2019 BLAS Degree PLAN Guide PDF

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BLAS Degree Requirements: The BLAS degree requirements must be met successfully by all students in order to graduate at the end of three (full time) years of study. http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science/coursework/liberal_arts_science.shtml To qualify for the award of the pass degree, a student must successfully complete 144 credit points, with at least 132 credit points from the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table, Bachelor of Arts Table A or Bachelor of Science Table A: COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS (1) a minimum of 36 credit points of units listed in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table; including (a)ATHK1001 and WRIT1001; and (b)a minimum of 6 credit points of units from Part C Ethics in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table; and (c)the remaining 18 credit points of Liberal Studies units may be taken from any of the six areas of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table, Parts A-F. (2) units of study chosen to satisfy requirements of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table cannot count towards the Science or Arts requirements below; and (3) all students must complete either a Science major or an Arts major: (a) For a Science Major (i)a major from Bachelor of Science Table A; and (ii)a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Arts Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of Arts 2000 or 3000-level units of study; or (b) For an Arts Major (i)a major from Bachelor of Arts Table A; and (ii)a minimum of 36 credit points of units of study from Bachelor of Science Table A, which must include at least 12 credit points of 2000 or 3000-level units of study; (4) a maximum of 12 credit points from outside of Bachelor of Arts Table A and Bachelor of Science Table A may be taken from the Table S elective list; and (5) no more than 84 credit points of 1000-level units of study.

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Degree Advice For Science major enquiries and advice please email Dr Osu Lilije ([email protected]) For Arts and Social Sciences major enquiries and advice please email Dr Benjamin Miller ([email protected]). When you first contact a degree advisor, please complete and attach to your email the appropriate BLAS degree plan. You should create your own plan using the templates below. Indicate which units of study you have completed (if any) and which units of study you plan to enroll in to complete your degree. For all Arts units/majors refer to Table A of the Arts and Social Sciences handbook: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/arts/ For all Science units/majors refer to Table A of the Science handbook: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science/subject_areas_ae/tableA_overview.shtml For all Liberal Studies units refer to: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science/coursework/liberal_arts_science_table.sh tml For Elective units (max 12cps) refer to Table S: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/interdisciplinary_studies/overview/about_tableS.s html

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BLAS DEGREE PLAN YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

Major

Major

Major

Major

Major

Major

Faculty Elective

Faculty Elective

General Elective

General Elective

Major

Major

LS: Analytical Thinking

LS: Writing & LS: Elective* LS: Elective* Rhetoric: Academic Essays

LS: Ethics: Science, Ethics & Society^

LS: Elective*

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

SCIENCE MAJORS (or Sequence) – refer to Table A for options (no longer Table 1) ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJORS (or Sequence) – refer to Table A for options *LS units address the following knowledge areas: analytical thinking; communication; ethics; society, culture and global citizenship; scientific enquiry; technological literacy’ ^ Ethics units offered at all levels. Units include: Bioethics; Science, Ethics and Society; Reality, Ethics and Beauty; Practical Ethics; Moral Psychology

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SAMPLE BLAS PATHWAY: Psychological Science Major

# Complete a MATHS unit here if you wish to transfer to a B Science degree that has a 12 CPS MATHS pre-requisite *LS units address the following knowledge areas: analytical thinking; communication; ethics; society, culture and global citizenship; scientific enquiry; technological literacy’ ^ Ethics units offered at all levels. Units include: Bioethics; Science, Ethics and Society; Reality, Ethics and Beauty; Practical Ethics; Moral Psychology

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SAMPLE BLAS PATHWAY: Psychology Program YEAR 1 PSYC1001

YEAR 2 PSYC1002

# p * c

YEAR 3

PSYC2012 Statistics

PSCYC2011

YEAR 1

PSYC2016 Perception, Cognition& Intelligence

PSYC300X PSYC300X

PSYC2017

YEAR 2

History –

PSYC3010 nced stics)

YEAR 3 History –

History –

History –

History –

Junior Unit

Junior Unit

Advanced unit Intermediate unit Intermediate unit

History –

Advanced unit

English –

English –

General

General

History – Interdisciplinary project

Junior Unit

Junior Unit

Elective

Elective

unit

Advanced unit

LS: Analytical Thinking Sequence

LS: Writing & Rhetoric: Academic

LS: Ethics: LS: Elective* LS: Elective* Science, Ethics & Society^

Essays Sequence

LS: Elective*

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

Sequence

SAMPLE BLAS PATHWAY: History Major *LS units address the following knowledge areas: analytical thinking; communication; ethics; society, culture and global citizenship; scientific enquiry; technological literacy’ ^ Ethics units offered at all levels. Units include: Bioethics; Science, Ethics and Society; Reality, Ethics and Beauty; Practical Ethics; Moral Psychology A major in History requires 48 credit points from this table including: (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level units (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units. Please note that the Interdisciplinary Project units of study - FASS3999 requires 18 credit points at 2000 level http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/arts/subject_areas_eh/history_table.shtml 5

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Table of Liberal Studies Units for the BLAS Please note that unit of study availability may change. For more information on Units of Study in this table, see the table of Liberal Studies Units online: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science/coursework/b_liberal_arts_science/b_liberal_arts _science_table.shtml

Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units Table (2019) Unit of study

Credit points

A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

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Candidates are required to complete 36 credit points from units listed in the Liberal Studies Units Table. ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 and at least one 6 credit point unit of study from Part C Ethics must be completed. The remaining 18 credit points of Liberal Studies units may be taken from any of the six areas of the table, A-F. It is strongly recommended that ATHK1001 and WRIT1001 are taken in the first year of the degree. A. Analytical Thinking Core units of study ATHK1001 Analytical Thinking

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ATHK1001 is a compulsory unit within the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science (BLAS) degree and will only be available to students enrolled in BLAS.

Semester 1

Elective units of study LNGS1001 Structure of Language

6

Semester 1

PHIL1012 Introductory Logic

6

Intensive July Semester 2

PHIL2615 Intermediate Logic

6

P PHIL1012 N PHIL2215 or PHIL3215

Semester 2

PHIL2642 Critical Thinking

6

P 12 Junior credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy

Semester 2

DATA1002 Informatics: Data and Computation

6

N INFO1903 OR DATA1902

Semester 2

A This unit is intended for students with ATAR at least sufficient for entry to the BSc/BAdvStudies(Advanced) stream, or for those who gained Distinction results or better, in some unit in Data Science, Mathematics, or Computer

Semester 2

DATA1902 Informatics: Data and Computation (Advanced)

6

6

Science. Students with portfolio of high-quality relevant prior work can also be admitted. N INFO1903 OR DATA1002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Any unit of study in Mathematics or Statistics from the Faculty of Science Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements.

B. Communication Core units of study WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays

6

Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main

Elective units of study 6

Semester 2

LNGS1002 Language and Social Context

6

Semester 2

WRIT1000 Introduction to Academic Writing

6

Semester 1 Semester 2

WRIT2002 Arguments that Change the World

6

ENGL1007 Language, Texts and Time This unit of study is not available in 201

P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Writing Studies

Semester 1

Any unit of study in a language subject area other than English, from the Faculty of Arts Table A to a maximum of 12 credit points in languages can be counted towards the Liberal Studies requirements. C. Ethics HPSC1000 Bioethics

6

N HPSC1900 This Junior unit of study is highly recommended to Intermediate and Senior Life Sciences students.

HPSC1900 Bioethics (Advanced)

6

A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N HPSC1000

Intensive June Semester 1 Summer Main Semester 1

Note: Department permission required for enrolment HPSC3107

6

P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900) and (HPSC2101 or

Semester 1

7

Science, Ethics and Society

HPSC2901) N HPSC3022 or HPSC3024 or HPSC2011

PHIL1011 Reality, Ethics and Beauty

6

N PHIL1003 or PHIL1004 or PHIL1006 or PHIL1008

Semester 1

PHIL2617 Practical Ethics

6

P 12 Junior credit points N PHIL2517 or PHIL3617

Semester 2

PHIL2623 Moral Psychology

6

P 12 Junior credit points in Philosophy N PHIL2513 or PHIL3513

Semester 1

D. Culture, Society and Global Citizenship AMST1001 Global America

6

ANTH1001 Cultural Difference: An Introduction

6

N ANTH1003

Intensive July Semester 1 Summer Main

ANTH1002 Anthropology and the Global

6

N ANTH1004

Semester 2

ANTH2625 Culture and Development

6

P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology

Semester 1

ARHT1002 Shock of the Now: Global Art since 1900

6

GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society

6

N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001

Semester 1

GEOS1901 Earth, Environment and Society Advanced

6

A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1001 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 2

Note: Department permission required for enrolment GEOS1002 Introductory Geography

6

N GEOS1902 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002

Semester 2

GEOS1902 Introductory Geography (Advanced)

6

A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1002 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002

Semester 2

GOVT1621 Introduction to

6

Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 1 Semester 2

8

International Relations INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures

6

Intensive July Semester 1

E. Scientific Enquiry ANTH2627 Medical Anthropology

6

P 12 Junior credit points each in any of Anthropology, Gender Studies or Cultural Studies N ANTH2027

Semester 1

HPSC2101 What Is This Thing Called Science?

6

P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2901

Semester 2 Summer Main

HPSC2901 What Is This Thing Called Science? (Adv)

6

P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average N HPSC2101

Semester 2

Note: Department permission required for enrolment HPSC2100 The Birth of Modern Science

6

P 24 credit points of Junior units of study N HPSC2900

Semester 1 Summer Main

HPSC2900 The Birth of Modern Science (Advanced)

6

P 24 credit points of Junior study with a Distinction average N HPSC2100

Semester 1

Note: Department permission required for enrolment F. Technological Literacy ARIN2610 Internet Transformations

6

P 18 Junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2100

Semester 2

ARIN2620 Everyday Digital Media

6

P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2200

Semester 1

INFO1110 Introduction to Programming

6

N INFO1910 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905

Semester 1 Semester 2

MECO1002 Digital Media

6

Available to BA/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications), BA/BLaw and Digital Cultures

Semester 2

9

and Communication s Landscapes

major students only

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