UndergraduateArts & Design
Bachelor of Arts
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Arts at the University of Notre Dame Australia is a flexible, multi-major degree from the School of Arts and Sciences. It covers traditional humanities disciplines such as History, English Literature, and Politics and International Relations, as well as more industry-focused areas including Archaeology, Journalism, Theatre Studies, and Environmental Management. Students design their degree around a single Major, a Double Major, or a Major and Minor, and can combine the Bachelor of Arts with another Notre Dame degree to form a double degree. The degree includes a unique Major in Social Justice, open to students in any discipline, and service-learning that combines community service with academic instruction.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- The Bachelor of Arts is a 24-course degree: 1 course in Academic Writing
- Research and Communication
- 8 courses for the chosen Major
- and 13 elective courses from the School of Arts and Sciences that can form a second Major
- a Minor
- two Minors
- or a Specialisation. Majors (8 courses) include Advertising
- Applied Psychology
- Archaeology
- Behavioural Science
- Counselling
- Literature and Writing
- Environmental Management
- Film and Screen Production
- History
- Journalism
- Liberal Arts
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Politics and International Relations
- Social Justice
- Sociology
- Theatre Studies
- and Theology (availability varies by Fremantle or Sydney campus). Minors (6 courses) and Specialisations (4 courses, including Journalism and Photomedia) draw from the same discipline list. Every Notre Dame degree also includes the Core Curriculum: CORE I Foundations of Wisdom and a CORE II elective in philosophy and/or theology
- which can include a pilgrimage-embedded option
- a community-service-embedded option
- or an elective delivered within an international experience
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
For the Fremantle (WA) intake, applicants with recent secondary education need an indicative ATAR/Selection Rank of 70 or an International Baccalaureate score of 25. For the Sydney (NSW) intake, a prescribed ATAR/Selection Rank or equivalent IB score applies. Alternative pathways include successful completion of 4 subjects at undergraduate level or higher, completion of the Notre Dame Tertiary Pathway Program or an equivalent tertiary preparation program, an AQF Certificate IV or higher from an accredited VET provider, or direct entry via work and life experience (minimum age 20, at least two years of relevant work experience, and a Special Tertiary Admissions Test score of at least 135 in Multiple Choice and 140 in Written English for the WA intake, or 150 and 150 for the NSW intake). Experience-based entry is also available for current Year 12 students and mature-age applicants.
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