Arts and Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
KPT/JPT (R/220/6/0014) 01/21 - MQA/SWA0103
3 years
February, July and October
Malaysian Student
$
RM 35,000
International Student
RM 38,500
2018 fees per year
This course will open you to new and critical ways
of thinking through a curriculum that connects you
to knowledge and activities across a wide selection
of study areas.
It is designed to expose you to important skills that
can be transferred to your future workplace such as
the ability to access reliable and trustworthy
sources of information, and to interpret and
critically evaluate important facts, opinions and key
debates which you will then communicate through
critical writing.
● Screen studies (minor)
● Journalism studies (minor)
Course Structure
The course is made up of 24 units. You must
complete one Arts major and one Arts minor, along
with Arts Electives and Free Electives. The detailed
course structure is as follows:
You’ll develop awareness of important issues and
debates in areas such as contemporary journalism
practices, gender and sexuality studies, history and
world politics, and new developments in media and
communication practices. ● The Major - Eight units from the same area of
study
Areas of Study ● Free Electives - Eight units from the same area of
study or from different areas of study.
● Communication
● The Minor - Four units from the same area of
study but different from your major
● Arts Electives - Four units from any area of study
in the Arts.
● There is flexibility in how you can structure this
section: you can use the eight units to pursue
a second major; or two minors; or a minor plus
electives; or just electives. You can also take
units from another School.
● Global studies
● Psychology
Career Paths
● Gender studies
● Writing
Your skills can be applied to:
● Journalism, publishing,
editing, writing, electronic
media, public relations,
corporate communications,
and non-governmental
organisations around
the world
This is what the course will look like:
Year 1 Major Major Minor Minor Arts
Elective Arts
Elective Free
Elective Free
Elective
Year 2 Major Major Minor Minor Arts
Elective Arts
Elective Free
Elective Free
Elective
Year 3 Major Major Major Major Free
Elective Free
Elective Free
Elective Free
Elective
● Marketing, advertising,
business research and
analysis
● Management consulting,
international trade, human
resources, training and
development, management
and administration
● Diplomacy, foreign affairs,
politics
● Tourism, hospitality and
entertainment
● Production, direction,
management and
administration, film, television
and video
“I learned a whole lot of cultures and
ideologies where there are no right or
wrong answers, but merely different
sets of social beliefs and practices
and how we relate to them. We
weren’t spoon-fed and I discovered
the answers to my questions through
freedom in learning, researching
and experimenting.”
WILSON LEE GAIN LOON
Bachelor of Communication and Master of Arts
(Cultural Studies) graduate
Currently working as Head of Media Relations, Digital
and Internal Communications at PETRONAS Refinery
and Petrochemical Corporation
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Undergraduate Prospectus 2018