Program Structure:

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

• Three plans (totalling 18 courses) from the Arts plans listed under CA10 Bachelor of Arts Handbook entry;
• 6 electives from the Arts plans and/or from any other CQUniversity program;
• No more than 10 Level 1 courses out of the 24 courses;
• Prerequisites and corequisites for each course.

Course availability

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies draws upon a diverse range of disciplines including history, literature, anthropology, philosophy, politics, education and sociology. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of Australia's Indigenous past, the major issues faced by Indigenous people today, and what all this means for Australia's future. In so doing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies promotes respect for Indigenous cultures, encourages responsible custodianship of the land, enhances community spirit and advances reconciliation. Students who complete an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies plan often go on to enjoy careers in such areas as education, government, health care, social work or community development. The plan requires the completion of at least six courses from those listed below, normally two at Level 1 and no less than four at Advanced Level.  

Campus Availability:  Rockhampton and Distance Education

Australian History:

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

Students wishing to complete an Australian History Plan are required to complete the 6 courses listed below. Those studying to be History teachers as part of an education program will choose history courses as per the advice given as part of the structure of those programs. Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the Plan provided they meet the pre-requisite for that course. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor.

Campus Availability:  Rockhampton, Distance Education

Community Practice:

This plan provides students with the opportunity to study the Australian welfare system and the diverse professional disciplines that comprise it. The ability to critically analyse contemporary social issues and inequalities in society is addressed in every course where  the promotion of  creative solutions is promoted.  The plan has a strong focus on the development of professional skills for effective human service delivery. Courses in the community practice plan are available to those who do not intend to become social welfare practitioners but who wish to integrate them with other studies, such as allied health programs. Students undertaking this plan are also encouraged to undertake studies in humanities, literature, and cultural studies as these offerings provide equally valuable insights into the human condition as content delivered in the social sciences.

Students should consider undertaking co-plans in sociology and psychology providing pathways for employment in the human services sector as social welfare professionals. Currently, the Community Practice plan does not have professional accreditation. However professional accreditation will be sought during 2013 with the Australian Community Workers' Association. It is anticipated that the outcome of this application will be known during the 2013 academic year.

Campus Availability: Distance Education

Note 1:

Students will be required to attend the relevant residential schools attached to the following courses:

• SOWK11014 Contemporary Human Services,
• SOWK11015 Professional Communication in Human Services,
• SOWK13011 Community Practice,
• SOWK12011 Social Group Work & Family Work, and
• SOWK12009 Casework & Case Management.

There is also a three day residential attached to SOWK13009 Fieldwork Education 1.

Residential schools are delivered from Rockhampton and Noosa campuses during 2013.

Note 2:

Students are required to complete all Level 1 courses (SOWK11014 Contemporary Human Services, SOWK11015 Professional Communication in Human Services and SOWK11016 Human Services in Statutory Contexts) prior to enrolling in advanced level courses (SOWK12009 Casework and Case Management, SOWK12011 Social Group Work and Family Work and SOWK13011 Community Practice).

Note 3:

Entry into SOWK13009 Fieldwork Education 1 placement is dependent upon a satisfactory interview with the practicum coordinator and completion of prerequisite studies, as well as participation in a five day residential school at CQUniversity Rockhampton campus.

Note 4:

Students who wish to study a community practice plan but do not intend to pursue a career in human services are not required to complete SOWK13009 Fieldwork Education 1. 

Creative Writing:

Creative Writing is a discipline utilising creativity and imagination. It requires an understanding and appreciation of established and emerging literary genres and devices. Students undertaking a Creative Writing Plan can expect to formulate their original ideas into tangible pieces of creative and/or professional work in diverse forms such as poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, and professional or experimental writing. Creative Writing plan students are expected to develop their skills via engagement with materials of both a theoretical and practical nature.

Students are required to complete two level one and four advanced level courses. Students who are not yet fluent writing in English are highly recommended to take WRIT11021 University English in addition to the two level 1 courses.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton and Distance Education

Note 1:

Students who have completed WRIT19015 Creative Writing I are not permitted to enrol in either WRIT11023 Creative Writing I: Fundamentals of Writing or WRIT12010 Creative Writing II: Writing Beyond the Page. Students who have completed WRIT19016 Creative Writing II are not permitted to enrol in WRIT13013 Writing Project.  If this affects you, please contact the Program Advisor.

Note 2:

Students who commenced a Writing plan in CA10 before Term 1, 2013 will be able to complete using the courses available in the plan at their commencement or take advantage of the new courses being made available for the Creative Writing plan provided prerequisites and corequisites are met.  All students may undertake the new journalism plan as part of their program

Geography & Environmental Studies

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

Students wishing to complete a Geography and Environmental Studies Plan are required to complete 6 courses (normally 2 Level 1 and no less than 4 Advanced) from those listed below. Students studying to be Geography teachers as part of an education degree will choose courses as per the advice given as part of the structure of those programs.  Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the Plan provided they meet the pre-requisite for that course.  Students who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with a program advisor.  Geography staff can also advise students about their choice of courses for various career interests. 

Campus Availability: Distance Education

History:

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

Students wishing to complete a History Plan are required to complete 6 courses (normally 2 Level 1 and (no less than) 4 Advanced) selected from the Australian History and the International History Plans. Students must meet the usual pre and co-requisites for these courses. Those studying to be History teachers as part of an education program will choose history courses as per the advice given as part of the structure of those programs. Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the Plan provided they meet the pre-requisite for that course. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor.

Campus Availability:  Rockhampton and Distance Education

International History:

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

Students wishing to complete a International History Plan are required to complete the 6 courses listed below. Students must meet the usual pre and co-requisites for these courses. Those studying to be History teachers as part of an education program will choose history courses as per the advice given as part of the structure of those programs. Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the Plan provided they meet the pre-requisite for that course. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Distance Education

Journalism:

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

Students wishing to complete a Journalism plan are required to complete 6 courses (2 level 1 and 4 advanced) from those listed below.  Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor. Further related courses are available from the Bachelor of Professional Communication as electives in the BA.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Distance Education

Liberal Studies:

The liberal studies plan provides student with an opportunity to design their own plan by selecting 36 units of credit (i.e. normally 2 level 1 and (no less than) 4 Advanced Level courses) from the Bachelor of Arts Plans. This will allow students the flexibility to pursue a study stream that suits their interests, whilst also studying one of the required plans for the Bachelor of Arts. Students must meet the usual pre and co-requisites for these courses. Please note that the courses selected must be from the plans in the Bachelor of Arts degree. Courses selected for the Liberal Studies Plan may not be selected for any other plan in the BA.

Literary & Cultural Studies:

The Literary & Cultural Studies Plan brings together two distinct but complementary disciplinary approaches: literary studies where literature is read for its own sake and for the values it reveals in stories, poems and plays about our lived and imaginary experiences; and cultural studies where ideas and concepts derived from a broad study of culture are explored through a variety of texts including film, media, television, advertising and the like. Both disciplines examine the assumptions used to support the way that meaning is made across a range of texts and in a variety of contexts. Literary & Cultural Studies students will be able to demonstrate advanced reading and writing skills; to apply critical thinking and advanced modes of textual analysis to a broad range of texts, genres and media; to communicate using cogent, discipline-based and context relevant research; and to participate, both self-reflexively and ethically, in discipline critical debates.

Students wishing to complete a Literary & Cultural Studies Plan are required to complete 6 courses (normally 2 level 1 and (no less than) 4 advanced) from those listed below. Students may complete as many additional courses from the L&CS Plan as permitted by their 6 electives in the BA Structure. Students studying to be English teachers as part of an education degree will choose courses from the Plan as per the advice given as part of the structure of those programs. Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the Plan provided they meet the pre-requisite for that course. Students who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor.

Policy, Power and Place:

The Policy, Power and Place plan enables students to explore the 'power of place' including its politics and the policy processes this entails. Students will be able to explore a range of 'place' related issues including the rural society, community analysis, social services, health and medical challenges, ethnic diversity, gender policies and the sociology of the environment.

Students wishing to complete a Policy, Power and Place plan are required to complete 6 courses (normally 2 level 1 and no less than 4 advanced) from those listed below.  Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor. Students who undertake co-plans in psychology and community practice create pathways for employment in the human services sector as social welfare professionals.

Campus Availability: Distance Education

Psychology:

The primary purpose of this plan is to provide students with a broad knowledge of the discipline of psychology and its applications, including theoretical perspectives within the discipline.  In addition, students will have knowledge of the range of core research areas that make up the scientific discipline of psychology.

Students wishing to take a Psychology Plan are required to complete six courses.  Two of these will be at Level 1; plus PSYC12047 and PSYC12048 and two others from the ‘Advanced' courses listed below.  Students may complete as many additional courses from the courses offered by the Psychology discipline as permitted by their 6 electives in the BA Structure.

Campus Availability:  Rockhampton and Distance Education

Alternatively, co-plans in sociology and community practice provide pathways for employment in the human services sector as social welfare professionals.  

Sociology:

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

Students wishing to complete a Sociology Plan are required to complete 6 courses (normally 2 level 1 and no less than 4 advanced) from those listed below.  Students who wish to do honours in Sociology must take SOCL11056 Australian Identity, in addition to SOCL11055 Self and Society, SOCL11056 Australian Identity, SOCL19064 Understanding Social Life, SOCL19069 Social Research Methods.  Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor. Students who undertake co-plans in psychology and community practice create pathways for employment in the human services sector as social welfare professionals. 

Electives: