Program Structure:

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

• Two majors (OR one major, one minor and two electives) totalling 16 courses from the following BA Arts majors: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Major; Geography and Environmental Studies Major; History Major; Liberal Arts (minor); Literary & Cultural Studies Major; Sociology Major; Writing Major.

PLUS

• One major (or one minor and two electives) totalling 8 courses from the following Professional majors: Business (i.e. choose from: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Public Relations OR Accounting); Journalism, Language, Multimedia (choose from Interactive Multimedia or Video and Animation), OR Psychology.

NOTE:

• Some business professional majors may only be undertaken as a minor because of necessary prerequisites in some courses;
• No more than ten 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 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander major requires the completion of eight courses as listed below.  

Campus Availability:  Distance Education

Level 1

Advanced

Select one eight course major from CA01 Bachelor of Business (i.e. choose one from: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management,  Public Relations, OR Accounting). NOTE: Some business professional majors may only be undertaken as a minor because of necessary prerequisites in some courses.

Level 1

Advanced

The Geography major 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 humanities, social science or natural science foci, or some combination of these approaches. This major includes Environmental Geography courses because the Geography discipline 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 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 major are required to complete eight courses (two of the three level 1 courses plus six advanced level courses) 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 major 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.

Level 1

Advanced

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 major are required to complete eight courses (normally two level 1 and six advanced) from those listed below. Those studying to be History teachers as part of an education program will choose courses from the major 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 major 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.

Level 1

Advanced

The Journalism major 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 major enables students to become familiar with a variety of skills, techniques and intellectual enquiry in the field of Journalism. While this major does not enable students to graduate as professionally qualified Journalists, it provides a good skill base, especially when combined with other relevant majors in the BA.

Students wishing to complete a Journalism major are required to complete the eight courses (two level 1 and six advanced) listed below. Those who wish to include a research topic as part of their study should consult with the Program Advisor.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Distance Education

Level 1

Advanced

Students who wish to take a language major as part of the Bachelor of Arts program should consider enrolling cross-institutionally at a university which offers language courses in the distance mode. Any student interested in this option should consult with the BA Program Advisor and obtain the Head of Program's approval prior to enrolling.

The Literary & Cultural Studies major 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 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 Studies major are required to complete eight courses (normally two level 1 and six advanced) from those listed below. Students studying to be English teachers as part of an education degree need to consult the advice given to students studying for these programs BEFORE they choose their 'English' courses. Students from all other programs are welcome to enrol in any course in the major 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.

Level 1

Advanced

The primary purpose of this major is to provide students with a broad knowledge of the discipline of psychology and its applications. In contrast to the Bachelor of Psychology offered at CQUniversity, a BA major in Psychology places less emphasis on statistical and research methods and places more emphasis on an understanding of human thought and behaviour from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Students wishing to take a Psychology major are required to complete the eight psychology courses listed below (two at level 1 plus six advanced level courses).

N.B. A Psychology major alone is not intended as a route towards professional registration as a psychologist. If you wish to become an accredited practising psychologist, please contact the Head of Program for Psychology to discuss your options.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Distance Education

Level 1

Advanced

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 major are required to complete the eight courses (two level 1 and six advanced) listed below.

Campus Availability: Distance Education

Level 1

Advanced

Note: Students interested in pursuing honours in Sociology need to complete SOCL11055 Self and Society; SOCL11056 Australian Identity; SOCL19064 Understanding Social Life; and SOCL19069 Social Research Methods

Writing across a range of genres requires understanding and appreciation of established and emerging writing techniques and an ability to apply different writing strategies depending on audience, purpose, and genre content. Students undertaking a Writing major will be exposed to the divergent genres of media and literary/creative writing, and will be required to explore different writing styles through critique and review.  Students will learn to identify the differing requirements of media and creative writing, and will develop writing skills that will enable them to apply different techniques as required for different writing purposes. Upon completion of the major, students will be able to write, as a minimum, effective media releases, news stories, feature articles, blogs, and pieces for social media, and will also be able to exercise creativity through more diverse forms such as poetry, literary prose, creative non-fiction, and experimental writing.

Students are required to complete two level one and six advanced level courses as detailed below.

Campus Availability: Rockhampton and Distance Education

Level 1

Advanced

Note 1 - students wishing to complete WRIT13013 Writing Project are required to have completed at least WRIT11023, COMM11007 OR JOUR11005, WRIT11025, WRIT12010 and JOUR12010.

Students will be able to undertake a creative writing project in terms 1 and 2, but those undertaking a media/professional writing project will only be able to do so in term 1.

Students who select MMST11010 in the writing plan need to remember that in the Bachelor of Arts, students can only take 10 Level 1 courses.

Liberal Arts may be taken as a minor only. Liberal Arts provides student with an opportunity to design their own minor by selecting 36 units of credit normally including no less than four advanced level courses from the Bachelor of Arts majors. This will allow students the flexibility to pursue a study stream that suits their interests. Students must meet the usual pre and co-requisites for these courses. Please note that the courses selected must be from the Arts majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree. Courses selected for the Liberal Studies minor may not be selected for any other major or minor in the BA.

Students who choose to undertake an Arts minor will be required to study a further 2 electives from the Arts majors.

Students who choose to undertake a six course minor from one of the Professional majors must undertake two electives totalling eight courses. These electives can be from any CQUniversity Program.