Bachelor of Arts

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: 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: Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; English; Geography; History; Journalism; Psychology; Screen Media; Sustainability - Society
Minors: Behavioural Science; Counselling Skills; Creative Writing and Publishing; Criminology and Justice; English; Environmental Geography; Geospatial Analysis; History; Human Geography; Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Studies; Journalism; Screen Media; Sustainability;

Online
Majors: 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.

For entry into most USC undergraduate degree programs, you need to have completed a minimum level of education similar to successful completion of Australian Year 12 with good grades.

Further studies, for example, a semester or more at college or university, can also be considered for entry and may give you credit transfer towards a degree.

Some examples of upper secondary qualifications and a guide to the minimum grades that USC will consider are listed here. These are minimum requirements and do not guarantee entry. Some programs may require higher grades. Alternative qualifications may also be considered on a case by case basis.

If your qualification (grouped by country) is not listed, send the qualification transcripts with your application form to the International Office for assessment.

If English is not your first language, you also need to meet the minimum English language requirements for your chosen program. If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you may like to enrol in one of our English Language Programs.