Bachelor of Arts
University of Sydney
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^ The annual tuition fees listed are indicative fees for study in Year 1, in the 2024 calendar year only. Fees are based on a full-time student enrolment load of 48 credit points per year, or 1.0 Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load for the year is more or less than 1.0 EFTSL, your tuition fee will differ. Importantly, tuition fees are subject to annual review by the University, and will increase each calendar year of your study, effective at the start of each calendar year. For students enrolling in a combined degree, in most cases a single course tuition fee applies for the duration of your study in the combined degree, regardless of the units of study that are selected in each of the two qualifications (eg a B Arts and B Laws). Importantly, the indicative tuition fee listed for Year 1, 2024 is subject to annual review and will increase each year of your study in the combined degree. The tuition fee structure is different for double degrees where a bachelor degree is combined with a postgraduate degree (eg D Medicine or D Dental Medicine, B Veterinary Biology/D Veterinary Medicine)).
About
The Bachelor of Arts will prepare you to meet the challenges of the modern workforce, where expertise, inventiveness, logic and critical thinking come to the fore. You will receive a liberal arts education that allows you to choose a major(s) from over forty subject areas in the humanities and social sciences, as well as other disciplines from across the University.
Areas of study
You will complete a degree core unit, a major from Table A, another major, or a minor from Table A or Table S, units from the Open Learning Environment, and elective units.
Table A: American Studies; Ancient Greek; Ancient History; Anthropology; Arabic Language and Cultures; Archaeology; Art History; Asian Studies; Chinese Studies; Criminology; Cultural Studies; Digital Cultures; Diversity Studies (minor); Econometrics; Economic Policy; Economics; Education Studies; English; Environmental, Agriculture and Resource Economics; European Studies; Film Studies; Financial Economics; French and Francophone Studies; Gender Studies; Germanic Studies; Hebrew (modern); History; Indigenous Studies; Indonesian Studies; International and Comparative Literary Studies; International Relations; Italian Studies; Japanese Studies; Jewish Civilisation; Thought and Culture; Korean Studies; Latin; Linguistics; Modern Greek; Music; Philosophy; Political Economy; Politics; Sanskrit (minor); Socio-legal Studies; Sociology; Spanish and Latin American Studies; Studies in Religion (available as a minor or major in 2024, available as a minor in 2025); Theatre and Performance Studies; Visual Arts; Writing Studies (minor, only available in 2024).
Table S: Accounting; American Studies; Anatomy and Histology; Ancient Greek; Ancient History; Animal Health, Disease and Welfare; Animal Production; Anthropology; Applied Medical Science; Arabic Language and Cultures; Archaeology; Art History; Asian Studies; Banking; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biology; Business Analytics; Business Information Systems; Business Law; Chinese Studies; Chemistry; Computer Science; Computer Systems; Criminology; Cultural Studies; Data Science; Design; Digital Cultures; Digital Music; Disability and Participation; Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms (available from 2025); Diversity Studies (minor); Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Econometrics; Economic Policy; Economics; Education Studies; English; Environmental, Agriculture and Resource Economics; Environmental Studies; European Studies; Film Studies; Finance; Financial Economics; Financial Mathematics and Statistics; Food Science; French and Francophone Studies; Gender Studies; Genetics and Genomics; Geography; Geology and Geophysics; Germanic Studies; Health; Hearing, Speech and Communication; Hebrew (Modern); High Performance in Sport; History; History and Philosophy of Science; Immunology and Pathology; Immunology (minor); Indigenous Studies; Indonesian Studies; Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management; Infectious Diseases; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; International and Comparative Literary Studies; International Business; International Relations; Italian Studies; Japanese Studies; Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture; Korean Studies; Latin; Linguistics; Management and Leadership; Marketing; Marine Science; Mathematical Modelling and Computation (available from 2025); Mathematics; Medicinal Chemistry; Microbiology; Modern Greek; Music; Neuroscience; Nutrition Science; Pathology (minor); Pharmacology; Philosophy; Physical Activity and Health; Physics; Physiology; Plant Production; Plant Science; Political Economy; Politics; Project Management; Psychological Science; Sanskrit (minor); Socio-legal Studies; Sociology; Software Development; Soil Science and Hydrology; Statistics; Spanish and Latin American Studies; Studies in Religion (available as a minor or major in 2024, available as a minor in 2025); Sustainability; Theatre and Performance Studies; Urban Studies; Virology (minor); Visual Arts; Wildlife Conservation (minor); Writing Studies (minor) (only available in 2024).
Combined degrees: Bachelor of Arts is offered as a combined degree with 513205 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies. It can also be combined with 513270 Bachelor of Social Work, 513575 Bachelor of Engineering Honours, 513805 Bachelor of Laws, 513740 Master of Nursing, and the double degree 513715 Doctor of Medicine. Bachelor of Arts will be offered as a combined degree with 513225 Bachelor of Economics, 513300 Bachelor of Commerce and 513910 Bachelor of Science from 2025.
Career opportunities
Depending on majors: archaeologist, art historian, administrator/manager, editor, historian, heritage specialist, foreign affairs and trade officer, government policy officer, information specialist, journalist, museum/gallery curator, language specialist, media and communications officer, publisher, researcher, sociologist.
Fees and charges
The Australian Government subsidises the tuition fee for this course. The remaining balance is paid by the student. Current University of Sydney fee information.
Admission criteria
Applicants with recent secondary education
Assumed knowledge: Depends on majors or units of study chosen.
Guaranteed selection rank: 80.00, subject to non-ATAR criteria being met. A guide to guaranteed selection ranks.
Other applicants
Refer to the University of Sydney general admission criteria.
Student profile
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Further information
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Course updates
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Global mobility/international experience
At the University of Sydney, every undergraduate student has access to global opportunities. These opportunities may include overseas field schools, global professional placements, and student exchanges (one-year, single semester and shorter-term durations) with more than 300 partner universities worldwide.
Open Learning Environment (OLE)
Open Learning Environment (OLE) courses are short, on-demand and workshop-supported. They enable you to broaden your skills in areas such as entrepreneurial thinking, persuasive communication, project management and ethical reasoning. Zero credit point OLEs are available to all students at the University, while students in liberal studies degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce or combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies) and some specialist degrees (Bachelor of Economics) will be required to take 12 credit points of OLE units during their studies.
Faculty handbooks
View available first-year subjects in the University of Sydney handbooks.