Overview

The Bachelor of Arts and Business (BA&Bus) is designed to provide you with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts PLUS study in Business. The program provides you with not only the depth (Major and Minor streams) of the Bachelor … For more content click the Read More button below. The aims of the BA&Bus are To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human societyTo develop an understanding of the the role of business in the contemporary worldTo teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with Humanities, Social Science and Business disciplines, and to encourage students to perceive the relationships between these disciplinesTo encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and researchTo enable students to place contemporary Australian society and culture in an historical and comparative contextTo engage critically with fundamental questions about value in both ethical and aesthetic contextsTo develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about society, culture and the artsTo promote the techniques and value of reasoned and openminded discussion and debateTo foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Show respect for ethical practice and social responsibility
  • Global citizens
  • Professionals
2.
Be entrepreneurial, show initiative and creativity
  • Leaders
  • Professionals
3.
Engage deeply with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its interdisciplinary context
  • Scholars
4.
Use skills involved in scholarly enquiry
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
5.
Be effective communicators
  • Scholars
6.
Engage in independent and reflective learning
  • Scholars
7.
Locate, evaluate and use relevant information
  • Scholars
8.
Contribute to, and work within, the international community
  • Global citizens
9.
Undertake collaborative and multidisciplinary work
  • Leaders
  • Scholars

Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure

Students must complete 144 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

  1. A Home Major (60 UOC)
  2. A Minor (24 UOC)
  3. Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC)
  4. A Business component (48 UOC )

Disciplinary Component144 Units of Credit:

Program Constraints

Information Rule
Maturity Rule

Enrolment Disclaimer

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Sample Programs

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Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Progression rules are in accordance to university policy.

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Related Double Degree

Bachelor of Arts and Business - BArts (Bus)
Bachelor of Laws - LLB4783 - Arts and Business / Law

Honours Pathway

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) - BASS (Hons)4504 - Arts & Social Sciences (Hons)

Professional Outcomes

Career Opportunities

Business consulting, marketing and communications, strategy, research, policy and international affairs. Your choice of major and minor will help to shape your career options.

Recognition of Achievement

University Medal
Award of Pass with Distinction

Additional Information

Further Information

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Program Fees

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