BA-ARTS3 · Swinburne University of Technology · Bachelor degree
Bachelor of Arts
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Minimum ATAR
- 60
- Full time
- 3 years
- Part time
- —
- Credit points
- 300
- Campus
- Hawthorn
- Mode
- On campus
Overview
Put your passion for a better world into a creative, meaningful career. In the Bachelor of Arts, you’ll learn how societies evolve and humans change the world. Expect to focus on the world's most pressing problems, critical thinking, communication skills, cultural competency, digital literacy and building your confidence to make a difference.
With our Bachelor of Arts, develop key critical thinking and communication skills to put your passion for a better world into a creative, meaningful career.
First-year units
Level 1 units every student in this course takes or chooses from.
- ART10002Technology and SocietyThis unit uses a multi-disciplinary lens to explore the relationship between scientific, technological and human development from the industrial revolution to the digital age and beyond. Students will be introduced to key conceptual framewo…
- SOC10005Environment and Society: Problems and SolutionsThe course offers an opportunity for students to explore the aspects of societies that have had an adverse impact on the environment and climate, which in turn can adversely and unfairly impact particular groups. Simultaneously this course…
- HIS10005Power and Protest: The History and Politics of Social MovementsThis unit introduces students to some of the social movements that have shaped and are shaping western societies. Using case studies, it critically examines why and how these movements came about and assesses their cultural and political ra…
- CRI10002Fundamentals of CriminologyThis unit provides students with an overview of the discipline of criminology through a presentation of both the major theoretical models as well as the application of these models to a variety of criminal justice settings. Students will le…
- FOR10001Introduction to Forensic PsychologyThe overarching aim of this unit is to provide students with an introduction to the theories, models, and research related to the field of forensic psychology. Students will gain skills, knowledge and the ability to analyse human behaviour…
- SOC10014Popular Culture, Social Change and TechnologyThis unit examines the social, political and ethical dimensions associated with changes to popular culture driven by technological advancements. Students will engage with contemporary academic debates and analyse existing theoretical paradi…
- PHI10008Introduction to EthicsThis unit teaches an appreciation of the historical roots of different ethical doctrines, showing how these are related to ideas about the good life, freeing people to identify, understand and choose between traditions of ethical thought. I…
- INS10001Connecting with Culture: Indigenous Australian ExperiencesThis unit examines contemporary culture as a construct through initiating or deepening the education of students in Indigenous issues. With particular focus on the world’s oldest living, continuing culture, students learn about the concepts…
And 9 more in the course structure below.
Course structure
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Core units
50 cpMajors and units
100 cpClimate and Social Justice
100 cp- SOC10005Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions12.5 cp
- HIS10005Power and Protest: The History and Politics of Social Movements12.5 cp
- HIS20009History, Politics and Human Rights12.5 cp
- INS20004First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment12.5 cp
- PHI20010Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science12.5 cp
- POL30019Conflict, Justice and Peace12.5 cp
- PHI30009Environmental Philosophy12.5 cp
- SOC30020Changing our Climate12.5 cp
Criminology
87.5 cpEthics and Technology
100 cp- SOC10014Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology12.5 cp
- PHI10008Introduction to Ethics12.5 cp
- POL20019Digital Justice12.5 cp
- SOC20003Technology, Intimacy and Family Life12.5 cp
- POL20020Work in a Globalised World12.5 cp
- PHI30011Thinking and Intelligence: Critical, Creative, Artificial12.5 cp
- PHI30012Planet B: Space and Extra-Terrestrial Ethics12.5 cp
- SOC30021Bodies, Health and Technology12.5 cp
Indigenous Studies
87.5 cp- INS10001Connecting with Culture: Indigenous Australian Experiences12.5 cp
- INS10002Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History12.5 cp
- INS20004First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment12.5 cp
- INS20002International Indigenous Perspectives12.5 cp
- INS30001Indigenous Enterprise And Entrepreneurship12.5 cp
- INS30002Indigenous Knowledges12.5 cp
- INS30004Indigenous Representations12.5 cp
Perspectives on Globalisation
100 cp- SOC10012Global Perspectives on Modernity12.5 cp
- HIS10003Global History12.5 cp
- SOC20013Race, Ethnicity and Migration12.5 cp
- POL20020Work in a Globalised World12.5 cp
- INS20002International Indigenous Perspectives12.5 cp
- SOC30013Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality12.5 cp
- POL30014Politics of the Pacific12.5 cp
- POL30022Borders, Security, and Belonging12.5 cp
Politics, Power and Technology
100 cp- PHI10007What is Power?12.5 cp
- HIS10006Propaganda12.5 cp
- POL20009Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics12.5 cp
- POL20016Contemporary Approaches to Security12.5 cp
- PHI20006Philosophy, Media, Culture12.5 cp
- PHI30010Philosophy, Politics and Society12.5 cp
- POL30010The Politics of Public Policy12.5 cp
- POL30020Critical Security Studies12.5 cp
Screen Studies and Popular Culture
100 cp- ART10004Introduction to Game Studies12.5 cp
- MDA10003Screen Studies: Movies, Television and Ourselves12.5 cp
- SOC10014Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology12.5 cp
- MDA20007Screen Franchising and Innovation12.5 cp
- MDA20018Popular Culture of the Asia Pacific12.5 cp
- MDA30016Screen Technology and Culture12.5 cp
- MDA30023Screen Audiences12.5 cp
- LIT30002Graphic Narratives: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga12.5 cp
Literature and Creative Writing
100 cp- LIT10002Writing Fiction12.5 cp
- LIT10003Reading and Writing Genre Texts12.5 cp
- LIT20002Diversity in Australian Writing12.5 cp
- LIT20004Exploring Iconic Texts12.5 cp
- LIT20003Prose Poetics12.5 cp
- LIT30005Reading, Writing and Criticism12.5 cp
- LIT30006Scripting for Screen and Beyond12.5 cp
- LIT30004Literary Industry Practice12.5 cp
Work placement
100 cpCareers
- Community development officer
- Government relations coordinator
- Political correspondent
- Policy developer
- Journalist
- Intelligence analyst