Possible to complete B. Arts in 2 years? (1 Viewer)

[tobiasfunke]

I have already completed a degree and I am interested in doing another. However if possible I would prefer not to waste another 3 years doing so. Would it be possible to apply for B. Arts and complete it in 2 years by overloading? If so what would the workload be like? Also would the application depend on my Uni marks or my UAI?

 

[mitchy_boy]

I have already completed a degree and I am interested in doing another. However if possible I would prefer not to waste another 3 years doing so. Would it be possible to apply for B. Arts and complete it in 2 years by overloading? If so what would the workload be like? Also would the application depend on my Uni marks or my UAI?

They'd go off your uni marks.

I have no clue about doing the degree in two years. Though I can't see why not...

 

[Triangulum]

To do it in two years would require six units (36cp) per semester, which isn't allowed - the maximum is 30cp per semester (see here, at 5.1.3 in the top section). Though I guess you might be able to do it by taking units at summer and winter school, if the right units were available.

 

[UncoKane]

You can apply for credit for some previous units of study from your previous degree as long as they fit into tables A or B, I think. When I was applying for credit from an unfinished degree the max I was allowed to apply for was 96 and for completed degrees it was 48... pretty sure that's how it works, it was a year ago

So if you got credit for 48 credit points you can knock off a year of your arts degree without overloading... but you'd probably have a limited choice of units of study/majors.

 

[izzy88]

You generally aren't allowed to overload in first year, although I guess you could ask for permission from the arts faculty since you already have a degree. This would mean you could do 5 subjects a semester- to fill the remaining four subjects you could do one in each summer and winter school, however these are full fee courses (don't have Hecs) so it would be costly- it would also depend on what majors you were doing as certain arts majors don't necessarily have a lot of offerings for summer/winter school. Eg. Languages, ancient history etc. My advice would be to ring the faculty. The other option, although it takes three years is the Bachelor of Arts (advanced)- this entails skipping all first year subjects and starting second yr subjects in first year, doing 3rd yr in second year and Honours in your third year (ie a four year degree in 3 years), with the benefit of havin Honours...