Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects
The Bachelor of Arts degree is designed to give you discipline-specific knowledge and develop new ways of thinking by exposing you to a diverse range of perspectives. To complement the principles of the Melbourne Model, we have developed a range of eight new first-year Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects that draw on a variety of different areas of study within arts. They provide you with the essential foundational knowledge, skills and resources to further your studies in Arts and introduce you to our diverse range of study areas.
What are the benefits of Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation studies?
Our new Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects will expose you to core ideas across our vast range of disciplines in your first year, assisting you in making an informed decision regarding your specialisation or study major at second and third year level.
Through studying Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects, you will be part of a common first year Arts learning community and benefit from our interactive online learning environment, forums and discussion groups to assist in your transition to university study.
How do the subjects work?
Bachelor of Arts Students
At first year level, you will be required to select two Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects from the list of eight. Each subject is worth 12.5 credit points. Your remaining six first year subjects will include two breadth subjects from outside the Faculty of Arts, and four subjects from Arts disciplines which, in later years, will inform your choice of major and minor specialisations. You will generally enrol in your first year subjects when you meet with an Arts course advisor in the week following Academic Advice Day. See the sample course plans to see how the Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects fit into the Bachelor of Arts.
Students in other New Generation undergraduate degrees
If you are commencing first year of any of the other New Generation undergraduate degrees of Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music or Science, you can study Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation subjects as part of your first-year breadth component. Speak with your course advisors at your Student Centre during your enrolment period in January and February if you wish to pursue this option.
Subject list
Subject |
Study Areas
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History, Political Science, Philosophy and Ancient World Studies |
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Culture and communication, Languages and Linguistics, Historical Studies |
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| Knowing Nature | Asian Studies, Social and Environmental Enquiry, History and Philosophy of Science, Geography |
Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
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Australian Indigenous Studies,Criminology, Sociology, Historical Studies, Political Science and Culture and Communication |
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| Media and Communications, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies | |
Asian Studies, History, Philosophy, Geography and Classical Studies |
Languages and Linguistics, Cultural Studies and Anthropology. |