Bachelor of Arts
Course Overview
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is an undergraduate degree comprising 24 units taken over 3 years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent).
In your first year as a BA student, you can select from units across a range of disciplines - including creative writing, economics, geography, history, legal studies, linguistics, literature, marketing, management, not-for-profit management, sociology and various languages. Before the end of your first year, you will be able to nominate a major in which to specialise - you will need to complete 8 units from that major (10 units for language majors).
Alongside your major, you will also take core units in research skills. This works towards a major project in your final year in which you will research a real-world organisation, diagnose issues and present solutions.
You can enrich your major with a second major (or a minor) in another discipline from the humanities and social sciences. Alternatively, you may decide to broaden your studies by selecting general electives from faculties such as business or mathematics, physical sciences and life sciences.
All undergraduate students also take one core unit per year from the School of Christian Studies.
Course Structure
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) comprises 24 units of study (or subjects). To fulfil the requirements of the BA award, you will need to complete a minimum of 72 credit points.
Common Core units (8 units):
As a Sheridan BA student, you will take core units common to all BA students in all three years of your study. There are three types of common core units:
- Core Arts units (2 units) - these include units in creative thinking, and in critical thinking and ethics.
- Core Research units (3 units) - these include units on academic skills, research methods, and a research project. Each of these units is taken by students from all undergraduate courses at Sheridan.
- Core Christian Studies units (3 units) - these include units on the Christian faith, the Bible and understanding worldviews. Like the Research units, each of these units is taken by students from all undergraduate courses at Sheridan.
Major units (8 units, or 10 units for language majors):
You may choose from one of the following fields of study for your major:
- Chinese Studies
- Creative Writing
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- Linguistics
You will do a minimum of eight units specific to that discipline (ten for language majors), including a minimum of at least four Level-300 units.
You may also nominate a double major. Adding a second major will usually require taking additional units and will extend the length of your Bachelor degree by one or more semesters.
Minor / General electives (8 units, or 6 for language majors):
In addition to your major, you can construct a minor within your BA degree. A minor comprises four 200/300-level units in a humanities or social sciences discipline that is not your major, and provides you with a second specialisation.
Entry Requirement
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| Minimum Age to Apply | Applicants must be at least 17 years of age or older. |
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| IELTS Score (Minimum) | A minimum IELTS Academic score of 6.0 with no individual band less than 6.0 is required. |