Bachelor of Arts - 850531

Bachelor of Arts

850531

Humanities and social sciences

Full time Part time

Course Fee

CSP

CQUniversity - Rockhampton

Start Date

Mar 2027

Jul 2027

Duration

3 years Full time or 6 years Part time

Offer Rounds

14 Jan 2027, 3 Jun 2027

Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities

Course outline

This versatile course allows students to gain extensive discipline knowledge, transferrable skills and build a professional portfolio for a career in the modern workforce. Whether students are interested in pathways to creative writing, geography, history and politics, literary studies, strategic communication, teaching, theatre studies or visual arts, this course features a comprehensive choice of majors and minors. The flexibility students have in combining majors and minors, along with the strong focus on career readiness throughout the course allows students to tailor their studies to their passions and career aspirations. For more course information, visit Bachelor of Arts.

CQUniversity

Majors

Creative Writing; Geography; History and Politics; Liberal Arts; Literary Studies; Pathway to Teaching (Early Childhood); Pathway to Teaching (Primary); Pathway to Teaching (Secondary); Strategic Communication; Theatre Studies; or Visual Arts.

Other requirements

Students will study a work-integrated-learning unit that involves a placement in an organisation loosely related to one of the arts discipline majors. For example, a work placement in a museum. Students who choose the Strategic Communication major will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement of 120 hours in a communication related field. For full course requirements, visit Bachelor of Arts.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for CQUniversity and this course, refer to CQUniversity’s website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); Completion of Year 12 or attained age 17 years

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

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Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5

Career opportunities

Explore endless career possibilities such as roles within government agencies, administration, publishing houses, environmental planning and management, media, journalism, libraries, museums, galleries, not-for-profit organisations, private companies, teaching, town councils, disability services, community sector organisations, youth workers and universities.

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