Bachelor of Arts (with Year in Asia)

Bachelor

The Bachelor of Arts is the most diverse, most flexible, and most popular degree at The Australian National University.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Course Code

BARTY, 099464E

Study Mode

In person

International Fees

$45,060 per year

About this course

The Bachelor of Arts is the most diverse, most flexible, and most popular degree at The Australian National University. Each of its some fifty majors, in fields throughout the arts, humanities and social sciences, is taught by truly outstanding scholars to ensure that each student receives the very best education, is engaged with cutting-edge research, and learns to think like a researcher. These majors can be coupled with more than seventy minors and specialisations to broaden or deepen your study. Regardless of your choices, your Arts degree will provide you with core skills in critical analysis and in written and oral communication, while developing your adaptability and ability to help shape change and prepare you for a multifaceted career or further study.

The Bachelor of Arts (with Year in Asia) is the perfect degree to establish yourself as a future leader in the Asian Century. You will combine study at ANU with one year at a university in an Asian location like Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul or Bangkok.

Your Year in Asia will build on the strengths of your Bachelor degree. You will develop an advanced level of language proficiency and an exceptional capacity to understand the societies and cultures of our region. You will study with world-class teachers at ANU and then put your learning into practice on the ground in Asia.

Entry requirements

By internal transfer from an ANU AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree

A minimum undergraduate career GPA of 5.0 out of 7.0

48 units from completion of courses offered by ANU, which must include:

A minimum of 24 units from completion of courses in the target language subject area, or demonstrated intermediate language proficiency as evidenced by completion, exemption or course credit for the following:

Chinese - CHIN2017 Modern Chinese 4
Indonesian - INDN2003 Indonesian 4
Japanese - JPNS3001 Japanese 5
Korean - KORE2522 Modern Korean 4
Thai - THAI2003 Thai 4
Vietnamese - VIET2003 Vietnamese 4

A minimum of 12 units from completion of non-language courses listed in the Bachelor of Asian Studies

Places are limited in each study-destination country. Applicants will be ranked on the following criteria:

Demonstrated ability in the language of the destination country
ANU GPA

Study locations

Canberra

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Creative Arts courses at Australian National University (ANU).

70.8%

Overall satisfaction

74%

Skill scale

67.7%

Teaching scale

50.7%

Employed full-time

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