Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Teaching

Students interested in these discipline areas should consider undertaking a Bachelor of Arts followed by a two year Masters Program in Education.

In 2008, students in year 3 of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching course begin classes in the week beginning 25 February.

Students in year 4 of the course begin a School Placement block in the week beginning 4 February.

* can demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of selected fields of studies in the humanities, languages and social and behavioural sciences;
* can access and appreciate national and international debates in their areas of study;
* can demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
* can apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within a changing social context;
* can act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force;
* can communicate effectively an, in the case of those students undertaking a language major, are able to read, write and speak another language with fluency and appreciate its cultural context;
* qualify for employment in a wide range of occupations;
* have a continuing committment to learning;
* are proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as the computer and other IT systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.

All arts subjects undertaken in this BA must be from the following arts-approved study areas (see the individual area of study entry for full details):

* all language subjects
* American studies
* Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies (some non-arts approved subjects included)
* Anthropology
* Art History
* Asian Studies (some non-arts approved subjects included)
* Australian Indigenous Studies (some non-arts approved subjects included)
* Australian Studies
* Cinema Studies
* Classical studies and Archaeology
* Communication Skills
* Computuer Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities
* Creative Writing
* Criminology
* Cultural Studies
* Development Studies (some non-art approved subjects included)
* English Literary Studies
* English as a Second Language
* English Language Studies
* Environmental Studies (some non-arts approved subjects included)
* European Studies
* Gender Studies
* Geography
* Hebrew and Jewish Studies
* History
* History and Philosophy of Science
* International Studies
* Islamic Studies
* Linguisitics and Applied Linguistics
* Philosophy
* Planning and Design
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Social Theory
* Socio-legal Studies
* Sociology
* Theatre Studies

See 105 AA for a detailed description of all the above areas of study including subjects which are available in each year.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching

First year

100 points(at least 75 points level 1) from Bachelor of Arts

Second year

100 points* from Bachelor of Arts

*(75 points level 2, 25 points level 3)

Third year

12.5 points (level 3) from Bachelor of Arts

87.5 points (all compulsory level-1 subjects) from Bachelor of Teaching

Fourth year

37.5 points (level 3) from Bachelor of Arts

62.5 points (all compulsory level-2 subjects) from Bachelor of Teaching

For details on the majors available in the BA, see http://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2008/105-AA

First year of the Bachelor of Teaching component

Students must have completed a minimum of 200 points of arts subjects before being able to proceed to the Bachelor of Teaching subjects

In addition to the subjects listed below students must also undertake ONE 12.5 point arts subject.

Second year of the Bachelor of Teaching component