelor of Laws students

Core Units:

  • LS160 has been withdrawn and replaced with LS161 Criminal Law
  • LS111 has been withdrawn and replaced with LS312 Criminal and Civil Procedure

Listed Units:

  • LS314 and LS389 have been added
  • LS394 has been withdrawn

Note unit changes

Students who have not completed:

  • LS111 must complete LS312
  • LS160 must complete LS161

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Rules Variation Summary for 2013

Summary of Changes for 2013

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Ancient History Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH312 title changed to Rome of the Caesars
  • ANCH340 has been added

Note unit and/or title changes

Archaeology Major

Listed Units:

  • ARPA381 title changed to Prehistory of SE Asia

Note unit title change

Asian Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ECON345 title changed to The Dragon and the Elephant: The Asian Century
  • PAIS361 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption

Note unit title changes.

Chinese Major

Prescribed Units:

  • CHIN304 title changed to Chinese Language 3A

Note unit title change

English Major

Listed Units:

  • ABEN373 code changed to ENGL374 Australian Literature: Black and White
  • ENCO307 and ENGL305 have been withdrawn
  • ENGL381 has been added

Note unit and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Film and Media Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ENCO301 code changed to COMM301 Film and Media in the Digital Age
  • COMM323 title changed to Digital and Social Media
  • COMM388 title changed to Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre
  • EACL329 title changed to European Cinema

Note unit and/or title changes

Gender Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH312 title changed to Rome of the Caesars
  • COMM388 title changed to Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre
  • PAIS361 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption
  • SOCY382 title changed to Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture

Note unit title changes.

Human Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • GEPL301 has been added

Note unit change.

Indigenous Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ABEN373 code changed to ENGL374 Australian Literature: Black and White
  • IDIG300 title changed to First Peoples of Australia: Analysing Policy Issues
  • IDIG303 title changed to Principles of Indigenous Community Development
  • IDIG306 Indigenous Health

Note unit and/or title changes

International Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • PAIS361 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption

Not unit title changes

Japanese Major

Listed Units:

  • JAPN455 title changed to Manga and Anime in Japanese Popular Culture

Note unit title change

Music Major

Listed Units:

  • MUSI301 and MUSI360 have been added
  • MUSI358 has been withdrawn

Note unit changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

Philosophy Major

Listed Units:

  • PHIL305 has been withdrawn
  • PHIL304 and RELS395 have been added

Note unit changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

Physical Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • GEPL390 has been added

Note unit change

Political Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • PAIS361 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption
  • PAIS375 title changed to Mass Media and Politics
  • PAIS381 title changed to Active Citizen – Australian Civics and Democracy

Note unit title changes.

Psychology Major

Listed Units:

  • PSYC308 title changed to Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • PSYC309 title changed to Cognitive Affective and Social Neuroscience

Note unit title changes.

Spanish Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 48 cps to 24 cps – Complete the following units: SPAN101, SPAN102, SPAN201 and SPAN202
  • SPAN301, SPAN304, SPAN305 and SPAN306 moved to Listed Units

Listed Units has been added:

  • Complete 24 credit points from the following units:
  • SPAN204 (added), SPAN301, SPAN303 (added), SPAN304, SPAN305 and SPAN306

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2013 course rules.

Sociology Major

Prescribed Units:

  • SOCY101 has been withdrawn
  • SOCY110 has been added

Listed Units:

  • SOCY308 and SOCY309 have been added
  • SOCY356 title changed to The State, Power and Violence
  • SOCY382 title changed to Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture

Note unit and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2013 course rules.

Studies in Religion Major

Listed Units:

  • PHIL303 and RELS382 have been withdrawn
  • RELS395 has been added

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2013 course rules.

Writing Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ENCO100 title changed to The Craft of Academic Writing

Listed Units:

  • COMM323 title changed to Digital and Social Media
  • ECT303 code changed to ENCO303 Research in Writing

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 24 cps
  • ARPA343 and ARPA356 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Unit

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 54 or 60 cps to 42 or 48 cps
  • ARPA381 title changed to Prehistory of SE Asia

Note unit and/or title changes

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2013 course rules.

Bachelor of Laws component

Implications for current Bachelor of Laws students

  • LS378 has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Rules Variation Summary for 2012

Summary of Changes for 2012

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Elective Units changed from: '... any unit offered in the Majors of the Bachelor of Arts subject to ...'

to: '... any unit offered by the University subject to ...'

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Ancient History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ANCH110 title changed to Introduction to Ancient Greece
  • ANCH111 title changed to Introduction to Ancient Rome

Listed Units:

  • ANCH310 title changed to The Art of Roman Government
  • ANCH351 title changed to Warfare in the Ancient World
  • ANCH313 has been added

Note unit and/or title changes

New – Archaeology Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • ARPA101, ARPA102 and ARPA104

Listed Units:

  • Complete 30 or 36 credit points from the following units:
  • ARPA302, ARPA343, ARPA351, ARPA352, ARPA356, ARPA359, ARPA361, ARPA370, ARPA380, ARPA381 and ARPA384

With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

Note New Major

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Asian Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ASST100 code changed to HIST195 Asian Pasts

Listed Units:

  • ISLM344, ISLM363, PAIS390, RELS381 and RELS392 have been added
  • PAIS362 has been withdrawn
  • PAIS380 title changed to Dragon in Chains? Contemporary Chinese Politics

Note unit and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Australian History Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST330 title changed to Local and Community Histories
  • HIST339 title changed to The Family in History

Note unit title changes.

English Major

Listed Units:

  • ENGL342 has been added
  • ENGL375 has been withdrawn
  • ENGL361 title changed to American Visions

Note unit and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Film Studies Major renamed Film and Media Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • COMM323, COMM327, COMM332, ENCO301, ENCO326 and ENCO328 have been added
  • COMM380 has been withdrawn

Note Major renamed

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

French Major

Listed Units:

  • FREN203 or FREN204 now changed to separate entry

Note unit changes.

Gender Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ARTS301 moved to heading 'With permission of Head of School ...'
  • ENGL375 has been withdrawn
  • ISLM363 and RELS300 have been added
  • COMM327 title changed to Popular and Creative Culture
  • HIST339 title changed to The Family in History
  • RELS385 title changed to Women, Gender and the World's Religions

With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • ARTS301 and ARTS302 have been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Human Bioscience Major

Listed Units:

  • ARPA326 and ARPA336 have been added

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Human Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • GEPL335 and GEPL399 have been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Indigenous Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • HUMS100 code changed to IDIG110 Colliding Worlds
  • IDIG101 title changed to Australia's First Peoples' Contemporary Issues

Listed Units:

  • IDIG304 title changed to First Peoples Organisation and Business
  • IDIG307 has been added
  • IDIG308 has been withdrawn

Note unit and/or title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

International History Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete 12 credit points from the following units –
  • HIST195 has been added

Listed Units:

  • HIST318 and RELS386 have been withdrawn
  • ISLM344 and ISLM363 have been added
  • HIST318 title changed to Modern Europe in War and Peace: 1918-2012

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

International Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST329, ISLM344, PAIS380 and PAIS390 have been added
  • PAIS362 has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

New – Islamic Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete the following units -
  • RELS181 and RELS182

Listed Units:

  • Complete 30 or 36 credit points from the following units –
  • HIST305, HIST308, HIST343, ISLM344, ISLM363, PAIS314, PAIS315, PAIS390

With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

Note New Major

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Linguistics Major

Listed Units:

  • Complete 30 or 36 credit points from the following units -
  • LING363 title changed to Bilingualism
  • LING390, LING391 and LING392 have been withdrawn

With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • BCSS393, BCSS394

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Media Studies Major

  • This major is has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Music Major

Listed Units:

  • MUSI332 title changed to The Past is a Foreign Culture: European Music and the Enlightenment

Note unit title changes.

Peace Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 or 30 cps to 30 or 36 cps
  • HIST343, GEPL314, GEPL322, GEPL352, PAIS315, PAIS316, PAIS365, PHIL366, PHIL375 and SOCY319 have been withdrawn
  • PEAC304 title changed to Environmental Security and Peaceful Futures

Note unit title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Philosophy Major

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete 12 credit points from the following units -
  • PHIL102 has been added

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Physical Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • EM334 and GEPL309 have been added
  • EM432 has been withdrawn
  • GEPL306 title changed to Landscape Processes

Note unit title change

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Political Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • PAIS316, PAIS352, PAIS361 and PAIS390 have been added
  • PAIS351 has been withdrawn
  • PAIS380 title changed to Dragon in Chains? Contemporary Chinese Politics

Note unit title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Psychology Major

Listed Units:

  • PSYC308 and PSYC315 have been added
  • PSYC309 title changed to Human Neuropsychology

Note unit code and/or title changes.

New – Spanish Major

Prescribed Units: Complete the following units –

  • SPAN101, SPAN102, SPAN201, SPAN202, SPAN301, SPAN304, SPAN305 and SPAN306

Note new Major

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Sociology Major

Listed Units:

  • SOCY300 has been added
  • SOCY321 title changed to Sociology of Health and Illness

Note unit title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Studies in Religion Major

Prescribed Units:

  • RELS181 title changed to World Religions: An Introduction
  • RELS182 title changed to World Religions Today

Listed Units:

  • ISLM344, RELS300 and RELS392 have been added
  • RELS382 title changed to Philosophy of Religion: East and West
  • RELS385 title changed to Women, Gender and the World's Religions

Note unit title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Theatre and Performance Major

Prescribed Units:

  • THEA110 title changed to Introduction to Live Performance

Note unit title changes.

Writing Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ENCO102 title changed to Storytelling and Genre Writing

Listed Units:

  • COMM332 has been withdrawn
  • ENGL342 has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

Listed Units:

  • ARPA333 and ARPA380 have been added

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2012 course rules.

Bachelor of Laws component

Implications for current Bachelor of Laws students

Listed Units:

  • LS394, LS396 and LS397 have been added

Note unit changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2011

Summary of Changes for 2011

Bachelor of Arts component

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Ancient History Major

Listed Units:

  • ANCH305 title changed to Greek Democracy and Its Enemies
  • ANCH326 has been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Asian Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • CIJ110 code changed to CIJ210 Cultural Expression in Modern Asia
  • PAIS363 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Australian History Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST368 has been withdrawn
  • HIST331 and HIST332 have been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Chinese Major

  • CIJ110 code changed to CIJ210 Cultural Expression in Modern Asia

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Classical Languages Major

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

English Major

Prescribed Units:

  • ENGL101 title changed to Engaging with Literature
  • ENGL102 title changed to Approaches to Literature and Society

Listed Units:

  • ENCO307 and ENCO310 have been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Film Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • COMM121 has been added

Listed Units:

  • COMM180 code changed to COMM380 Film: Style and Story and moved from Prescribed to Listed Units
  • GRMN304 has been added
  • COMM386 has been withdrawn
  • COMM315 title changed to Children's Media
  • COMM325 title changed to Television Studies

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School of Arts candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • ARTS301 moved from Listed Units
  • ARTS302 and WORK300 added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

French Major

Listed Units:

  • FREN103 code changed to FREN205 French Language Through Culture 1
  • FREN403 added – now combined FREN303/403
  • FREN404 added – now combined FREN304/404
  • FREN405 added – now combined FREN305/405
  • FREN406 added – now combined FREN306/406 and title changed to Women in French Texts

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Gender Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • ARPA361 title changed to Evolution of Human Growth and Diversity
  • PAIS363 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia
  • EDCX346 has been withdrawn
  • ITAL308 has been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

German Major

Prescribed Units: Credit points changed from 36 cps to 24 cps.

  • GRMN101, GRMN102, GRMN201 and GRMN202

Listed Units changed to two sections - Complete at least 12 cps from the following units:

  • GRMN301 and GRMN302 moved from Prescribed Units to Listed Units
  • GRMN407 added – now combined GRMN307/407
  • GRMN408 added – now combined GRMN308/408
  • And complete at least 12 cps from the following units:
  • GRMN303
  • GRMN304 title changed to Contemporary German Film
  • GRMN405 added – now combined GRMN305/405
  • GRMN406 added – now combined GRMN306/406

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

History Major

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Human Bioscience Major

Prescribed Units changed from 48 cps to 36 cps:

  • GENE250, HBIO110, HBIO120, HHSC233, HHSC243, HUMN340

Listed Units added – Complete 12 cps from the following units:

  • HHSC383 and HHSC384 moved from Prescribed Units to Listed Units
  • HHSC403 has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Human Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • GEPL321 title changed to Populations, Health and Environment
  • GEPL380 title changed to Understanding Rural Communities

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Indigenous Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • IDIG302 and IDIG307 have been withdrawn
  • ARPA302 and LS364 have been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Indonesian Major

Listed Units:

  • CIJ110 code changed to CIJ210 Cultural Expression in Modern Asia
  • INDN441 title changed to Contemporary Issues in Indonesian Culture and Society

Note unit code and/or title changes.

International History Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST367 has been withdrawn
  • HIST363 has been added
  • HIST324 title changed to Ashes to Ashes: Weimar and Nazi Germany: 1918-1945
  • HIST328 title changed to Modern Europe in War and Peace: 1914-Present
  • HIST357 title changed to War, Nations and Empires: Modern Europe, 1789-1918

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

International Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • BCSS393 and BCSS394 have been withdrawn
  • PAIS316 title changed to Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific
  • PAIS363 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Italian Major

Listed Units:

  • ITAL203 added
  • ITAL404 added – now combined ITAL304/404
  • ITAL407 added – now combined ITAL307/407
  • ITAL408 added – now combined ITAL308/408
  • ITAL409 added – now combined ITAL309/409
  • ITAL411 added – now combined ITAL311/411
  • ITAL413 added – now combined ITAL313/413

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Japanese Major

Listed Units:

  • CIJ110 code changed to CIJ210 Cultural Expression in Modern Asia
  • JAPN422 title changed to Advanced Japanese Reading Unit
  • JAPN455 has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Linguistics Major

Listed Units:

  • LING150 has been withdrawn (LING250 remains)
  • LING367 and LING368 have been withdrawn
  • LING170 code changed to LING244 Language and the Law
  • LING371, LING390, LING390, LING391 have been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Music Major

Prescribed Units:

  • MUSI111 has been added
  • MUSI109 code changed to MUSI209 Concept and Approaches in the Cultural Study of Music
  • MUSI207 title changed to Foundations in Music Craft
  • MUSI208 title changed to Foundations in Music Composition

Listed Units:

  • MUSI354 title changed to Composition/Craft: Australian Music
  • MUSI355 title changed to Composition/Craft: Technology and Music
  • MUSI356 title changed to Composition/Craft: Music, Numbers and Patterns
  • MUSI357 title changed to Composition/Craft: Music Loops and Sound Producers
  • MUSI358 title changed to Song and the Voice

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Peace and Development Studies Major renamed Peace Studies Major

Prescribed Units:

  • PEAC102 has been added

Listed Units:

  • IDIG303 and  IDIG312 have been withdrawn
  • PEAC373 title changed to Globalisation: As If People and Ecosystems Matter
  • PAIS316 title changed to Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific
  • PAIS365 title changed to Politics and the Environment: Intersecting Crises

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Philosophy Major

Listed Units:

  • PHIL330 has been added
  • RELS382 has been withdrawn
  • PHIL305 title changed to Time and Other Metaphysical Topics

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Physical Geography Major

Listed Units:

  • GEPL303 has been withdrawn
  • GEPL306 and GEPL308 have been added
  • GEPL305 title changed to Coastal Environments and Climate Change
  • GEPL311 title changed to Catchment to Coast

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Political Studies Major

Listed Units:

  • PAIS306 title changed to Avoid Economic Deception: Study Political Economy
  • PAIS320 title changed to Classical Political Thinkers
  • PAIS351 title changed to Federations: Challenges, Debates and Trends
  • PAIS365 title changed to Politics and the Environment: Intersecting Crises

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Psychology Major

Listed Units:

  • PSYC308 and PSYC315 have been added
  • PSYC309 title changed to Human Neuropsychology

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Sociology Major

Listed Units:

  • SOCY344 and SOCY390 have been withdrawn
  • SOCY374 has been added

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

Studies in Religion Major

Listed Units:

  • HIST367 has been withdrawn
  • RELS381 has been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303, HUMS304

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Theatre Studies Major renamed Theatre and Performance Major

Listed Units:

  • EACL325 and EACL326 have been withdrawn
  • THEA234 has been added
  • THEA302 title changed to Approaches to Creative Arts Performance and Analysis
  • THEA317 title changed to Australia on Stage

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School of Arts candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • ARTS301 and ARTS302 have been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Writing Major

Listed Units:

  • COMM323 title changed to Digital Media and Interactive Entertainment
  • COMM386 and ENCO308 have been withdrawn
  • ENCO309 has been added

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School of Arts candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Major:

  • ARTS301 and WORK300 moved from Listed Units
  • ARTS302 has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Ancient History and Studies in Religion Combined Major

  • Combined Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

Listed Units:

  • ARPA361 title changed to Evolution of Human Growth and Diversity

Additional heading: With permission of Head of School candidates may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following units towards this Combined Major:

  • HUMS301, HUMS302, HUMS303 and HUMS304 have been added

List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been withdrawn

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Indigenous and Peace Studies Combined Major

  • Combined Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Indigenous, Political and International Studies Combined Major

  • Combined Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Peace and Studies in Religion Combined Major

  • Combined Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Political and International Studies Combined Major

  • Combined Major has been withdrawn

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules.

Rules Variation Summary for 2010

Summary of Changes for 2010 - Bachelor of Arts component:

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Ancient History Major

  • Listed unit HIST384 code changed to RELS384
  • Listed unit HIST387 code changed to RELS387
  • Listed unit HIST388 code changed to RELS388
  • Listed unit ANCH310 has title change
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Asian Studies Major

  • Prescribed unit HIST195 code changed to ASST100
  • Listed unit HIST386 code changed to RELS386
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Australian History Major

  • Listed units HIST367, HUMS301, HUMS303 and HUMS304 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules

Classical Languages Major

  • Listed units HUMS301 and HUMS303 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules

English Major

  • Prescribed unit ENGL102 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Film Studies Major

  • COMM120 added to Prescribed units
  • COMM325 added to Listed units
  • Listed unit WGCO388 code changed to COMM388
  • Listed unit EUCL329 code changed to EACL329
  • Total credit points for Major changed from 42 cps to 48 cps

Note unit code and/or title changes.

The total credit points for the Major only applies to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

French Major

  • Listed unit FREN307/407 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Gender Studies Major

  • Listed unit HIST385 code changed to RELS385
  • Listed unit WGCO327 code changed to COMM327
  • Listed unit WGCO388 code changed to COMM388
  • Listed unit PEAC328 has title change
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

History Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Australian History Major or the International History Major or both'
  • Listed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 300-level from either the Australian History Major or the International History Major or both'

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Human Geography Major

  • Prescribed unit GEPL112 has title change
  • Listed unit GEPL338 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Indigenous Studies Major

  • Prescribed unit ARPA104 has been withdrawn
  • Prescribed unit IDIG100 code changed to HUMS100
  • IDIG304 and IDIG307 added to Listed units
  • Listed units ARPA302, ARPA351, ARPA352, ARPA384 and LING366 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Indonesian Major

  • Listed units INDN331/431 and INDN441 have title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

International History Major

  • Listed units HIST366, HUMS301, HUMS303 and HUMS304 have been withdrawn
  • Listed unit HIST386 code changed to RELS386
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Media Studies Major

  • Listed unit WGCO327 code changed to COMM327
  • Listed unit WGCO388 code changed to COMM388
  • Listed unit ENCO328 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Music Major

  • Prescribed unit MUSI107 code changed to MUSI207
  • Prescribed unit MUSI108 code changed to MUSI208

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Peace and Development Studies Major

  • Listed units GEPL111, IDIG101, PAIS102, PAIS113 and PEAC106 have been withdrawn
  • Listed units GEPL322, IDIG302, IDIG312, PHIL375 and SOCY319 have been added
  • Listed units PEAC303 and PEAC328 have title changes
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Philosophy Major

  • Prescribed units PHIL101 and PHIL102 have been withdrawn
  • Listed unit PHIL313 code changed to RELS382
  • Listed units PHIL330, BCSS393, BCSS394 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Physical Geography Major

  • Listed units GEPL338, GEPL341 and NR331 have title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Political Studies Major

  • Prescribed unit PAIS101 has title change
  • Listed unit PHIL313 code changed to RELS382
  • Listed units PHIL330, BCSS393, BCSS394 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Students who have already successfully completed units that have been withdrawn will be credited towards their course.

Psychology Major

  • Listed unit PSYC309 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Studies in Religion Major

  • Prescribed unit HIST181 code changed to RELS181
  • Prescribed unit HIST182 code changed to RELS182
  • Listed unit PHIL313 code changed to RELS382
  • Listed unit HIST384 code changed to RELS384
  • Listed unit HIST385 code changed to RELS385
  • Listed unit HIST386 code changed to RELS386
  • Listed unit HIST387 code changed to RELS387
  • Listed unit HIST388 code changed to RELS388
  • Listed units ANCH322, ANCH324, ANCH325, HIST305, HIST308, HIST342 have been withdrawn
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Theatre Studies Major

  • Listed unit EUCL325 code changed to EACL325
  • Listed unit EUCL326 code changed to EACL326

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Writing Major

  • Listed unit ENCO328 has title change

Note unit code and/or title changes.

Ancient History and Studies in Religion Combined Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Ancient History Major or the Studies in Religion Major or both'
  • Listed unit PHIL313 code changed to RELS382
  • Listed unit HIST384 code changed to RELS384
  • Listed unit HIST385 code changed to RELS385
  • Listed unit HIST386 code changed to RELS386
  • Listed unit HIST387 code changed to RELS387
  • Listed unit HIST388 code changed to RELS388
  • Listed unit HIST308 has been withdrawn
  • Listed unit ANCH310 has title change
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

  • Prescribed unit STAT100 has been withdrawn
  • Listed units ANCH110, ANCH111, BIOL110, BIOL120, GEPL338 and NR331 have been withdrawn
  • Listed unit ARPA352 has title change
  • Total credit points for Combined Major changed from 84 cps to 72 cps
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Indigenous and Peace Studies Combined Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Indigenous Studies Major or the Peace and Development Studies Major or both'
  • Listed units ARPA352, PEAC303 and PEAC328 have title change
  • IDIG304 and IDIG307 added to Listed units
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Indigenous, Political and International Studies Combined Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Indigenous Studies Major or the Political Studies Major or the International Studies Major or any two of these'.
  • IDIG302, IDIG304 and IDIG307 added to Listed units
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Peace and Studies in Religion Combined Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Indigenous Studies Major or the Political Studies Major or the International Studies Major or any two of these'.
  • Listed unit PHIL313 code changed to RELS382
  • Listed unit HIST384 code changed to RELS384
  • Listed unit HIST385 code changed to RELS385
  • Listed unit HIST386 code changed to RELS386
  • Listed unit HIST387 code changed to RELS387
  • Listed unit HIST388 code changed to RELS388
  • Listed units HIST342 and PEAC388 has been withdrawn
  • IDIG303 and IDIG312 have been added to Listed units
  • Listed units PEAC303 and PEAC328 have title change
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Political and International Studies Combined Major

  • Prescribed units have been withdrawn and replaced with 'Select units at 100-level from either the Political Studies Major or the International Studies Major or both'.
  • Listed units BCSS393, BCSS394 have been withdrawn
  • PAIS381 has been added to Listed units
  • List of suggested Elective Units to complement this Combined Major has been added

Note unit code and/or title changes.

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules.

Rules Variation Summary for 2009

Summary of changes for 2009

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Ancient History Major

  • Listed units CLST 320 and CLST 321 have been  withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Asian Studies Major

  • Add HIST 195 to core units
  • Listed units HIST 141 and HIST 142 have been withdrawn
  • Code change for listed unit CIJ 210 to CIJ 110
  • Listed units HIST 341 and PHIL 318 withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Australian History Major

  • Listed unit HIST 378, HIST 391, HIST 392 and HIST 397 have been withdrawn
  • New units HUMS301, 302, 303 and 304added to listed units

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Chinese Major

  • Code change for CIJ 210 to CIJ 110

All students

Note the unit code change.

Classical Languages Major

  • Listed units CLST 320 and CLST 321 have been withdrawn
  • Remaining listed units (24cp) now prescribed for a total of 48cp in the major

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes

Film Studies Major

  • Change to listed unit code - ARTS 300 is the new code for ECTW 300

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit change.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

French Major

  • Change of unit titles for FREN 305, FREN 306 and FREN 307

All Students

Note the unit changes

Gender Studies Major

  • Listed unit ECTW 300 has been re-coded as  ARTS 300
  • Listed unit HS 332 has been re-coded as  HSHM 332
  • Listed unit PDPS 429 has been re-coded as  PEAC 328
  • Listed units ECTW 324, EDCX 349, HIST 378 have been withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

Geography Major

The Geography major has been withdrawn for 2009. New majors in Human Geography and Physical Geography have been added.

For students who began in 2008.

Students may proceed under the 2008 rules if they wish to complete the 2008 Geography major or may transfer to a new major if they wish.

For students who began before 2008

No change to requirements

History Major

  • Listed unit HIST 378 has been withdrawn
  • Listed units HIST 391, HIST 392 and HIST 397 have been withdrawn
  • New units HUMS301, 302, 303 and 304have been added to listed units

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Human Geography Major has been added as a new Major

  • The existing major in 'Geography' has been deleted for 2009
  • Details of units for the new major are given in the 2009 BA course information.

For students who began in or after 2008

You can transfer to this new major if you wish.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

Indigenous Studies Major

  • All PDAB units now prefixed IDIG
  • Code change for PDPS 302 to PEAC 304

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

Indonesian Major

  • Code change for CIJ 210 to CIJ 110

All students

Note the unit code change.

International History Major

  • Listed units HIST 341, 391, 392 and 397 have been withdrawn
  • New units HUMS 301, 302, 303 and 304 have been added to listed units.

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

International Studies Major

  • Listed units APPS 393 and APPS 394 have been recoded as BCSS 393 and BCSS 394

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

(In 2007 the major/discipline was Political and International Studies; in 2006, the major/discipline was International Relations)

Japanese Major

  • Code change for CIJ 210 to CIJ 110

All students

Note the unit code change.

Linguistics Major

  • Add LING 107, LING 371 (previously LING 305), LING 369 as listed units
  • LING 360 has been withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Media Studies Major

  • COMM 332 and COMM 381 have been added as listed units
  • Listed unit ECTW 300 has been re-coded as  ARTS 300
  • Listed unit ECTW 324 has been withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

Peace and Development Studies major

  • PDPS units now prefixed PEAC
  • PDAB units now prefixed IDIG
  • Listed unit PDPS 288 has been withdrawn
  • PEAC 106, PEAC 388 and PAIS 365 have been added to listed units

For students who began in or after 2008

Please note unit changes in the major

PDPS 288 (if already completed) still counts towards the major.

For students who began before 2008

You may not take this major under the pre 2008 course rules.

Philosophy Major

  • Listed units APPS 393 and APPS 394 have been recoded as BCSS 393 and BCSS 394
  • Listed unit PHIL 318  withdrawn

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Physical Geography Major has been added as a new Major

  • The existing major in 'Geography' has been deleted for 2009
  • Details of units for the new major are given in the 2009 BA course information.

For students who began in or after 2008

You can transfer to this new major if you wish.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

Political Science Major

  • Listed units APPS 393 and APPS 394 have been recoded as BCSS 393 and BCSS 394

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

Psychology Major

  • For 2009 the following units change from listed to core units in the PSYC major:
  • PSYC 200, PSYC 206, PSYC 213 (previously PSYC 313), PSYC 301(previously PSYC 201) and PSYC 366
  • Under the 2009 rules, the major requires completion of 54cp core units (PSYC 101, 102, 200, 202, 206, 213, 301, 302, 366) and one 6cp from listed units.

  • Changes to listed units for 2009 –
  • Add new unit PSYC 306 (Psychology in the Workplace) to listed units
  • Code change for PSYC 204 to PSYC 307 and add PSYC 307 to listed units
  • Add PSYC 314 (Behaviour Modification) as a listed unit and note changed title
  • Change of title for PSYC 363 to Abnormal Psychology

New students for 2009 will come under the 2009 rules for the Psychology major

For students who began in 2008

Note the unit changes. Students may proceed under the 2008 rules if they wish (the changes are listed units becoming core units). Under the 2008 and 2009 rules, students need 60cp from core and listed units in PSYC to complete the PSYC major.

For students who began before 2008

Note the unit changes.

The PSYC major before 2008 required successful completion of 48cp from units as follows: PESS 202 ( now PSYC 202), PSYC 101 102; 12 cp from PSYC 200, PSYC 201 (now 301) and 18cp from PSYC 302, 304, 309, 313, 314, 316, 321, 363, 366, 399

Sociology Major

  • Change of title for SOCY 336 to 'A Sociology of Families and Family Lives'
  • Change of title for SOCY 360 to 'Social Inequalities'

All students

Note the unit changes.

Stage and Screen Acting Major (only available as an articulation with Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting of the Actors College of Theatre and Television)

  • Add THEA 302 as a listed unit.

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit change.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major.

Studies in Religion Major

  • This major has been re-instated for 2009.
  • Unit information for the major is listed in 2009 BA course information

For students who began in or after 2008

You may enrol in or transfer into this major.

For students who began before 2008

For details of the major in Studies in Religion pre 2008 see 2007 BA course information.

Writing Major

  • COMM 332 and COMM 381 have been added to listed units
  • Listed unit ECTW 300 has been re-coded as  ARTS 300

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

COMBINED MAJORS

Ancient History and Studies in Religion Combined Major

  • Add HIST 181 and 182 to prescribed 100 level units from which 12 cp must be chosen

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology Combined Major

  • Note the following unit correction: GEPL 330 was re-coded as GEPL 338 for 2008

All Students

Note the unit code correction.

Indigenous, Political and International Studies has been added as a new Combined Major

  • Details of units for the new major are given in the 2009 BA course information.
  • The combined major requires 72cp comprising:
  • 12cp of prescribed units;
  • 60cp from listed units (30cp from Indigenous Studies units; 30cp from Political and International Studies units)

For students who began in or after 2008

You can transfer to this new combined major if you wish. Note under the BA rules students must either complete two majors or one combined major.

Also note the change of Peace unit codes from PDPS to PEAC.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

Peace and Studies in Religion has been added as a new Combined Major

  • Details of units for the new major are given in the 2009 BA course information.
  • The combined major requires 72cp comprising:
  • 12cp of prescribed units;
  • 60cp from listed units (30cp from Peace Studies units; 30cp from Studies in Religion units)

For students who began in or after 2008

You can transfer to this new combined major if you wish. Note under the BA rules students must either complete two majors or one combined major.

Also note the change of Peace unit codes from PDPS to PEAC.

For students who began before 2008

You may not undertake this major under pre 2008 course rules.

Political and International Studies Combined Major

  • Listed units APPS 393 and APPS 394 have been recoded as BCSS 393 and BCSS 394

For students who began in or after 2008

Note the unit changes.

For students who began before 2008

The major/discipline was Political and International Studies under pre 2008 rules requiring successful completion of 48cp for the major under the pre 2008 BA rules.

See 2007 course information for unit details.

Bachelor of Laws component changes for 2009

Implications for current Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students

Note the following changes to course rules for 2009:

  • Addition of new compulsory units LS 111 (Civil Procedure) and LS 211 (Evidence and Proof) which take the place of LS 210.
  • Withdrawal of current compulsory unit LS 210 (Civil Procedure and Evidence) after semester 2, 2009.
  • Addition of new compulsory unit LS 101 ( Law in Context)

For Students beginning study in semester one 2009

Will follow the  2009 Bachelor of Laws course rules

Current students who began in 2008 or earlier

  • Students should note that LS 210 is a compulsory requirement under the pre 2009 rules and will be available for the last time in semester 2 2009. Students who do not successfully complete LS 210 before it is withdrawn must undertake both new units (LS 111 and LS 212) and one fewer elective.
  • Students also have the option of transferring to the new course rules in which case they would also need to successfully complete LS 101.

Current students who began before 2005

  • Students should note that LS 210 was a compulsory requirement under the pre 2005 rules and will be available for the last time in semester 2 2009. Students who do not successfully complete LS 210 before it is withdrawn must undertake both new units (LS 111 and LS 212) and one fewer elective in the Bachelor of Laws component.