Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies

University of Sydney - Camperdown/Darlington

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Overview

This four-year degree 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.

Majors

Areas of study

You will complete two majors, one from Table A and the other from either Table A or Table S. You will also have the opportunity to undertake academically advanced coursework or for those interested in research, honours is available.

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; Politics and International Relations; Sanskrit (minor); Social Policy (minor); Socio-legal Studies; Sociology; Spanish and Latin American Studies; Studies in Religion; Theatre and Performance Studies; Visual Arts; Writing Studies (minor).

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; 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; 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); Social Policy (minor); Socio-legal Studies; Sociology; Software Development; Soil Science and Hydrology; Statistics; Spanish and Latin American Studies; Studies in Religion; Sustainability; Theatre and Performance Studies; Urban Studies; Virology (minor); Visual Arts; Wildlife Conservation (minor); Writing Studies (minor).

Potential Career Outcomes

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.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.3599.95
Median rank to receive an offer87.190.95
Lowest rank to receive an offer70.0580.05

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Sydney website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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