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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

312087 v.2 Bachelor of Arts Pre-major

Introduction

Students undertaking the Bachelor of Arts must first enrol in this pre-major.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
311922 v.1   Engaging in the Humanities 100 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  75.0
Year 1 Semester 2
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 1
311923 v.1   Making Meanings 103 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311924 v.1   Narrating Selves 101 3.0 25.0
311925 v.3   Senses of Place 100 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311926 v.3   Communicating with Asia: Languages and Societies 100 3.0 25.0
311927 v.1   The Design Experience 100 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311928 v.1   Art and Creativity 100 4.0 25.0
  75.0
Optional Units to Select from in Year 1 Hrs/Wk Credit
11170 v.9   Technologies for Information Services 104 3.0 25.0
12307 v.6   Chinese 111 5.0 25.0
12308 v.6   Chinese 112 5.0 25.0
1502 v.7   Japanese 111 5.0 25.0
1503 v.7   Japanese 112 2.0 25.0
1531 v.9   Screen Arts 111 4.0 25.0
1532 v.9   Screen Practice 111 5.0 25.0
1536 v.7   Performance Studies 101 9.0 25.0
1557 v.12   Journalism Introduction to Print 111 3.0 25.0
1564 v.12   Journalism Introduction to Broadcast 112 3.0 25.0
1581 v.6   Creative Writing 120 3.0 25.0
1780 v.9   Historical Issues in Art and Design 192 3.0 25.0
300469 v.4   3D Essentials 192 4.0 25.0
301012 v.4   Reading Cultural Representations 110 3.0 25.0
301017 v.8   Introduction to Writing 110 3.0 25.0
301018 v.6   Writing, Rhetoric and Persuasion 121 3.0 25.0
301028 v.4   Fantasy and Cultural Representation 121 3.0 25.0
301046 v.5   Recordkeeping Concepts and Practice 103 3.0 25.0
301052 v.4   Internet and Everyday Life 102 3.0 25.0
301516 v.5   Web Communications 101 3.0 25.0
303483 v.4   Performance Studies 102 3.0 25.0
306431 v.6   Management of Recordkeeping and Archives Services 102 3.0 25.0
310127 v.2   Animation Design Introduction 191 3.0 25.0
310131 v.1   Design Elements 191 3.0 25.0
311485 v.2   Drawing 191 3.0 25.0
311486 v.2   Art Studio Research - Methods and Materials 192 3.5 25.0
312000 v.1   Design Practice 171 3.0 25.0
312001 v.1   Design Practice 172 4.0 25.0
312002 v.2   Typography 172 4.0 25.0
312239 v.1   Form and Structure 102 3.0 25.0
312409 v.1   Art Studio Research - Methods and Materials 191 3.0 25.0
312575 v.3   Legacies of Empire 111 3.0 25.0
312578 v.3   Australia and Asia Transformed 112 3.0 25.0
312591 v.3   Physical Geography 112 3.5 25.0
312593 v.3   Human Geography 111 3.5 25.0
312598 v.3   Discovering Asia 111 3.0 25.0
312601 v.3   Self, Culture and Society 111 3.0 25.0
312602 v.3   Global Change in Australia and its Region 112 3.0 25.0
314095 v.1   Introduction to Librarianship 101 2.0 25.0
314410 v.1   Creative Image Communication 100 25.0

#    unit running depending on availability

*    only permitted to enrol into first year units linked to your major

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