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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

STRU-BARPM v.1 Bachelor of Arts Pre-major


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


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



Major/Minor/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
COMS1010 v.1   Academic and Professional Communications 3.0 25.0
  SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   25.0
  SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   25.0
  75.0
Year 1 Semester 2
  SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   25.0
  SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   25.0
  50.0
Year 1
GRDE1007 v.1   The Design Experience 3.0 25.0
  OR  
FINA1000 v.1   Art and Creativity 4.0 25.0
COMS1005 v.1   Making Meanings 3.0 25.0
  OR  
GRDE1008 v.1   Art and Design Fundamentals 3.0 25.0
  OR  
CWRI1003 v.1   Narrating Selves 3.0 25.0
CULT1000 v.1   Senses of Place 3.0 25.0
  OR  
VISA1006 v.1   Historical Issues in Art and Design 3.0 25.0
  OR  
ASIA1005 v.1   Communicating with Asia - Languages and Societies 3.0 25.0
  75.0
Optional Units (No Year Level Specified) Hrs/Wk Credit
GRDE1006 v.1   Design Process 3.0 25.0
GRDE1010 v.1   Design Technology 3.0 25.0
GRDE1008 v.1   Art and Design Fundamentals 3.0 25.0
INFO1000 v.1   Technologies for Information Services 3.0 25.0
INFO1002 v.1   Management of Recordkeeping and Archives Services 3.0 25.0
INFO1001 v.1   Recordkeeping Concepts and Practice 3.0 25.0
INFO1003 v.1   Librarianship Concepts and Practice 2.0 25.0
VISA1007 v.1   Creative Image Communication 3.0 25.0
SCST1000 v.1   Introduction to Screen Cultures 4.0 25.0
SPRO1000 v.1   Introduction to Screen Practice 5.0 25.0
THTR1002 v.1   Devising Fundamentals 3.0 25.0
THTR1001 v.1   Acting Fundamentals 9.0 25.0
CWRI1002 v.1   Fantasy and Cultural Representation 3.0 25.0
LCTS1002 v.1   Reading Cultural Representations 3.0 25.0
JOUR1001 v.1   Introduction to Broadcast 3.0 25.0
JOUR1000 v.1   Introduction to Print 3.0 25.0
NETS1000 v.1   Internet and Everyday Life 3.0 25.0
NETS1001 v.1   Web Communications 3.0 25.0
CWRI1000 v.1   Creative Writing 3.0 25.0
PWRP1000 v.1   Introduction to Writing 3.0 25.0
PHGY1000 v.1   Physical Geography 3.5 25.0
GEOG1000 v.1   Human Geography 3.5 25.0
ASIA1000 v.1   Australia and Asia Transformed 3.0 25.0
INTR1000 v.1   Legacies of Empire 3.0 25.0
ANTH1000 v.1   Self, Culture and Society 3.0 25.0
JAPN1001 v.1   Beginning Japanese Developing 3.0 25.0
JAPN1000 v.1   Beginning Japanese 3.0 25.0
CHIN1001 v.1   Beginning Chinese Developing 3.0 25.0
CHIN1000 v.1   Beginning Chinese 3.0 25.0
ANTH1001 v.1   Global Change in Australia and its Region 3.0 25.0
ASIA1001 v.1   Discovering Asia 2.0 25.0
VISA1006 v.1   Historical Issues in Art and Design 3.0 25.0
VISA1003 v.1   Drawing 3.0 25.0
VISA1004 v.1   Art Studio Research - Methods and Materials 1 3.5 25.0
VISA1005 v.1   Art Studio Research - Methods and Materials 2 3.0 25.0
FASH1000 v.1   Form and Structure 3.0 25.0
GRDE1005 v.1   Typography 3.0 25.0
GRDE1002 v.1   Photography Core Principles 3.0 25.0
GRDE1001 v.1   Animation Design Introduction 3.0 25.0
VISA1000 v.1   3D Essentials 3.0 25.0
GRDE1004 v.1   Design Computing 1 3.0 25.0
GRDE1003 v.1   Design Practice 1 3.0 25.0

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

**    unit running depending on availability





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