Bachelor of Arts

Follow your interests and build your own career with a flexible Bachelor of Arts.

Choose from a wide range of specialisations, including literature, history, politics and international studies, sociology, and more.

As an Arts graduate, you’ll enter the global marketplace of ideas with advanced skills in critical and creative thinking.

In this program you will:

• Explore new ideas and ways of thinking
• Become a skilled communicator
• Develop specialist knowledge in subjects that interest you
• Build advanced critical thinking, research and writing skills

Career opportunities:

(depending on majors selected)

• Researcher
• Publisher / editor
• Sociologist
• Geographer
• Historian
• Policy officer
• Government / development professional
• Media and communications professional
• Writer

Membership

Eligibility for memberships depends on areas of specialisation.

Majors/Minors:

Sunshine Coast Majors: Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; English; Geography; History; International Studies; Japanese In-country (Major); Japanese Studies; Japanese In-country (Extended Major); Journalism; Psychology; Screen Media; Sociology; Sustainability - Society; Theatre and PerformanceMinors: Behavioural Science; Counselling Skills; Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; Development Studies; English; Environmental Geography; Geospatial Analysis; Global Environmental Politics; History; Human Geography; Indigenous Studies; International and Human Rights; International Studies; Japanese Studies; Journalism; Music; Town Planning Studies; Screen Media; Social Theory; Sociology; Sustainability; Theatre and Performance

Moreton BayMajors: Creative Writing and Publishing; English; Geography; History; Journalism; Psychology; Screen MediaMinors: Behavioural Science; Creative Writing and Publishing; English; History; Indigenous Studies; Journalism; Screen Media

OnlineSunshine CoastMajors: Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; English; Journalism; Screen Media Minors: Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; English; Journalism; Screen Media

Please note that not all study components and/or combinations of study components included in this program may be able to be completed in the minimum duration. Please contact the Program Coordinator if you require written confirmation prior to accepting a place in this program.

In 2021, first-year courses in this degree will be available online. Second-year courses will be offered online from 2022, and third-year courses from 2023. If you wish to study online and are intending to apply for credit for previous studies, please contact Student Central to discuss your options.

Please note: Not all courses are available online. Depending on your choice of majors and/or electives, some courses may require regular on-campus attendance at USC Sunshine Coast or USC Moreton Bay. For more detail, please visit the USC website.