Bachelor of Arts - 707001

Bachelor of Arts

707001

Humanities and social sciences

Full time Part time

Course Fee

CSP/$12270 (1st year contribution)

Start Date

Feb 2025Jul 2025

The University of Queensland - St Lucia

Duration

3 years Full time or 6 years Part time

Offer Rounds

16 Jan 20255 Jun 2025

Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities

Course outline

The Bachelor of Arts is UQ’s largest program with over 45 majors on offer, giving students the opportunity to explore the subjects they love across the humanities, arts, social sciences and languages. The skills and capabilities students will gain in leadership, creativity, problem solving, critical thinking and communication are increasingly relevant to all industries. Students can choose to undertake two majors, or an extended major and a minor, plus a range of electives, tailoring the program to suit their goals. Minors are available in each of the majors, and in the disciplines of Australian Studies, Gender Studies, Music Psychology and Russian. For more information, visit Bachelor of Arts at UQ.

Majors

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; Ancient Greek, Ancient History; Ancient History/History; Anthropology; Archaeology; Art History; Australian Studies (minor only); Chinese; Chinese Translation and Interpreting; Criminology; Drama; Economics; English; English Literature; English as an International Language; Film and Television Studies; French; French Advanced; Gender Studies (minor only); Geography; German; History; Indonesian; International Relations; Italian; Japanese; Japanese Advanced; Journalism and Mass Communication; Korean; Latin; Legal Education Studies; Linguistics; Mathematics; Media and Digital Cultures; Music; Music Psychology (minor only); Peace and Conflict Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Popular Music and Technology; Professional Writing and Communication; Psychology; Russian (minor only); Sociology; Spanish; Sports Studies; Studies in Religion; Writing.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for UQ and for this course, refer to UQ’s website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C)

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

70.00

Minimum selection threshold explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

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ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

99.75

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

83.65

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

84.45

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

66.20

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

70.00

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

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Number of students

130

Percentage of all students

20.2%

Number of students

N/P#

Percentage of all students

N/P#

Number of students

Percentage of all students

3.6%

Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor

Number of students

345

Percentage of all students

53.6%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

128

Percentage of all students

19.9%

All students

Number of students

644

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students

Career opportunities

Graduates are rewarded with a range of career opportunities in government, community, not-for-profit and international organisations.

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