Studies in Arts

Implementing Courses and Credits

1.  Combining with Courses from other Faculties

The Bachelor of Arts Programme

If the student takes a number of courses from various faculties and sees to it that at least 2 courses in each programme are from the list of courses in one faculty, then a Bachelor of Arts will be earned with endorsement in that faculty. The total of the Bachelor qualification need only be 390 credits, and may have an endorsement of 70 credits within those 390 credits.

The Bachelor of Arts may also be a third year of educational training which adds 150 credits to an existing undergraduate Diploma (240 credits). This will bring the total of the whole qualification to 390 credits. Of these 150 credits, 6 courses (more than 90 credits) must be from one specific field/faculty. The remainder may be taken from any other faculty(ies).

The Bachelor is just one programme. See also a description of the other programmes:

Description of Programmes

The other courses may be chosen from any discipline. These courses should be at an introductory level unless the student has prior learning credits in the same field.

Adding the Endorsement and Double Endorsement

Should the courses from one field make up more than 70 credits (including up to 20 practical credits), then an endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
  ... Bachelor of Arts in Ministry  or
  ... in Psychology.

Should the courses from yet another field make up more than 70 credits in one field (including up to 20 practical credits), then a double endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
  ... in Ministry and Business Leadership  or
  ... in Counselling and Psychology.
The credit level for a double endorsement to a Bachelor qualification takes it up to 460 credits.

Details about the courses must be obtained from each particular Faculty. Students may offer courses they have already completed through application for Transfer Credits. See Recognition of Prior Learning.

Bachelor of Arts = 390/460 credits

The Bachelor of Arts Programme

If the student takes a number of courses from various faculties and sees to it that at least 70 credits are from the list of of a specific faculty, then a Bachelor of Arts in [any Field] will be earned. The total of the Bachelor of Arts qualification need only be 390 credits, even with an endorsement.

The Bachelor of Arts may also be a third year of educational training which adds 150 credits to an existing undergraduate Diploma (240 credits). This will bring the total of the whole qualification to 390 credits. Of these 150 credits, 6 courses must be from one faculty. The remainder may be taken from other faculties.

Courses may be chosen from any discipline. These courses should be at an introductory level unless the student has prior learning credits in the same field. Should the courses from other fields make up more than 70 credits in one field (including up to 20 practical credits), then a double endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
... in Ministry and Psychology or       ... in Communication and Business Leadership.

Details about the other courses must be obtained from each particular Faculty. Students may offer courses they have already completed through application for Transfer Credits. See Recognition of Prior Learning.

Bachelor of Arts in Arts = 390 credits

4.  The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree needs 120 credits above the level of 390 credits (or 150 more than a Bachelor from other institutions) to get to the 510 credit total level.

Of these credits, 30 or more credits should be in a specific field (i.e. Communication) in order to reach the 8 total field courses required for an Honours as preparation for a Masters degree. This should be in the order of 2 courses from one faculty to obtain the required number of credits.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) — 510 credits

 Summary: Arts Qualifications

These programmes may lead to one of three possible qualifications.

Programme details:

Note*: The courses taken for the Honours depend on the Dissertation of the Masters.
The entry level credits determine the volume of work required for this course. This
is determined by the candidate's study leader when discussing a Masters degree.

See Arts Course Fees

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