Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science

Bachelor's degree

In Canberra (Australia)

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    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

COURSE VIDEO Liberal Arts and Science at the University of Sydney 1:24 With its flexibility and huge choice of majors, the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science provides you with a background in both the humanities and the sciences, and gives you useful skills that will make you highly valued by potential employers in jobs across the market. From writing and presenting to thinking ethically and critically, the BLAS degree is your preparation for life beyond the classroom.



With its flexibility and huge choice of majors, this is a course designed for the student who is fascinated by the world and wants to learn as much about it as they can. With a BLAS degree, you can indulge your interests in both the arts and sciences without restricting yourself to just one specialist area of study.



Over the three-year degree, you choose either an arts or a science major. With over 40 arts majors and 30 science majors, that adds up to almost 80 choices, from Philosophy to Physics to Political Economy. You will then complement your major by choosing subjects from the other area, ensuring you leave with the well-rounded knowledge base that defines graduates of liberal arts degrees.



But the BLAS degree is about much more than what facts and figures you learn. It’s about getting skills that can be used in life beyond the classroom. A special Liberal Studies stream has been built in to the BLAS degree to boost your communication and analytical skills, which potential employers have told us time and time again are the skills that they look for in recruits.



Download the BLAS presentation from Open Day 2015 (PDF 2MB)

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Course programme

The Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science may be undertaken three years full-time or six years part-time. In the course you will complete at least one major in science or arts.

Full-time students enrol in junior units of study with a maximum 48 credit points (cp) during first year. A typical unit of study has a value of 6cp. If you intend to major in a humanities or social sciences subject area you will enrol in 24cp of junior units of study from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook Table A, and 12cp of junior units of study from the Faculty of Science Handbook Table 1. Conversely, if you intend to major in a science subject area you will enrol in 24cp of junior units of study from the Faculty of Science Handbook Table 1 and 12cp of junior units of study from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook Table A.

In second and third year, you will continue to focus on your chosen major, and complete your studies with 36cp from the designated liberal studies stream, which includes units from the areas of analytical thinking, communication, ethics, scientific enquiry, technological literacy and culture, society and global citizenship.

SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2 Sequence Sequence Major Junior Major Junior Major Junior Major Junior LS: Analytical Thinking LS: Communication 24 credit points 24 credit points

Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2 Sequence Sequence Major Intermediate Major Intermediate Elective Elective LS: Ethics LS Elective 24 credit points 24 credit points

Year 3

Semester 1 Semester 2 Sequence Sequence Major Senior Major Senior Major Senior Major Senior LS Elective LS Elective 24 credit points 24 credit points

Please note: if you complete an arts major, you must also complete a sequence of science units. Alternatively, in you complete a science major, you must also complete and arts sequence.

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Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science

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