Plan Your Liberal Studies Or Specialist Degree 2020 Edition

Plan your liberal studies or specialist degree – 2020 edition

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If you are planning to study a liberal studies degree or a professional or specialist degree combined with a liberal studies degree, this guide is for you. It will help you understand the possibilities and provide step‑by‑step guidance on how to plan your time at Sydney.

We offer three types of undergraduate degrees:

Liberal studies degree Professional degrees Specialist degrees Follow your interests and continue A specific study pattern that A specific study pattern that leads studying what you enjoy most with leads to a defined career to a career in a specific field, but the flexibility to combine study outcome and possible which does not necessarily require from a broad range of disciplines. accreditation. industry accreditation.

Degree examples: arts and social Degree examples: engineering, Degree examples: music, sciences, business, science, law, teaching and physiotherapy. design computing, visual agriculture, environment and arts and economics. veterinary science.

The combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies

−− Combine your three-year specialist, professional or liberal studies degree with the Bachelor of Advanced Studies Not sure which degree and study for four years to graduate with two degrees. is right for you? −− Study two disciplinary areas in depth and undertake Learn more about the types interdisciplinary, problem‑based learning. For of degrees we offer: example, if you're interested in art history and data science, you can major in these two areas within sydney.edu.au/undergraduate a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies. −− Complete advanced coursework or experiences such as real-world projects and internships, or complete an honours year.

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It’s important to start planning your degree at the time of enrolment. When choosing what to study, consider your favourite subjects, hobbies and personal interests, whether you want to focus on a particular discipline or acquire knowledge across many subjects, and what you hope to gain from studying at university.

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Decide if you want to combine your degree Choose 12 credit points of with the Bachelor of Advanced Studies Open Learning Environment units You can combine the Bachelor of Advanced Studies It’s best to decide on the timing for completing with a three-year liberal studies, professional or Open Learning Environment (OLE) units during your specialist degree. You will study for one additional year degree planning. We recommend they are taken and graduate with two degrees. during the first two years of your degree. There are more than 100 to choose from (see pages 5-6). If you'd like to combine the Bachelor of Advanced Studies with your degree, you will need to select this 4 course when you are submitting your preferences with the Universities Admission Centre (UAC).* Choose your second major or a minor Steps to planning your liberal studies or specialist degree You can also choose to take a second major or a 2 minimum of one minor. A second major is required as part of a four-year degree, the Bachelor of Advanced Choose a primary major or program Studies, and may be compulsory for some other degrees. Primary major Your major will provide substantial disciplinary training Shared pool of majors and minors in your chosen study area. It will consist of eight units Most degrees allow you to take a minor from our of study (48 credit points), including first-year units of shared pool. A minor consists of six units of study study and a project-based unit. (36 credit points). You can select a minor that is closely related to your major field, supports your career goals Program or provides balance and variety to your studies. Some degrees offer programs which provide even more depth in your chosen area of study. It usually If you’re doing the combined Bachelor of Advanced consists of at least 10 units of study, including a major. Studies or a liberal studies degree, you have the option to choose a second major from the primary majors list You will need to select your major or program when (page 3) or shared pool of majors (page 4). Some you complete your enrolment. You may be able to professional and specialist degrees also give you the change your selection later on, but this may impact option to take a major or minor from the shared pool. the length of your degree. You need to choose your second major at the Find out more at time of enrolment. You may be able to change this −− sydney.edu.au/handbooks later, but it could impact the length of your degree.

* Not all courses can be combined with the Bachelor of Advanced Studies.

To see which courses can be combined, visit sydney.edu.au/bachelor-advanced-studies Page 1 professional placements, and short-term, 5 semester or year-long exchanges with more than 300 partner universities worldwide. Choose your project-based units and international experience Find out more: −− sydney.edu.au/study/student-exchange Project-based units Typically completed in your third year of study as a requirement of your major, project‑based units 6

give you the opportunity to work across cultural, sydney.edu.au disciplinary or professional boundaries. Choose advanced coursework or honours If you are studying the combined Bachelor of Find out about some of our project-based units: Advanced Studies, in your fourth year you will −− sydney.edu.au/students/ undertake advanced coursework and projects, industry-and-community-projects or apply to study a traditional honours program.

International experience Honours offers an opportunity to conduct Typically taken in your second-last year, global independent research and become a subject opportunities include overseas field schools, matter expert. It is an ideal pathway to a PhD.

What could your degree look like? Think about where you would like to be in the future and create a degree tailored to your needs. Here are some examples of how you could structure your degree.

Indicative course structure: three-year degree

Year Semester Units of study

1 Major 1 Core/elective Core/elective Major 2 or minor 1 Plan your liberal studies or specialist degree 2 Major 1 Core/elective Core/elective OLE

1 Major 1 Elective Elective Major 2 or minor 2 2 Major 1 OLE Major 2 or minor Major 2 or minor

1 Major 1 Major 1 Major 2 or elective Major 2 or minor 3 2 Major 1 Major 1 Major 2 or elective Major 2 or minor

Indicative course structure: combined three-year degree and Bachelor of Advanced Studies

Year Semester Units of study

1 Major 1 Core/elective Core/elective Major 2 1 2 Major 1 Core/elective Core/elective OLE

1 Major 1 Elective Major 2 Major 2 2 2 Major 1 OLE Elective Major 2

1 Major 1 Major 1 Major 2 Major 2 3 The University of Sydney 2 Major 1 Major 1 Major 2 Major 2

1 Advanced coursework including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project 4 or honours coursework and honours project 2

¡ Major 1 ¡ Major 2 ¡ Core/elective Elective ¡ Open Learning Environment (OLE) ¡ Advanced coursework (4000-level units and above)

Page 2 Please note: all of the course structures in this guide are indicative only and subject to change. Choose your primary major

If you are studying a Bachelor of Arts, Commerce or Science, you will need to select a primary major from the relevant lists below.

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Most of the majors on this list can also be taken as minors. Most of the majors on this list can In addition, you can study minors in Celtic Studies, Diversity also be taken as minors. In addition, Studies, Sanskrit, Social Policy and Writing Studies. you can study minors in Immunology, Pathology, Plant Science, Virology oo American Studies oo Hebrew (Modern) and Wildlife Conservation. oo Ancient Greek oo History oo Ancient History oo Indigenous Studies oo Anatomy and Histology oo Anthropology oo Indonesian Studies oo Animal Health, Disease oo Arabic Language and Cultures oo International and Comparative and Welfare oo Archaeology Literary Studies oo Animal Production oo Art History oo International Relations oo Applied Medical Science oo Asian Studies oo Italian Studies oo Biochemistry and oo Biblical Studies and oo Japanese Studies Molecular Biology Classical Hebrew oo Jewish Civilisation, oo Biology oo Chinese Studies Thought and Culture oo Cell and Developmental Biology oo Criminology oo Korean Studies oo Chemistry oo Cultural Studies oo Latin oo Computer Science oo Digital Cultures oo Linguistics oo Data Science oo Economic Policy oo Modern Greek Studies oo Ecology and Evolutionary Biology oo Economics oo Music oo Environmental Studies oo Econometrics oo Philosophy oo Financial Mathematics Choose your primary major oo English oo Political Economy and Statistics oo Environmental, Agriculture oo Politics oo Food Science and Resource Economics oo Socio-Legal Studies oo Genetics and Genomics oo European Studies oo Sociology oo Geography oo Film Studies oo Spanish and Latin oo Geology and Geophysics oo Financial Economics American Studies oo History and Philosophy of Science oo French and Francophone oo Studies in Religion oo Immunology and Pathology Studies oo Theatre and oo Infectious Diseases oo Gender Studies Performance Studies oo Information Systems oo Germanic Studies oo Visual Arts oo Marine Science oo Mathematics Bachelor of Commerce oo Medicinal Chemistry Most of the majors listed below can also be taken as minors. oo Microbiology oo Neuroscience oo Accounting oo Nutrition Science oo Banking oo Pharmacology oo Business Analytics oo Physics oo Business Information Systems oo Physiology oo Business Law oo Plant Production oo Finance oo Psychological Science oo Industrial Relations and HR Management oo Quantitative Life Sciences oo International Business oo Software Development oo Management oo Soil Science and Hydrology oo Marketing oo Statistics Page 3 Choose your second major or a minor

The shared pool of majors and minors allows you to choose subjects from a variety of disciplines outside your home faculty or school.

Architecture, design and planning oo Linguistics oo Infectious Diseases

sydney.edu.au oo Biological Design oo Modern Greek Studies oo Neuroscience oo Design oo Philosophy oo Pathology* oo Political Economy oo Pharmacology Arts and social sciences oo Politics oo Physical Activity and Health oo American Studies oo Sanskrit* oo Physiology oo Ancient Greek oo Social Policy* oo Ancient History oo Socio-legal Studies Music oo Anthropology oo Sociology oo Music oo Arabic Language and Cultures oo Spanish and Latin oo Archaeology American Studies Science oo Art History oo Studies in Religion oo Animal Health, Disease oo Asian Studies oo Theatre and Performance Studies and Welfare oo Biblical Studies and oo Visual Arts oo Animal Production Classical Hebrew oo Writing Studies* oo Biochemistry and oo Celtic Studies* Molecular Biology oo Chinese Studies Business oo Biology oo Criminology oo Accounting oo Cell and Developmental Biology oo Cultural Studies oo Banking** oo Chemistry oo Digital Cultures oo Business Analytics oo Data Science oo Diversity Studies* oo Business Information Systems oo Ecology and Evolutionary Biology**

Plan your liberal studies or specialist degree oo Economic Policy^ oo Business Law oo Environmental Studies oo Economics oo Finance** oo Financial Mathematics oo Econometrics oo Industrial Relations and Human and Statistics oo English Resource Management oo Food Science oo Environmental, Agriculture oo International Business oo Genetics and Genomics and Resource Economics oo Management oo Geography oo European Studies oo Marketing oo Geology and Geophysics oo Film Studies oo History and Philosophy of Science oo Financial Economics Education and social work oo Marine Science oo French and Francophone Studies oo Education oo Mathematics oo Gender Studies oo Medicinal Chemistry oo Germanic Studies Engineering and computer science oo Microbiology oo Hebrew (Modern) oo Computer Science oo Nutrition Science oo History oo Information Systems oo Physics oo Indigenous Studies oo Project Management oo Plant Production oo Indonesian Studies oo Software Development oo Plant Science* oo International and Comparative oo Psychological Science Literary Studies Medicine and health oo Quantitative Life Sciences The University of Sydney oo International Relations oo Anatomy and Histology oo Soil Sciences and Hydrology oo Italian Studies oo Applied Medical Science oo Statistics oo Japanese Studies oo Disability and Participation oo Virology* oo Jewish Civilisation, oo Health oo Wildlife Conservation* Thought and Culture oo Hearing and Speech oo Korean Studies oo Immunology and Pathology** * Available as a minor only ** Available as a major only oo Latin oo Immunology* ^ Not available for Bachelor of

Page 4 Economics students Choose your Open Learning Environment (OLE) units

These units have been designed to give you the opportunity to gain new skills, knowledge, and abilities outside of your chosen majors, minors or degree program.

You may decide to complement an arts degree with an OLE on programming language or data management, a science major with OLEs on presentation or writing skills, or explore an interest in astronomy or music theory.

Any of the OLEs below can be completed to make up your 12-credit-point requirement. Most are worth two credit points.

Communication skills Economics, entrepreneurial and design thinking oo Communication in STEM oo Business Entrepreneurship: Bootstrap Finance oo Digital Communication: Sound oo Business Entrepreneurship: Business Models oo Digital Influence through Social Media oo Business Entrepreneurship: Guerrilla Tactics oo Origins of Mathematics oo Cryptocurrency Markets & Investments oo Presentation Skills: Public Speaking oo Economic Strategy and Negotiation oo Presentation Skills: Speaking in Class oo Economics of the Everyday oo Presentation Skills: Speaking in Public oo How Economic Policy Remade Australia oo Music Theory and Notation Essentials oo The Global Economy in Australia Choose your Open Learning Environment (OLE) units oo Reading and Writing Mathematics oo Understanding Creativity oo Telling True Stories oo Wiki Writing for the Web Ethics, contemporary debates and critical thinking oo Writing about Music oo Australian Perspectives: Rugby League oo Writing for the Digital World oo Business Ethics: Interactive Cases oo Culture and Urban Environmental Design Data analysis and numerical skills oo Drug Wars oo Beginner Programming for Data Analysis oo Global Ethics: Migration and Nation oo Complexity: Agent-based Modelling oo Global Ethics: Philosophy oo Data Science in Astronomy: Algorithms oo Global Ethics: The Great Barrier Reef oo Data Science in Astronomy: Analysis oo (Im)Politeness in Global Society oo GIS: Geographic Information Systems oo Modern Alchemy: Lotions & Potions oo GIS: Problem Solving oo Music & Australian Indigenous Identities oo GIS: Thinking Spatially oo Power and Identity in a Global Era oo How to Estimate Anything oo Pseudoscientific Thinking oo Managing and Analysing Data with SQL oo Surviving Australia's Deadly Animals oo Shark bites and other data stories oo Theory and Practice of Mindfulness oo Social Network Analysis Principles (0 cp) oo Thinking Critically oo Understanding Europe Developing research skills oo Understanding the Arab World oo Ethnographic Research Methods oo Understanding the USA oo Research Data Management oo Understanding Animal Welfare oo US Violence: Terror, Guns, Punishment oo World Cultural Heritage Page 5 Health challenges and medical science Personal, interpersonal and intercultural skills oo Anxiety and its Disorders oo Aboriginal Sydney oo Cancer Survivorship oo Community Engagement for Change oo Global Challenges: Planetary Health oo Cultural Competence: Fundamentals oo Health Challenges: Allergy/Autoimmunity oo Cultural Competence in Natural Science oo Health Challenges: Cardiovascular Disease oo Cultures of Food: Europe oo Health Challenges: Diabetes oo Developing your Emotional intelligence oo Health Challenges: Evolution, health and disease oo Disability Awareness and Inclusivity oo Health Challenges: Oral Health oo Ethnopharmacology oo Health Challenges: Pain and Society oo Experience China oo Health Challenges: Physical Inactivity oo Experience Germany sydney.edu.au oo Health Challenges: Sleep oo Experience Indonesia oo Health Challenges: Weight Regulation oo Experience Italy oo Medical Frontiers: Assisted Reproduction oo Experience Japan oo Medical Frontiers: Stem Cell Therapies oo Experience Korea oo Radiological Interpretation: the Chest oo Experience the Arab World oo The Science of Health and Wellbeing oo Experience the French-speaking World oo Toxicological evaluation oo Experience the Spanish-speaking World oo How We Make Decisions Higher Degree by Research oo Indigenous Histories oo Basics of Quantitative Research Design oo Professionalism in the Workplace oo Computational Analysis for Omics Data oo Psychology of Faith oo Data Wrangling oo Sacred Feasts: Ritual Food and Drink oo Experimental Design for Life Sciences oo Student Leadership: Community Engagement oo Fieldwork Ethics oo Student Leadership: Peer Mentoring oo Health Literacy for Better Lives oo Student Leadership: Representation oo History of Human Research Ethics oo The Science of Sexuality oo Linear Modelling oo Understanding Critical Reflection oo Multivariate Data Analysis oo Pharma Insights: Medicines Life Cycle Programming skills oo Presenting your research oo Analysing and Plotting Data: Python Plan your liberal studies or specialist degree oo Qualitative Research for Law & Policy oo Analysing and Plotting Data: R oo Understanding & Using ABS Data oo Coding Literacy oo Foundations of Quantum Computing oo Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript oo Numbers and Numerics oo Understanding Web Skeletons and Skins oo Writing with LaTeX

Project management oo Managing Your Project

STEM literacy oo Astronomy: from Big Bang to Darkness oo Astronomy: from Earth to Exoplanets oo Astronomy: from Stars to Black Holes oo Psychology of Crime oo Symmetry The University of Sydney Page 6 My degree plan

I am enrolling in a Bachelor of ......

I enjoy (subjects, hobbies etc)......

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When I graduate, I would most like to......

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My major or program will be......

My minor or second major will be ......

I will complete OLE units in these areas ......

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I will complete these electives ......

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I will complete project-based or advanced coursework units in ......

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Degree planning template

Year Semester Units of study

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Advanced coursework Major Taken in the fourth year of a combined A defined sequence of units of study Bachelor of Advanced Studies, advanced (normally eight units/48 credit points) that coursework provides you with further deepens your experience in a field of study. experience and knowledge of your field. Minor Combined degree A defined sequence of units of study A program in which you complete two (normally six units/36 credit points) that degrees during the same period of develops your expertise in a field of study. enrolment. You can complete two degrees in less time than if you studied the two Open Learning Environment (OLE) units degrees separately. The Open Learning Environment provides online modules and workshop-supported Core unit units of study. A compulsory unit of study you need to complete to be Program awarded a particular degree. A program involves a larger volume of study than a typical 48-credit-point major. It is a Degree combination of units of study that develop A bachelor’s, honours, master’s or PhD your expertise across several disciplines or qualification (does not include graduate a professional or specialist field. diploma or graduate certificate). Project-based unit Double degrees A unit of study offered as part of A program in which you complete two your major that provides you with the separate but consecutive qualifications. opportunity to work on a real-world industry, community or research project. Electives Non-compulsory units of study taken Unit of study outside of a major or minor. An individual subject that you study as part of your degree. Honours Honours differs depending on the course. It usually involves the completion of a large project and some advanced-level coursework or research.

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