Course Catalogue

Bachelor of Arts Honours (VARSH1)

2026

Course Structure

A candidate must successfully complete units totaling 80 credit points. The Bachelor of Arts Honours offers students a pathway into diverse specialist and interdisciplinary thematic areas with specialisation, including communications, literary studies, philosophy, education, social science, creative arts, Indigenous knowledges, languages, linguistics, accounting, finance, public policy, business, and history. As a student, your journey through this program will develop core research and critical thinking skills to prepare you to pursue higher-degree research or participate in an interdisciplinary and global workforce.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.

Unit type	Credit Points	Specific requirements
Core Units (3 units)	60cp	Compulsory Core units totalling 60 credit points as listed below: IAS421 Research Proposal, Design and Ethics (20cp) IAS720 Thesis A (20cp) IAS721 Thesis B (20cp)
Specialist Electives (1 - 2 units)	20cp	Specialist Elective units totalling 20 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below: IAS422 Quantitative Research Methods and Application IAS423 Qualitative Research Methods and Application IAS424 Research Methods for the Creative Arts (20cp) IAS425 Industry Project TES501 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
	80cp	Total Credit Points

Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)

See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.

Further Assistance

For further assistance please contact Student Central on 1800 061 963 (freecall) or student.central@cdu.edu.au. Student Central staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HELP (Higher Education Loan Program), external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.

Unit Catalogue - provides general information about each unit including a brief description, the semester and mode offered as well as the fees for Commonwealth Supported places.
Timetables - provides information about individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are published early in December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.