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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

312087 v.2 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/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
311922 v.2   Academic and Professional Communications 100 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
311925 v.3   Senses of Place 100 3.0 25.0
  OR  
1780 v.9   Historical Issues in Art and Design 192 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311926 v.3   Communicating with Asia: Languages and Societies 100 3.0 25.0
314914 v.1   Art and Design Fundamentals 100 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311923 v.1   Making Meanings 103 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311924 v.1   Narrating Selves 101 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 (No Year Level Specified) Hrs/Wk Credit
312000 v.1   Design Practice 171 3.0 25.0
312001 v.1   Design Practice 172 3.0 25.0
300469 v.4   3D Essentials 192 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
312002 v.2   Typography 172 3.0 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
311486 v.2   Art Studio Research - Methods and Materials 192 3.5 25.0
311485 v.2   Drawing 191 3.0 25.0
1780 v.9   Historical Issues in Art and Design 192 3.0 25.0
312598 v.3   Discovering Asia 111 2.0 25.0
312602 v.3   Global Change in Australia and its Region 112 3.0 25.0
12307 v.6   Chinese 111 3.0 25.0
12308 v.6   Chinese 112 3.0 25.0
1502 v.8   Japanese for Beginners 111 3.0 25.0
1503 v.8   Japanese for Beginners 112 3.0 25.0
312601 v.3   Self, Culture and Society 111 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
314785 v.1   Human Geography 100 3.5 25.0
312591 v.3   Physical Geography 112 3.5 25.0
301017 v.8   Introduction to Writing 110 3.0 25.0
1581 v.6   Creative Writing 120 3.0 25.0
301516 v.5   Web Communications 101 3.0 25.0
301052 v.4   Internet and Everyday Life 102 3.0 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
301012 v.4   Reading Cultural Representations 110 3.0 25.0
301028 v.4   Fantasy and Cultural Representation 121 3.0 25.0
1536 v.7   Performance Studies 101 9.0 25.0
303483 v.4   Performance Studies 102 3.0 25.0
301018 v.6   Writing, Rhetoric and Persuasion 121 3.0 25.0
1532 v.9   Screen Practice 111 5.0 25.0
1531 v.9   Screen Arts 111 4.0 25.0
314980 v.1   Creative Image Communication 100 3.0 25.0
314095 v.2   Librarianship Concepts and Practice 101 2.0 25.0
301046 v.5   Recordkeeping Concepts and Practice 103 3.0 25.0
306431 v.6   Management of Recordkeeping and Archives Services 102 3.0 25.0
11170 v.9   Technologies for Information Services 104 3.0 25.0
314914 v.1   Art and Design Fundamentals 100 3.0 25.0
314915 v.1   Design Technology 192 3.0 25.0
312226 v.1   Design Principles and Process 171 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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