Program summary
Program coordinator
Program coordinator
Become a creative, critical thinker
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 Performance
Minors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health; 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 Bay
Majors: English; Geography; History; Psychology
Minors: Behavioural Science; Creative Writing and Publishing; English; History; Indigenous Studies; 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.
Study at USC Moreton Bay
Australia's newest university campus — USC Moreton Bay is opening at Petrie in Semester 1, 2020. Choose from almost 50 undergraduate degrees with applications open from August 2019.
Learn moreApplication and admission advice
Contact Student Central
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How to apply
Am I eligible to apply?
- Confirm that you meet the program specific admission requirements, prerequisites and recommended prior study outlined on Why study this program?
- Confirm that you meet the general undergraduate admission requirements and English Language Proficiency requirements
- Refer to the application dates for cut-off dates and deadlines
- Check your eligibility for credit
- Refer also to the Student Profile for a representation of the likely peer cohort studying this program.
Domestic students
Apply via Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) — Use the relevant QTAC code specified on Why study this program?
Exceptions
The below applicants can apply online directly to USC:
- Tertiary Preparation Pathway (TPP) student currently enrolled in, or have had an enrolment in the previous two years
- USC students who have completed an undergraduate program within the last two years, or are due to complete their program prior to their proposed semester of commencement
- USC / TAFE Articulation program students
- USC students who are currently enrolled in one program and want to study another program concurrently
- Former USC student who has been excluded from study at USC
International students
Apply direct to USC International
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- International students should contact USC International
How to enrol
New to USC?
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Continuing students
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To better understand your program structure and for instructions on how to review your progress and plan your remaining courses, visit the Managing your progression page.
Visit How do I enrol? for enrolment instructions and key dates.
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