Bachelor of Arts

Overview

Follow your passions and drive your career forward, gaining essential workplace skills and knowledge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Victoria University (VU).

With an arts degree, you’ll prepare yourself to thrive in today’s fast-changing world and open doors to diverse career opportunities.

Take advantage of the maximum flexibility offered in VU’s Bachelor of Arts, allowing you to choose your area of focus based on your unique passions and career goals.

Gain a broad introduction to studying humanities with your first-year core units, then learn up-to-date course content from expert lecturers in your choice of one or two of the following major areas of study:

*Communication Studies

*Digital Media

*History

*Literary Studies

*Psychology

*Sociology

*Visual Art

*Writing.

You also have the choice of 14 compelling minors, including Aboriginal Yulendj (Knowledge) and Community, which will give you knowledge needed for working with Aboriginal communities.

With a Bachelor of Arts, you’ll enhance your highly-sought-after employability skills such as communication, problem-solving, teamwork and analytical thinking. Studying the arts, humanities or social sciences will give you the broad understanding of humanity and people needed to be successful in modern society.

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Critically review theory, research and practice in the humanities, social sciences and creative arts;

2. Critically reflect on the patterns of social, cultural, historical and political experience of society;

3. Plan, execute and communicate research and critical inquiry into the lives of communities of diverse places, experiences, discourses and time;

4. Exhibit a high degree of proficiency in active reading of complex texts, including collection and analysis of resource materials including the composition of oral and written material;

5. Demonstrate independence, self-reflection and creativity to meet goals and challenges in professional and academic pursuits;

6. Employ advanced interpersonal and collaborative skills, consistent with professional and ethical practice, when working with people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

Course structure:

To attain the Bachelor of Arts students will be required to complete 288 credit points consisting of:

*96 credit points of Core studies

*96 credit points of Major studies selected from the approved list (includes Capstone units ACX3005/6)

*96 credit points made up of either:

Option A:

*72 credit points of 2nd major studies (not including Capstone units ACX3005/6) AND

*24 credit points of elective units taken from any major or minor offered in ABAB (must be at year 2/3 level not already taken)

OR

Option B:

*48 credit point of 1st Minor studies selected from the approved list AND

*48 credit points of 2nd Minor studies selected from the approved list (must be at year 2/3 level not already taken)

OR

Option C:

*48 credit point of 1st Minor studies selected from the approved list AND

*48 credit points of elective units taken from any major or minor offered in ABAB (must be at year 2/3 level not already taken)

OR

Option D

*48 credit point of 1st Minor studies selected from the approved list AND

*24 credit points of elective units taken from any major or minor offered in ABAB (must be at year 2/3 not already taken) AND

*24 credit points of elective units from across the University (must be at third year level).

Note: Students intending to select 'Psychology' as their Major undertake core units APP1012 Psychology 1A, APP1013 Psychology 1B, in their first year of study instead of ABA1004 Text and Representation and ACU1002 Creativity, Communication and the Digital Age.

AMADIG and AMIDIG are availble to Domestic students only.

Careers:

With a Bachelor of Arts, you’ll have a strong foundation for a range of exciting careers in the humanities, creative arts and social sciences. Your skills in communication, research, critical analysis and teamwork will be highly sought after, and are transferable to almost any workplace. You may choose to do further study, as many professional careers are best served by graduates with a generalist first degree.

You'll be prepared for a wide range of roles in government or the public service, community and non-government organisations, business, education and media.

Like many of our graduates, you could work in:

*journalism, writing or strategic communications

*teaching – a popular choice following a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education) or a Master of Teaching (Primary Education)

*creative arts administration

*public service and policy work

*community sector

*creative arts

*software development

*corporate management.

Find out salary information for Bachelor of Arts graduates or the following career options:

*community arts worker

*journalist/writer

*program/project administrator.