Program Overview

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Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine

Overview

The Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine is a double degree program offered by the University of Sydney. This program combines the Bachelor of Arts with the Doctor of Medicine, providing students with a comprehensive education in both the arts and medicine.

Course Resolutions

The course resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine are as follows:

1 Course Codes

• Code: BPARTMED-01
• Course Title: Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine

2 Attendance Pattern

The attendance pattern for this course is full-time only.

3 Streams

• The Bachelor of Arts in this combined degree is available in the following streams:
  • Dalyell
• Completion of a stream is not a requirement of the Bachelor of Arts.
• The requirements for the completion of the Dalyell stream are specified in these resolutions and in Table D of the Shared Pool for Undergraduate Degrees.

4 Cross-Faculty Management

• Candidates in this double degree program will be under the general supervision of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences until the end of the semester in which they complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts.
• They will then be under the supervision of the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

5 Admission to Candidature

• Admission to this course is on the basis of a secondary school leaving qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents) leading to the award of an Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking (ATAR) or equivalent.
• English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English.
• Alternate admission pathways are open for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and applicants to other special admissions schemes approved by the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Academic Board.

6 Requirements for Award

• To qualify for the award of both degrees, a candidate must successfully complete 336 credit points, comprising:
  • 144 credit points to qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Arts as specified in the resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts
  • 192 credit points to qualify for the award of the Doctor of Medicine as specified in the resolutions for the Doctor of Medicine

7 Programs, Majors, and Minors

• Completion of a major from Table A is a requirement for this double degree.
• Completion of a minor or second major from Table A or Table S is a requirement for this double degree.

8 Progression Rules

• Progression within a major, program, or minor:
  • Candidates must pass two 1000-level units of study within a major (except a language major), program, or minor, before proceeding to 2000-level units within that major, program, or minor.
• Progression within the Bachelor of Arts:
  • Candidates must complete all requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, including the designated foundational knowledge units for medicine offered by the Faculty of Science, within three years (or four years if candidates take an appended honours program through the Bachelor of Arts (Honours)), excluding any authorized periods of suspension, in order to progress to the Doctor of Medicine degree.
• Progression within the Dalyell Stream:
  • Candidates must achieve a Cross-Semester Average Mark (CSAM) at a level determined by joint agreement of the Deans and Heads of School and Deans of University schools of all the faculties and University schools administering degrees offering the Dalyell Stream in each year of study or over each 48 credit point block to continue in the Dalyell Stream.

9 Requirements for the Award with Honours

• Honours in the Bachelor of Arts is available to meritorious candidates who have completed requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, by suspending candidature, with the permission of the Faculty of Arts and the University of Sydney Medical School, in the double degree for one year, enrolling in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours), and taking an appended honours program in an additional year of full-time study.

10 Award of the Degrees

• The Bachelor of Arts is awarded at Pass level.
• Honours is taken by enrolling in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and completing an appended honours program.
• The Doctor of Medicine is awarded as a Pass grade.

11 Cross-Institutional Study

• Cross-institutional study is not available in this double degree course.

12 International Mobility

• The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences encourages candidates in this course to participate in international exchange and global mobility programs while undertaking the Bachelor of Arts, provided that the progression requirements and timelines in Section 8 of these resolutions can be met.

13 Course Transfer

• A candidate may abandon the double degree program and elect to complete the Bachelor of Arts in accordance with the resolutions governing that degree.
• Completion of the Doctor of Medicine in the future will require a new application for admission to that course and completion in accordance with the resolutions governing that degree.

14 Credit for Previous Study

• Candidates will not be granted credit for tertiary studies undertaken or completed prior to enrolment in this course, apart from exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the delegated authority in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Medicine and Health.

15 Transitional Provisions

• These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January 2025.
• Students who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January 2025 will complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement.