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Course facts at a glance.
Bachelor of Arts
Study Arts at Flinders
Design your dream career
Build your knowledge base in the areas you’re passionate about, develop the complex critical thinking and problem solving skills required to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, and learn transferable skills that are highly valued in the workplace with a Bachelor of Arts.
You’ll develop world-changing, future-proof skills in a world that’s changing fast. Become digitally literate, think outside the box and develop the skills to adapt and take advantage of new opportunities.
Why study Arts at Flinders
- No. 1 in SA in Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences for full-time employment, starting salary, learning resources, overall quality of educational experience and skills development*
- No. 1 in SA in Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences for full-time employment, starting salary and overall quality of educational experience**
- Build a degree that suits your interests and career aspirations
- Combine a BA with another degree and graduate with two degrees in an area you choose
- Gain industry experience and build a professional network with work integrated learning
- Develop the transferable skills employers are looking for
- Select one or two majors from 24 disciplines and a minor from 29 disciplines
- Choose from majors unique to SA universities including drama, law and society, archaeology, and innovation and enterprise
- Develop as a thinker, researcher and communicator
- Learn how to investigate and analyse ideas, communicate your findings and build your knowledge base in a variety of industries
- Study people: their behaviours, their habits, their desires and needs, and the ways that human societies express themselves now -and in the past-through language, art, and culture
*The Good Universities Guide 2020 (postgraduate), public SA-founded universities only
** The Good Universities Guide 2020 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only
Your career
Graduates are suited to employment in many fields given the broad scope of specialisations available.
Potential occupations include:
- graduate policy officer
- editorial assistant
- communications and campaigns assistant
- assistant advocacy officer
- employment consultant.
Potential employers include:
- government agencies
- tourism businesses
- banks
- public and private companies
- universities
- community agencies
- arts organisations.
Professional accreditation/recognition
The psychology major is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
Majors and minors
The following study areas can be taken as a major or minor.
Applied linguistics is concerned with the practical issues of language such as learning and teaching, policy, multilingualism, cross-cultural communication, maintaining languages, and language difficulties.
Delve into the world’s rich cultural history, uncovering the links between past, present and future societies. Unearth and analyse artefacts with a major that prepares you for a wide range of jobs in museums, government, community organisations and the cultural heritage management industry.
Creative writing develops the creative, practical, critical and collaborative skills necessary to pursue a career in the communication, arts and related creative industries.
Criminology explores who commits crime, and critiques how the criminal justice system responds to crime.
Drama offers grounding in the theories of theatre and performance workshops in movement, voice, improvisation and Stanislavskian techniques.
English encourages a knowledge of and enthusiasm for literature, and fosters effective communication skills critical in the workplace today.
French is spoken in more than 40 countries, including some of Australia’s closest neighbours, and is one of the most widely taught second languages in the world.
Geography and environmental studies explores dynamic relationships between people, our cultures, and the natural and built environments that shape us.
History provides an introduction to issues that have shaped and continue to influence the modern world, such as revolution, fascism, migration, population, warfare and globalisation.
Indigenous and Australian studies is a sociocultural analysis of a changing nation and its people, drawing on humanities, education and social sciences to give a broad perspective of Australian culture and society.
Studying Indonesian is a vital key to understanding our region. In addition to your new language skills, you’ll learn how Indonesia works and the ways people think, feel and live together.
Innovation and enterprise provides you with the skills to enhance your creativity, understand and embrace innovation, and think like an entrepreneur.
International relations studies global issues such as diplomacy, foreign policy, the military, human rights, economies, trade and international organisations.
Italy is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, an essential tourist destination, and a major trading partner with Australia. Italian language is a pathway to employment.
Law and society equips you with practical legal and analytical skills valuable in many industries including social work, policing, legal services, research and policy positions.
Games of thrones, cultural encounters, social upheavals – find out how medieval and early modern civilisations changed the world.
The study of Modern Greek language and culture provides the key to understanding the importance of the Hellenic tradition in western intellectual development.
Philosophy deals with some of the big questions about the world, society and ourselves, and encourages thought and discussion by presenting a range of possible answers.
Politics encompasses how groups of people conduct and understand their public life together. Politics is the study of public life in Australia and the rest of the world.
Psychology is the study of human behaviour and experience including how we learn and develop, personality and self-esteem, thinking processes, and psychological problems.
Screen and media involves the study and analysis of a wide range of screen-based media including film, television, computer games and online media.
Sociology studies the social institutions and processes of contemporary society, linking the way individuals form identities against the backdrop of society and the construction of culture.
Spanish is one of the three most widely spoken languages in the world, one of six official languages of the UN, and an important trading language in the Asia-Pacific.
Visual arts provides the technical, aesthetic, and cultural skills to understand and work in the arts and cultural sectors, and related fields.
Women’s studies addresses the broad question of how gender operates, both in contemporary life and historically, in Australia and in other cultures.
The following areas are available as minors in the BA:
- Information technology
- International affairs
- Mathematics
- Professional studies
- Sciences.
Face tomorrow’s challenges head on
Flinders’ unique stream of career-ready topics will allow you to explore real-world issues, happening right now. A Bachelor of Arts degree will prepare you for a career in almost any field, and Flinders Bachelor of Arts has a richly diverse suite of subject areas, as well as a uniquely-focused set of core topics that will help you prepare for the challenging social transformations that the world is going through right now.
Global Challenge Topics
These topics are designed to challenge and broaden your thinking about real-world issues, and encourage you to explore solutions to some of the biggest problems.
War, famine, drought, disease, economic crises and natural disasters have disrupted and radically altered all societies including our own. They also seem set to continue to do so.
You’ll explore case studies from the ancient world to the present to understand the future. You’ll study how societies have dealt with major crises and catastrophes in the past, such as: the destruction of states from the Romans to the Mongols, Indigenous population collapse under iimperial expansion, the Black Death in Asia and Europe, The Spanish Flu, and the Global Great Depression, to name a few. This will equip you with the knowledge to assess which social and political strategies could work, or will fail, in the future.
This topic examines the global challenge of human caused climate change. You’ll explore: allocating the burdens of climate action between developed, developing and underdeveloped nations; our responsibilities to future generations; understanding the place of human beings in relation to the rest of the natural world; our psychological attitudes towards climate change; the critical assessment of various notion of progress and related notions of human mastery over the natural world.
This Grand Challenge presents an opportunity to rethink the concept and measurement of societal progress to reflect these emerging challenges, and to contribute to a second paradigm shift involving sustainable development.
You’ll explore the inroads into creating a bridge between the human-centred development paradigm and the ambitions of the United Nations: Global Sustainable Development Goals for a more sustainable world, not just environmentally but also socially, financially and in other ways.
How will we survive the 21st century? Human beings are facing major challenges and we need to imagine how they can be met.
You’ll explore climate change and environmental destruction, the massive inequalities between people and nations, social and economic systems that are rooted in exploitation, cities that are for many unhealthy and unsafe, sharp tensions between individual freedoms and state surveillance and the everyday challenges of maintaining physical, mental and spiritual health.
The birth of the modern age in the West placed the human at the centre of all understanding, as both the agent of inquiry and the object of study. And yet, history shows that the status of the human is anything but transparent.
Some suggest we are entering the age of the ‘post-human’, as these various challenges show the limitations of the category. You’ll consider the human not as the source and summit of our understanding, but as a contested concept that is embedded in a context that is natural, cultural, and political – in a word, global. With life on the planet increasingly at stake, the future of humanity depends on modes of understanding that are essentially pluralistic.
Employability stream
These core topics from first to third year are designed to make you career-ready long before you graduate.
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Digital and academic literacy
- Pre-professional identity
- Industry placements
What you will study
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Combine a Bachelor of Letters with your degree
Archaeology | Creative Arts | Criminology | Languages | Health | Business | Mathematics | Coaching
15 specialisations to choose from.
Practical experience
The degree provides you with practical experience that prepares you for the workforce. Access practical topics, placements and internship opportunities through your choice of majors and minors.
Study abroad
There are opportunities to take your studies overseas with a student exchange program.
Innovation and
enterprise topics
At Flinders University, we recognise that careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today.
Whatever undergraduate course you are studying at Flinders you can add innovation and enterprise electives to your degree to gain new, adaptable and transferrable skills that will equip you for changes in the global job market.
These innovation and enterprise electives prepare you for the careers of tomorrow by developing what we like to call ‘personal enterprise skills’ – the innate ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you, professionally and personally.
Pursue multiple passions with a combined degree
Bachelor of Arts combined degrees
By completing one additional year of full-time study, you can combine the Bachelor of Arts with a degree in the following and graduate with two undergraduate degrees:
- Bachelor of Laws & Legal Practice
- Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences (Psychology)
- Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/Finance)
- Bachelor of International Relations
- Bachelor of Tourism and Events
- Bachelor of Education
The Bachelor of Arts can also be used as a pathway to a double degree 4-year teaching qualification, or as a normal 3 year degree plus 2 year Master of teaching.
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I am excited to help people in their most vulnerable state, become healthier and happier people every day. Mental health is one of the pillars for happiness and if I can contribute to improving someone’s life, that sounds like the career for me.
Flinders was the right choice for me as it was local, friendly and supportive. It has a wide range of extra-curricular activities and resources that make being a Flinders student fun and engaging.
Flinders has helped me becoming future ready through their practical and applicable learning styles, and through the Horizon personal development program, aimed at helping me become a better professional when I graduate.
Studying at Flinders is a great experience with endless opportunities in whichever field you’re interested in. You can study abroad, find internships, make new friends, join social and sporting clubs, and have the flexibility in your learning to still pursue your passions outside of study. Being a student at Flinders will be the best time of your life.
Will Molloy
Bachelor of Arts (Major in Psychology, minor in Criminology)
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In the BA for High Achievers I am majoring in Drama and International Relations. The degree allows me to study the subjects I am interested in and surrounds me with mentors, teachers, and peers who support and challenge me to achieve my best. The High Achievers degree has provided me with a close cohort of friends who share similar interests. As a part of my degree, I will be going on exchange to Canada to further my studies.
Jamila Main
Bachelor of Arts (Enchanced Program for High Achievers)
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Flinders was the perfect choice for me as it really allowed me to pursue my interests and study in a friendly and productive environment. Flinders stands out to me from other universities because of the diversity in topics they offer as well as the tightknit and welcoming community within the college.
Yianni Cartledge
Bachelor of Arts (History)/Bachelor of Education
How to apply
Choose your preferred course.
Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.
Choose other courses to include in your preferences.
Visit SATAC and submit your application online.
Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study, TAFE/VET qualifications, or through adult entry (STAT/Foundation Studies/tertiary preparation course).
Find the entry path that’s right for you.
How to apply
Select your course.
Check entry requirements.
Check your eligibility for credit.
Obtain certified documents.
Submit your application and documents.
If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.
This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.
If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through academic pathways programs provided by the Flinders International Study Centre.
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