Diploma in Arts

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Unit selection instructions amended.

Schedule A

Core Units:

  • HASS100 removed

Listed Units:

  • CRIM108 removed
  • CRIM190 removed
  • HASS100 removed
  • HAS101 removed
  • WRIT101 removed

Schedule B

Core Units:

  • HASS100 removed

Listed Units:

  • ARPA100 added
  • CRIM104 added
  • GEPL106 added
  • GEPL122 added
  • GEPL124 added
  • PHIL150 added
  • PHIL151 added
  • RELS184 added
  • THEA134 added
  • ENGL103 added
  • CRIM108 removed
  • CRIM190 removed
  • HASS100 removed
  • HASS101 removed
  • WRIT101 removed
Note changes to program of study, core and listed units

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Unit selection instructions amended.

Schedule A Listed Units:

  • GEPL122, GEPL124, LANG103 and MUSI111 added.
  • COMM102 and LANG110 removed.

Schedule B Listed Units:

  • CHIN101, CHIN102, COMM103, FREN101, FREN102, GRMN101, GRMN102, INDN101, INDN102, ITAL101, ITAL102, JAPN101, JAPN102, MUSI110, MUSI131, MUSI140, MUSI160, PSYC101, PSYC102 and SOCY100 added.
  • COMM102 and MUSI204 removed.

Admission

ATAR requirement removed.

Note changes to program of study, listed units.
Note changes to Admission criteria.

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

There are no changes for 2023Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Schedule B

  • ANCH112 has been removed
  • ARPA107 has been removed
  • MUSI121 has been removed
  • PHIL101 has been removed
  • RELS180 has been removed

Unit title change

  • PAIS101 changed to Introduction to Politics
  • SOCY110 changed to Thinking Sociologically

Unit code change

  • IDIG102 changed to PAIS104
  • IDIG105 changed to PAIS105

Note changes to units, unit codes and unit titles

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Schedule A

  • HIST195 has been removed
  • MUSI130 has been removed
  • ANCH109 has been added
  • CRIM107 has been added
  • CRIM108 has been added
  • LANG100 has been added
  • MUSI131 has been added
  • SPAN103 has been added

Unit title change

  • CRIM101 changed to The Criminal Justice System
  • MUSI140 changed to Fundamentals of Creative Music Practice
  • MUSI160 changed to Digital Music and Media Fundamentals
  • PHIL102 changed to Critical Thinking.

Schedule B

  • ANCH109 has been added
  • CRIM107 has been added
  • CRIM108 has been added
  • MUSI131 has been added

Unit title change

  • CRIM101 changed to The Criminal Justice System
  • PHIL102 changed to Critical Thinking.

Note changes to units

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study – for UNE admitted students

Core Units:

  • BCSS101 deleted and replaced with HASS100
  • HUMS103 code changed to HASS101

Listed Units:

  • ARPA107 title change
  • BCSS101 deleted
  • CRIM190 added
  • ENGL103 title change
  • HASS100 added
  • HASS101 added
  • HUMS103 deleted
  • INK101 added
  • PAIS113 title change
  • SOCY120 added

A new Program of Study has been added for Open Universities Australia (OUA) admitted students.

Continuing students may enrol in the new units if they wish. Because of the code change to the Core Units: BCSS101 and HUMS103, students who have not completed either of these units will be required to complete either HASS100 or HASS101.

Note unit, unit code and/or title changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Core Unit: no changes for 2019

Listed Units:

  • ENGL103 has been added
  • HIST113 has been added
  • HIST165 has been removed

Note unit additions and removals.

Continuing students may enrol in the new units if the wish.

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Core Units:

  • ENCO100 code changed to WRIT101

Listed Units:

  • COMM103 has been added
  • ENCO100 code changed to WRIT101
  • ENCO102 code changed to WRIT102
  • HUMS102 has been deleted
  • INDN112 and INDN102 are no longer mutually exclusive Listed 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

Note unit, code and title changes

Current students may complete new units under current course rules and may enrol in new units if they wish.

Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

The Diploma of Arts is now an entry award, as opposed to an Exit Award only.

Program of Study

New – Core Units:

  • BCSS101, ENCO100 and HUMS103 have been added as Core Units, of which two units (12 credit points) must be completed.

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 48cps to 36cps
  • ANCH112, ARTS110, BCSS101, CRIM100, CRIM101, CRIM104, GEPL106, GRMN101, GRMN102, HINQ100, HINQ101, HUMS103, IDIG102, IDIG103, MUSI110, MUSI121, MUSI130, MUSI140, MUSI160, SPAN101 and SPAN102 have been added
  • Students may now complete INDN101 or INDN111 Indonesian Language 1A (In-Country)
  • Students may now complete INDN102 or INDN112 Indonesian Language 1B (In-Country)
  • ARPA105, EVOL102, IDIG101, IDIG110 and PAIS102 have been deleted
  • MUSI111 has been withdrawn
  • PHIL150 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy B: In Search of Reality
  • THEA110 title changed to Ideas of Theatre I
  • THEA111 title changed to Ideas of Theatre II

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work are no longer eligible to use the Diploma in Arts as an exit pathway. Please see the Bachelor of Social Work Course Rules for further information.

As this course was previously an Exit Award only, changes to the course rules do not apply to continuing students. Exit Award conditions are available in the substantive Course Rules.

Students may apply for admission to the Diploma in Arts from 2017.

Rules Variation Summary for 2016

Summary of Changes for 2016

Implications for current Diploma in Arts students

Program of Study

Listed Units:

  • ARPA101, HBIO110, HBIO120, RELS181 have been withdrawn
  • ARPA100, ARPA105, RELS180, RELS184, THEA134 have been added
  • ARPA104 title changed to Archaeology: Principles and Practices

Note unit and/or title changes

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