Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies

Our Bachelor of Arts provides an outstanding liberal arts education.

It prepares you to meet the challenges of the modern workforce, where expertise, inventiveness, logic and critical thinking come to the fore.Combining a Bachelor of Arts with the Bachelor of Advanced Studies in this new four-year degree gives you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge and skills, add further breadth to your University qualification by studying subjects from a range of disciplines, and apply your skills and disciplinary knowledge to real-world problems.You will explore your passions, interests and ambitions as you complete a double major.

You can choose both majors from our broad choice across more than 45 subject areas in the humanities and social sciences.Our majors include:In the fourth year of the degree you will undertake advanced coursework and a substantial real-world industry, community, entrepreneurship or research project.

As you develop a personal portfolio of expertise and high-level skills you broaden your opportunities and prepare yourself for future success.

You also have the option of selecting a second major from the University's shared pool.Whatever your focus, when you undertake our Bachelor of Arts degree you will be guided by the expertise of an internationally respected group of educators.

With arts and humanities at the University of Sydney consistently recognised as among the top 20 faculties globally in academic rankings,* our Bachelor of Arts degree is both highly regarded and well supported by research leaders.As a reflection of our global outlook, you will be encouraged to take advantage of extensive exchange opportunities with leading universities overseas.

A number of our majors offer internship placements, enabling you to develop your networks and gain invaluable work experience before graduation.* Only available to International and Global Studies stream and Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students **Only available to Media and Communications stream and Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws studentsThe Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies can also be taken with streams in:

• Accounting (Honours subject area)
• American Studies (Honours subject area)
• American Studies (Major)
• Anatomy and Histology (Honours subject area)
• Ancient Greek (Honours subject area)
• Ancient Greek (Major)
• Ancient History (Honours subject area)
• Ancient History (Major)
• Animal Production (Honours subject area)
• Anthropology (Honours subject area)
• Anthropology (Major)
• Applied Medical Science (Honours subject area)
• Arabic Language and Cultures (Honours subject area)
• Arabic Language and Cultures (Advanced) (Major)
• Arabic Language and Cultures (Intermediate) (Major)
• Arabic Language and Cultures (Introductory) (Major)
• Archaeology (Honours subject area)
• Archaeology (Major)
• Art History (Honours subject area)
• See more

Admission criteria

Admission to this course is on the basis of the following criteria:

• a secondary education qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), or approved higher education study, including approved preparation courses.
• English language requirements where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English.

Admission pathways are open to domestic applicants on the basis of equity or other adjustment factors, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. For details, visit admission pathways.

Credit for previous study

If you’ve already completed university-level or equivalent subjects, you may be able to apply for credit for previous study.

What you'll study