2012
Bachelor of Arts
Humanities
Media and Communications
Languages
Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
Diploma in Languages
Contents
Why choose Arts at Melbourne?
3
Arts
What do I study?
4
Majors
6
Minors
16
Honours
Honours
17
Your student experience
Your student experience
18
Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
19
Concurrent diplomas
Concurrent diplomas
20
Diploma in Languages
21
Career outcomes
Career outcomes
22
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
23
Admissions
24
Graduate study
Graduate study at Melbourne
25
Graduate study in Humanities
and Social Sciences
26
Reference
Find out more
Contact us
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Why choose Arts at Melbourne?
The Faculty of Arts has over 150 years of teaching and
research excellence and consistently ranks amongst the
leading Arts faculties in the world.
The University of Melbourne is ranked:
No.
No.
No.
1
9
in Australia Q
in the world
for graduate
employability W
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in the world Q
Our global discipline-specific rankings are:
No.
No.
Choice and flexibility
Choose from over 30 areas of specialisation,
including languages, psychology, economics,
and media and communications.
Aim higher
Perform at your best alongside high-achieving
students from around the world, by studying
in one of Australia’s most popular degrees.
Foundation subjects
Learn new academic skills and discover new
disciplines in the first year, through unique
foundation subjects.
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in the world
for Arts and
Humanities Q
Create your career
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in the world for
Social Sciences Q
Global leadership
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
Access diverse career opportunities by
gaining knowledge specific to your desired
industry and vital skills that translate across
many professions.
Teaching and research
excellence
University of Melbourne Arts academics
are not only nationally and internationally
renowned researchers and leading
practitioners in their fields of expertise, but
also committed teachers who encourage
intellectual excellence and critical inquiry.
Notable alumni
Prominent graduates of Melbourne Arts
include:
• Australian political leaders, such as
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and
Australian Ambassador to Japan
Mr Murray McLean OOA
• Influential journalists, including
Jana Wendt and Michelle Grattan
• Television personalities and entertainers,
such as Myf Warhurst and Samantha Lane
• Australian cultural identities, such as
Germaine Greer and Manning Clark
Develop an international perspective through
language study and opportunities to study
overseas.
• University Chancellors and
Vice-Chancellors.
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imes Higher Education World University
Rankings 2010.
W QS World University Rankings 2010.
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Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts offers unique flexibility and an
opportunity to focus on one or two majors in the fields
of humanities, social sciences and languages.
Quick
Facts
Duration
3 years full time
Part time available Q
Fourth year honours available
Campus
Parkville
Contact hours (first year)
12 hours per week W
Fee type
Commonwealth Supported Place
International fee place
QPart-time study is not available to most international
students due to visa restrictions.
WBased on full-time study load and may vary
depending on subjects taken. You are also expected
to undertake at least four hours of independent or
group study for every contact hour.
More
Information
Entry requirements
See page 23 for details
www.ba.unimelb.edu.au
Arts Student Centre
+61 3 8344 6395
via http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com
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Course description
The Bachelor of Arts allows you to follow
your passion while building vital skills you
can apply to a wide range of careers and
study pathways. Make the most of your
potential, pursuing academic excellence,
interdisciplinary knowledge, community
leadership skills and cultural awareness, and
gain skills essential to the rapidly changing
global workplace.
The Bachelor of Arts offers more than 30
disciplines or ‘study areas’, available as
majors and minors. You can build a degree
that broadens your education and helps you
to discover your true interests and potential,
before specialising further, through graduate
study or in your career.
As a Bachelor of Arts student, you will also be
encouraged to participate in accredited study
overseas, as well as vocational experience
in community or professional organisations.
Overseas study options include student
exchange at one of 150 partner universities
worldwide and short-term overseas intensive
subjects.
What do I study?
The Bachelor of Arts requires the successful
completion of 24 subjects – 300 points in
total, with subjects usually worth 12.5 points
each. You will complete eight subjects, or 100
points of study, at each of first-, second- and
third-year levels.
First year
In the first year, you will complete two subjects
(25 points) from a choice of six foundation
subjects that aim to address disciplinary
methods from within a range of arts study
areas. These subjects introduce central Arts
concepts, ideas and principles to assist in
your academic transition to the University, and
enable you to make informed study choices
for the remainder of your degree.
Second year
All students in the Bachelor of Arts are
required to complete an Arts major. Majors
involve a program of study across first-,
second- and third-year subjects, with a
sequence of subjects completed within one
study area.
Third year
In third year, you will have the opportunity to
engage in a capstone experience which is
designed to draw together the various strands
of your undergraduate study and prepare you
for life as a graduate.
See page 5 for more information.
What is a major and minor?
A major or minor refers to the completion
of a specified number of subjects at each
year level, within a specialised area of study.
A major generally comprises 100 points
of study, or eight subjects, while a minor
is usually 75 points, or six subjects. In the
Bachelor of Arts, you must complete at least
one major, though you also have the option to
complete two majors, or a major and a minor.
See pages 6–16 for more information.
ARTS
What is breadth?
As a Bachelor of Arts student, you must
take up to a quarter of your subjects
from disciplines outside the core studies
and majors in your degree. We call this
the ‘breadth’ component of your degree
and it allows you to gain knowledge and
understanding across a broader range of
disciplines.
To help you make the most of your breadth
studies, the University has introduced ‘tracks’,
approved sets of three or more subjects that
progressively develop knowledge and skills
relevant to a chosen theme, topic or issue.
Breadth tracks are not compulsory, but you
are encouraged to take one in order to get the
most from your breadth studies, and apply
your learning to your core discipline.
http://breadth.unimelb.edu.au
Breadth studies available to
Arts students
• Agriculture, animal studies, food science
and veterinary science
• Architecture, building and planning
• Commerce, economics and management
• Education, teaching and training
University breadth subjects
The University offers interdisciplinary subjects
that students of any of our New Generation
degrees (including Arts) may take as breadth,
including:
• Australian Indigenous Studies
• An Ecological History of Humanity
• Critical Thinking with Data
• Food for a Healthy Planet
• Generating the Wealth of Nations
• Internet Meets Society
• Introduction to Climate Change
• Logic: Language and Information
• Poetics of the Body 1
• Seeing: The Whole Picture
What are foundation subjects?
As a Bachelor of Arts student, you will study
one of these subjects as part of the first-year
core program. Exchange and study abroad
students can also take these subjects.
What are capstone subjects?
A capstone subject is studied in the final
year of the degree at the end of your chosen
major/s. The subject incorporates an activity
or experience, including an examination
or research project, which requires you to
consider broader themes relevant to your
discipline.
Your capstone experience will consolidate the
content and skills acquisition components
of your major and encourage you to apply
them within the experience itself and after
graduation, either in further study or in your
career.
The Faculty of Arts has developed first-year
foundation subjects, which offer cross-cultural
perspectives on a number of historical and
contemporary themes. These subjects:
• Introduce you to core ideas across a wide
range of study areas
• Assist you to make an informed decision
about your specialisation or major at
second- and third-year levels
• Engineering and geomatics
• Provide you with the essential skills and
resources for further study in Arts
• Environment and natural resources
• Assist in your transition to University study.
• Information technology and systems
• Law, legal studies and criminology
• Medicine, dentistry, health and welfare
• Music
• Sciences and mathematics
• University breadth subjects
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au
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Arts majors
Within the Bachelor of Arts, you can choose one or two Arts
disciplines as the focus of your study during the three-year
degree. You can complete one major, two majors, or one
major and one minor.
Study any of the following disciplines as a major or a minor:
Ancient World Studies
History and Philosophy of Science
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Anthropology and Social Theory
Islamic Studies
Media and Communications
Art History
Languages:
Philosophy
Asian Studies
•
Arabic
Politics and International Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies
•
Chinese
Psychology
•
Classics (Latin)
•
French
Australian Studies
Creative Writing
Screen and Cultural Studies
Sociology
•
German
Criminology
•
Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Economics
•
Indonesian
English and Theatre Studies
•
Italian
•
Japanese
•
Russian
•
Spanish and Latin American Studies
Geography
History
Study any of the following disciplines as a minor only:
Anthropology
English Language Studies
Gender Studies
Chinese Studies
Environmental Studies
Social Theory
Development Studies
European Studies
Ancient World Studies
Ancient World Studies embraces the study of
antiquity through ancient languages, literature,
philosophy, art, architecture, treasure, tombs
and artefacts. It gives you insight into the
world today by exploring how ancient cultures
have contributed to the development of
the modern world. Areas of focus include
archaeology; religion, political and social
life in ancient societies; classical literature
and mythology; ancient ethnicity; gender
and sexuality in the ancient world; Byzantine
worlds; and ceramic analysis.
Career paths include archaeology, classics
and teaching, curatorship, tourism,
librarianship and archival work, and academic
research.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Ancient World
Studies and French Q
Year 1
Semester 1
Ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Arts Foundation
Subject
French 1
Informatics 1: Data
on the Web
Semester 2
Introduction to
Political Ideas
French 2
Making Sense
of America: U.S.
Since 1945
Seeing: The Whole
Picture
Semester 1
Augustan Rome
Classical
Mythology
French 3
Atmospheric
Environment
Processes
Semester 2
Myth and Cult in the French Elective
Ancient Near East
French 4
Programming the
Machine
Semester 1
Interpreting the
Ancient World
(capstone)
From Pericles to
Cleopatra
French 5
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Beyond Babylon:
Ascent to
Civilisation
French Elective
French 6
Competition and
Strategy
Year 2
Year 3
Major 1 subjects: Ancient World Studies
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: French
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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ARTS
Anthropology and Social Theory
Anthropology is the study of the many
societies and cultures of the world and their
complex interaction. Anthropology’s global
comparative scope is complemented by a
local focus, and this unique perspective is
made possible by intensive participation in
the daily life and language of the communities
studied. Contemporary social anthropology
asks questions about what it means to be
human in a globalising world, and provides a
critical vantage point from which to reflect on
ourselves and others. Social Theory analyses
the ways society and culture are organised
and sometimes transformed. It questions the
everyday assumptions that shape our lives
and considers such issues as the division of
power and the nature of identity.
Career paths include archaeology, history,
academia, sociology, government and
consultancy.
Art History
Thematic and interdisciplinary subjects
in this study area deal with the theories of
art history, architecture, garden design,
art and the market, prints, the history and
theory of art conservation, postcolonial and
cross-cultural art, biennials and triennials,
and connoisseurship. Focus areas include
Renaissance; Baroque; eighteenth and
nineteenth-century European art; modernism
and postmodernism; Indigenous Australian
art; colonial, modernist and postcolonial
Australian art; Asian art; Medieval art; and
contemporary Australian and international art.
Career paths include art curatorship, arts
promotion, arts management, history, arts
policy, and communications.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Anthropology
and Social Theory and History and Philosophy of Science Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
The Developing
World
Arts Foundation
Subject
Science and
Pseudoscience
Australia in the
Wine World
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Modern Art: The
Politics of the New
From Plato to
Einstein
Body, Mind and
Medicine: A
Dissection
Semester 1
Engaging the
World in Theory
and Practice
Genders, Bodies
and Borders
Darwinism
Foundations of
Architecture
Semester 2
Modernity
Revolution to
Social Movements
Intimacy and
Technology
God and the
Natural Sciences
Deafness and
Communication
Semester 1
Anthropology of
Kinship and Family
Science and
Society
The Rise of Modern Career
Science
Management
Semester 2
Theory and the
Anthropological
Imagination
(capstone)
The Future of Sex
and Gender
Knowledge in the
Making
Competition and
Strategy
Major 1 subjects: Anthropology and Social Theory
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: History and Philosophy of Science
Elective subject
Breadth W
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Art History and
Chinese Language (beginners stream 125pt major) Q
Year 1
Semester 1
Art History: Theory
and Controversy
Arts Foundation
Subject
Chinese 1
African Drum and
Dance
Semester 2
Culture, Media and
Everyday Life
Modern Art: The
Politics of the New
Chinese 2
Principles of
Business Law
Semester 1
Art and Revolution
Chinese 3
Chinese 3A
Modern Chinese
Literature
Semester 2
Australian Art
Chinese 4
Chinese 4A
Dangerous Earth
Semester 1
Contemporary
Aboriginal Art
Chinese 5
Great Chinese
Classics
Modern and Future
Climate
Semester 2
Art History in the
World (capstone)
Medieval Art:
Ideology and
Representation
Chinese 6
Chinese News
Analysis
Year 2
Year 3
Major 1 subjects: Art History
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: Chinese Language
Elective subject
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au
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Asian Studies
Knowledge of Asia is a crucial asset at a time
of rapid globalisation and social change. The
Asian Studies program at the University of
Melbourne is one of the largest in Australia
and comprises a comprehensive range of
subjects in the intellectual, cultural, political
and religious traditions of Asia, with a focus
on China, Indonesia, Japan and South-East
Asia. Asian Studies subjects are taught
in English and do not require language
prerequisites. Study abroad programs are
available, and Asialink offers a stimulating
program of events and activities with an Asian
focus.
Career paths include international relations,
diplomacy, community development,
communications and government.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Asian Studies
and English and Theatre Studies Q
Semester 1
Language and
Power in Asian
Societies
Arts Foundation
Subject
Literature and
Performance
Food for a Healthy
Planet I
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Gothic Fictions
Philosophy: The
Great Thinkers
Generating the
Wealth of Nations
Semester 1
Chinese Studies:
Modern Drama
Culture and Empire
American Classics
Genetics, Health
and Society
Semester 2
Human Rights in
China Since Mao
China and East Asia
Shakespeare
Food for a Healthy
Planet II
Semester 1
The Modern
Middle East
Decadent
Literature
Genre Fiction/
Popular Fiction
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Identity, Ideology
and Nationalism in
Asia (capstone)
Classic Chinese
Civilisation
Critical Databases
(capstone)
Taxation Law
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Major 1 subjects: Asian Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: English and Theatre Studies
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Australian Indigenous Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies provides
perspectives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander histories and culture. Subjects offered
reflect the rich diversity of the field. Themes
include Indigenous cultural production; key
thinkers and concepts; settler and Indigenous
environmental ethics; Aboriginal women and
coloniality; Indigenous health; and issues
relating to land, law and philosophy.
Career paths include community
development, policy, sociology and
government.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Australian
Indigenous Studies and Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
The Secret Life of
Language
Philosophy: The
Big Questions
Introduction to Life,
Earth and Universe
Semester 2
Age of Revolutions: Australian
Intercultural
America and
Indigenous Studies Communication
France
Plant Protection
Semester 1
Key Thinkers and
Concepts
Phonetics
Grammar of
English
Leaves to
Landscape
Semester 2
Aboriginal Land,
Law and
Philosophy
Australian
Environmental
Philosophy
Syntax
Corporate Law
Semester 1
Historicising the
Colonial Past
Contemporary
Aboriginal Art
Morphology
Leading a Complex
World
Semester 2
Critical Debates in Exploring
Indigenous Studies Linguistic Diversity
(capstone)
(capstone)
Semantics
Taxation Law
Major 1 subjects: Australian Indigenous Studies
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Australian Studies
This vibrant interdisciplinary program provides
an examination of contemporary Australian
culture, society and institutions in their global
context. Some subjects incorporate field trips
and encourage you to explore Australian
life through interactive learning and an
exchange of ideas. Principal areas of focus
include memory, life-narrative and belonging;
migration, ethnicity and marginality; national
identity, community and place; histories
of poverty and welfare; arts and creative
production; and Indigenous and nonIndigenous relations.
Career paths include teaching and academia,
government, policy development, public
service, librarianship and archival work, and
heritage consultancy.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with a major in Australian
Studies and a minor in Islamic Studies Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Contesting
Australia
Arts Foundation
Subject
The Developing
World
Introduction to Life,
Earth and Universe
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Understanding
Islam and Muslim
Societies
Anthropology:
Studying Human
Diversity
Generating the
Wealth of Nations
Semester 1
Australia and
America
Islam, Media and
Conflict
Creative Non
Fiction
Genetics, Health
and Safety
Semester 2
Exploring Central
Australia
Australia Now
The Qur’an:
An Introduction
Drugs that Shape
Society
Semester 1
Colonising
Australia
Witness: War and
Crisis Zone: Middle Human Rights and
the Australian Media Eastern Politics
Global Justice
Semester 2
Researching
Australia:
Issues, Agendas
(capstone)
The History of
the Arab–Israeli
Conflict
Africa: Environment, Living Longer: A
Development,
Global Diagnosis
People
Major subjects
Foundation subjects
Minor subjects
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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ARTS
Creative Writing
Creative Writing offers you the opportunity
to explore your creative potential and
extend your creative work to avant-garde,
cross-genre and experimental forms of
writing. You will be encouraged to critically
test the creative potential and influence of
contemporary theoretical and philosophical
schools of thought of all forms of writing.
Areas of focus include fiction, poetry, poetics,
non-fiction, performance, writing for theatre,
and autobiography.
Career paths include writing, publishing,
editing, corporate communications and
marketing.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Creative
Writing and English and Theatre Studies Q
Semester 1
Creative Writing:
Ideas and Practice
Arts Foundation
Subject
Literature and
Performance
An Ecological
History of
Humanity
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Culture, Media and
Everyday Life
International
Politics
Introduction to
Climate Change
Semester 1
Creative Non
Fiction
Modern Drama
American Classics
Architecture Design
Studio: Earth
Semester 2
Writing for Screen
Short Fiction
Shakespeare
Architecture Design
Studio: Water
Semester 1
Novels
Decadent
Literature
Genre Fiction/
Popular Fiction
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Encounters with
Writing (capstone)
Radical Writing
Critical Databases
(capstone)
Competition and
Strategy
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Major 1 subjects: Creative Writing
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: English and Theatre Studies
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Criminology
Criminology draws knowledge and
perspectives from a range of disciplines such
as law, sociology, psychology, psychiatry and
history. Criminologists work in a wide range
of fields including crime prevention, corporate
crime, business regulation, drug policy, and
consumer and environmental protection.
Criminology as an academic discipline
continuously questions how different societies
define and respond to crime in different ways
and why approaches to punishment and other
forms of social control have varied so much
from era to era. Increasingly, criminologists
study the ways cultures depict crime – be it
in newspapers, television and other mass
media, or in films, novels and art.
Career paths include legal adviser, policing,
policy development, sociology, defence and
government.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Criminology
and Ancient World Studies Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia
Arts Foundation
Subject
From Graffiti to
Terrorism
Informatics 1: Data
on the Web
Semester 2
Myth, Art, Empire,
Greece and Rome
Modern Art: The
Politics of the New
Making Sense
of America: U.S.
Since 1945
Introduction to
Climate Change
Semester 1
Augustan Rome
Classical
Mythology
Critical Analytical
Skills
Introduction to
Climate Change II
Semester 2
Myth and Cult in
the Ancient Near
East
Policing
Terrorism: Shifting
Paradigms
Programming the
Machine
Semester 1
Interpreting the
Ancient World
(capstone)
From Pericles to
Cleopatra
Law in Social
Theory
Owning Ideas:
Creation, Innovation
and Law
Semester 2
Beyond Babylon:
Ascent to
Civilisation
Criminology
Capstone Subject
Comparative
Criminology
Competition and
Strategy
Major 1 subjects: Criminology
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: Ancient World Studies
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au
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Economics
Economics remains essential to modern life,
because it seeks to understand, assess and
explain the mechanisms of markets and national
economies. The major in Economics builds
problem-solving skills that are applicable to
careers in business and in government. It
will teach you how to analyse and interpret
data and will equip you with the tools to find
smart solutions for the numerous problems
confronting governments and the commercial
world. Several areas of study are available
within the main discipline: microeconomics,
macroeconomics and econometrics, and
quantitative methods.
Career paths include human resources, project
management, marketing and communications,
management and consultancy.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Economics
and Media and Communications Q
Year 1
Year 2
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Introduction to
Cinema Studies
Quantitative
Methods 1
Introductory
Microeconomics
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Modern Art: The
Politics of the New
Philosophy:
The Great Thinkers
Introductory
Macroeconomics
Semester 1
Net
Communications
Media and Society
Quantitative
Methods 2
Intermediate
Macroeconomics
Semester 2
Understanding
Australian Media
Total War in Europe: The Foundations of Intermediate
World War I
Interpretation
Microeconomics
Semester 1
Politics,
Communication,
Media
Anthropology of
Kinship and Family
Semester 2
Global Media
Writing Journalism
Cultures (capstone)
Year 3
Basic
Econometrics
Microeconomics
The Future of Sex
and Gender
Macroeconomics
Major 1 subjects: Economics
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Media and Communications
Elective subjects
Breadth
Please note that due to the structure of the
Economics major, six subjects must be
allocated from the breadth component of
the degree.
English and Theatre Studies
English is the study of literary studies and
dramatic performance, focusing on their
forms and traditions, and the myriad ways
they engage with the everyday world. The
program offers subjects in a wide range of
fields, from the Medieval to Romanticism,
Modernism, Postmodernism, and beyond.
The major includes English, Australian,
American and postcolonial writing and
theatre; European, Classical, Japanese and
Australian drama; and literary, cultural and
performance theory.
Career paths include writing, publishing, arts
management, corporate communications,
cinema management, and marketing.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in English and
Theatre Studies and Asian Studies Q
Semester 1
Language and
Power in Asian
Societies
Arts Foundation
Subject
Literature and
Performance
Food for a Healthy
Planet I
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Gothic Fictions
Philosophy: The
Great Thinkers
Generating the
Wealth of Nations
Semester 1
Chinese Studies:
Modern Drama
Culture and Empire
American Classics
Genetics, Health
and Society
Semester 2
Human Rights
in China and
East Asia
China Since Mao
Shakespeare
Food for a Healthy
Planet II
Semester 1
The Modern
Middle East
Decadent
Literature
Genre Fiction/
Popular Fiction
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Identity, Ideology
and Nationalism in
Asia (capstone)
Classic Chinese
Civilisation
Critical Debates
(capstone)
Deafness and
Communication
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Major 1 subjects: English and Theatre Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Asian Studies
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Geography
Through this major you will become familiar
with the differences and links between
societies and their environments. By exploring
the social, cultural, political, philosophical
and economic aspects of these differences
and links, you will acquire knowledge that will
provide you with the skills and conceptual
frameworks needed to understand the
processes and power relations shaping the
world around us.
Career paths include environment
consultancy, sustainability, policy
development and government.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with a major in Geography
and a minor in Sociology Q
Year 1
Year 2
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Famine in the
Modern World
The Rise and Fall
of the Roman
Republic
Critical Thinking
with Data
Semester 2
Law in Society
Arts Foundation
Subject
Making Sense
of America: U.S.
Since 1945
Poetics of the
Body 1
Semester 1
Society and
Environments
Understanding
Global Landforms
Critical Analytical
Skills
Remaking the
Body
Semester 2
Ecology
Sociology of the
Body
Controversies in
Australian History
Rethinking the
Body
Semester 1
Coastal Landforms
and Processes
China in Transition
Living in a Risk
Society
Global Health,
Security and
Sustainability
Semester 2
The Disaster
Resilient City
Sociology
Internship
A History of
Sexualities
Youth and Popular
Culture
Year 3
Major subjects
Foundation subjects
Minor subjects
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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The History curriculum offers you the
opportunity to develop your knowledge and
understanding of historical interests in a
range of diverse contexts, as well as develop
your capacity to analyse, think critically and
communicate effectively. The major offers
both flexibility and focus, covering a diverse
range of times, places and themes from
Ancient Rome to modern Indonesia. Areas
of specialisation include European, Asian,
American, Australian, Middle Eastern, Islamic
and Jewish history. Additionally, History offers
subjects in gender and history of sexualities;
human rights; social and cultural history; and
postcolonial and Indigenous history.
Career paths include historian, curatorship,
academia, librarianship, and management
and administration.
History and Philosophy
of Science
From global warming to gene technologies,
from cyber-relationships to religion and
politics, science and technology mediate
change. This area explores the humanities,
history and science of medicine, the
philosophy of science, and the social studies
of science and technology, with links to social
theory and computer applications.
Career paths include history, sociology,
government, teaching, academia and research.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in History and
Media and Communications Q
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Introduction to
Cinema Studies
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Age of Revolutions: International
America and France Politics
Designing with
Plants
Semester 1
Net
Communications
Media and Society
The Rise and Fall
of the Roman
Empire
Understanding
Knowing and
Learning
Semester 2
Understanding
Australian Media
Witches and Witch
Hunting in Europe
Controversies in
Australian History
Australian
Economic History
Semester 1
Politics,
Communication,
Media
The Modern
Middle East
Hitler’s Germany
Applied Animal
Behaviour
Semester 2
Global Media
Writing Journalism
Cultures (capstone)
Making History
(capstone)
Youth and Popular
Culture
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Anthropology:
Studying Human
Diversity
ARTS
History
Accounting
Processes and
Analysis
Major 1 subjects: History
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Media and Communications
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in History and
Philosophy of Science and Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Science and
Pseudoscience
Arts Foundation
Subject
The Secret Life
of Language
Logic: Language
and Infomation
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
International
Politics
Intercultural
Communication
Seeing: The Whole
Picture
Semester 1
Darwinism
Gender, Bodies
and Borders
Grammar of
English
Foundations of
Architecture
Semester 2
Intimacy and
Technology
Second Language
Learning and
Teaching
Syntax
Deafness and
Communication
Semester 1
Science and
Society
Morphology
First Language
Acquisition
Career
Management
Semester 2
Knowledge in the
Making (capstone)
The Future of Sex
and Gender
Exploring
Linguistic Diversity
(capstone)
Competition and
Strategy
Major 1 subjects: History and Philosophy of Science
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies presents a wide spectrum
of topics that examine Israel in social and
cultural terms, allowing you to gain a better
understanding of Israel’s cultural trends and
transformations. Topics include the individual,
Israel’s national narrative, secular/religious
issues, gender, the kibbutz, the army,
Israeli–Arab relations, immigration, and the
Holocaust. We teach the Hebrew language
from beginners to advanced level, alongside
Jewish culture, literature and society. You
will explore topics that draw on extensive
archival resources available in Australia and
internationally.
Career paths include international relations
and trade, multinational business, translation
and publishing, multicultural enterprises, and
religious and community work.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with a major in Hebrew and
Jewish Studies and a minor in European Studies Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
A History of Israel:
Good, Bad and
Disputed
The Developing
World
Semester 2
Understanding
Islam and Muslim
Societies
Arts Foundation
Subject
Australian
Generating the
Indigenous Studies Wealth of Nations
Semester 1
The Holocaust and
Genocide
Israel: Conflicts
and Culture
Memory and
Memoirs of 20th
Century Europe
Architecture Design
Studio: Earth
Semester 2
Total War in Europe
Screening Europe:
Image and Identity
Australian
Environmental
Philosophy
Story, Symbol and
Meaning in the Arts
Semester 1
The Modern Middle Hitler’s Germany
East
Europe: Narrating
the Nation
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Research in
Contemporary
Jewish Studies
(capstone)
Transitional
Aboriginal Writing
Europe, 1815 to the
Present
An Ecological
History of
Humanity
Living Longer: A
Global Diagnosis
Major subjects
Foundation subjects
Minor subjects
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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Libby Cavanagh, Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Language).
Islamic Studies
Islam is one of the fastest-growing religions
in the world, embraced by approximately
one-fifth of the world’s population. The Islamic
Studies program examines the development
of Islamic thought and Muslim societies, from
a broad, multidisciplinary perspective, such
as Islamic hermeneutics, political thought
and gender issues, to the study of economics
and finance and Muslim societies. Islamic
Studies addresses the issues relevant to
the development of Islam as a religion and
civilisation from its origins to the present.
Career paths include international relations,
diplomacy, community development,
communications, government and policy
development.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Islamic
Studies and Sociology Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Understanding
Society
Ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia
An Ecological
History of Humanity
Semester 2
Understanding
Islam and Muslim
Societies
Arts Foundation
Subject
International
Politics
Poetics of the Body
Semester 1
Crisis Zone: Middle Critical Analytical
Eastern Politics
Skills
Sexual Politics
Foundations of
Architecture
Semester 2
The Qur’an: An
Introduction
Great Empires of
Islamic Civilisation
Sociology of the
Body
Deafness and
Communication
Semester 1
The Modern
Middle East
Living in a Risk
Society
Science and
Society
Career
Management
Semester 2
Islam in the West
(capstone)
Ethical Traditions
in Islam
Contemporary
Sociological
Theory (capstone)
Competition and
Strategy
Major 1 subjects: Islamic Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Sociology
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Languages
You can major in one or two languages within
the Bachelor of Arts, even if you have never
studied a language before. Languages are
available in beginner, intermediate, advanced
and post-VCE streams.
If you’d like to study a language, but want to
select other degree majors, you can complete
a Diploma in Languages concurrently
with your degree. See page 21 for more
information.
Languages available include:
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Japanese and
German Q
Semester 1
Japanese 1
German 1
Anthropology:
Studying Human
Diversity
Introduction to Life,
Earth and Universe
Semester 2
Japanese 2
German 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Intercultural
Effectiveness
Semester 1
Japanese 3
German 3
German Cultural
Studies
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Semester 2
Japanese 4
Introduction
to Japanese
Communication
German 4
Corporate Law
Semester 1
Japanese 5
Sign and Symbols
in Japanese
German 5
Leading a Complex
World
Semester 2
Japanese 6
German Cultural
Studies
German 6
Taxation Law
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
• Arabic
• Indonesian
• Chinese
• Italian
Major 1 subjects: Japanese
Foundation subject
• Classics (Latin)
• Japanese
Major 2 subjects: German
Elective subject
• French
• Russian
• German
• Spanish
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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ARTS
Linguistics and Applied
Linguistics
Linguistics is the study of language in all
aspects, including its structure, diversity, the
way it changes and evolves, how people learn
and make use of it to communicate, and its
relationship to power. Linguistics provides
insights into the most fundamental of all
human faculties, develops strong analytical
skills, and forms a foundation for work in many
diverse areas. Applied Linguistics focuses on
the development of policy and professional
practice in a range of language-related
areas by drawing on linguistics as well as
anthropology, sociology and psychology.
Career paths include translation, teaching,
language assessment, research,
communications and consultancy.
Media and Communications
Media and Communications studies
interpretative, theoretical and historical
approaches to the media and communication
technologies and examines the development
of practical communication skills. You will
receive a comprehensive overview of the
media’s place in today’s society, economy
and culture, with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific
region. You will learn to think across media
and to understand the effects and impact
of new communication technologies on the
emerging global media environment.
Career paths include journalism, publishing,
public relations, marketing, communications
and media management.
Please note that due to the structure of the
Economics major, six subjects must be
allocated from the breadth component of the
degree.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Linguistics
and Applied Linguistics and Chinese Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Chinese 1
The Secret Life of
Language
Philosophy: The
Big Questions
Introduction to Life,
Earth and Universe
Semester 2
Chinese 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Intercultural
Communication
Plant Protection
Semester 1
Chinese 2
Phonetics
Grammar of
English
Modern Chinese
Literature
Semester 2
Chinese 2
Chinese Cinema
Syntax
Corporate Law
Semester 1
Chinese 3
Great Chinese
Classics
Morphology
Leading a Complex
World
Semester 2
Chinese 6
Exploring
Linguistic Diversity
(capstone)
Semantics
Chinese News
Analysis
Major 1 subjects: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: Chinese
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Media and
Communications and Economics Q
Year 1
Year 2
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Introduction to
Cinema Studies
Quantitative
Methods 1
Introductory
Microeconomics
Semester 2
Philosophy: The
Great Thinkers
Law in Society
From Plato to
Einstein
Introductory
Macroeconomics
Semester 1
Net
Communications
Media and Society
Quantitative
Methods 2
Intermediate
Macroeconomics
Semester 2
Understanding
Australian Media
Phonetics
Meaning,
Possibility and
Paradox
Intermediate
Microeconomics
Semester 1
Politics,
Communication,
Media
The Rise of Modern Basic
Science
Econometrics
Microeconomics
Semester 2
Global Media
Writing Journalism
Cultures (capstone)
Year 3
Discourse and
Pragmatics
Macroeconomics
Major 1 subjects: Media and Communications
Foundation subject
Major 2 subjects: Economics
Elective subjects
Breadth
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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Philosophy
Philosophy engages with important issues,
sharpens thinking skills, heightens the ability
to express complex ideas and teaches
traditions of thought from different times and
places. These skills are not only useful in the
workplace – they are key to our understanding
of the world and our place in it.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with a major in Philosophy
and a minor in Development Studies Q
Year 1
Year 2
Career paths include analysis and research,
policy development, education and training,
ethics, communications and academia.
Year 3
Semester 1
Philosophy:
The Big Questions
International
Politics
The Developing
World
Australia in the
Wine World
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Arts Foundation
Subject
Law in Society
Politics of the
Body 1
Semester 1
Science, Reason
and Reality
Nietzsche and
Critics
Working with Value
Genetics, Health
and Society
Semester 2
Ethical Theory
Development of the
Third World
Australian Arts
Leaves to
Landscape
Semester 1
Completeness and
Undecidability
Asian and
Comparative
Philosophy
Power, Ideology
and Inequality
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
The Philosophy
of Philosophy
(capstone)
Africa: Environment, Baroque Art in
Development,
Polycentric Europe
People
Competition and
Strategy
Major subjects
Foundation subjects
Minor subjects
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Politics and International Studies
Politics and International Studies includes the
study of government, political institutions and
movements, and power. It addresses a broad
range of phenomena, from the construction
of political identity, to how local, national
and international communities deal with
competing values, ideologies and interests.
It explores the relationships between these
countries and regions, and the international
system as a whole. A wide range of issues
and topics include globalisation, regionalism,
environmental politics, American power and
diplomacy, and international relations.
Career paths include international relations,
diplomacy, multinational business, politics,
policy development and government.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Politics and
International Studies and Media and Communications Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Introduction to
Cinema Studies
Famine in the
Modern World
Australia in the
Wine World
Semester 2
International
Politics
Arts Foundation
Subject
Understanding
Asia
Generating Wealth
of Nations
Semester 1
Critical Analytical
Skills
Public Policy
Making
Net
Communications
Genetics, Health
and Society
Semester 2
Media, Politics and
Society
Understanding
Australian Media
Media and
Communications
Research
Programming the
Machine
Semester 1
Chinese Politics
and Society
American Politics
Politics,
Communication,
Media
Owning Ideas:
Creation, Innovation
and Law
Semester 2
Applied Political
Research
(capstone)
Global Media
Writing Journalism
Cultures (capstone)
Deafness and
Communication
Major 1 subjects: Politics and International Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Media and Communications
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of the
human mind and behaviour. Psychology
demonstrates how development, social
relationships and culture shape the mind and
impact on behaviour, and examines remedies
for personal and social problems. With direct
applications to everyday life, the Psychology
discipline presents an opportunity to develop
a thorough understanding of the mind, brain
and behaviour, and research skills, and also
offers a pathway into professional practice as
a psychologist.
Career paths include psychologist, community
health, government, and human behaviour.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in
Psychology and Italian Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Mind, Brain and
Behaviour 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Italian 1
Critical Thinking
with Data
Semester 2
Mind, Brain and
Behaviour 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Italian 2
Semester 1
Development
Psychology
Italian 3
Italian 4
Politics of the
Body 1
Biological
Psychology
Semester 2
Personality and
Social Psychology
Cognitive
Psychology
Italian Cultural
Studies A
Dangerous Earth
Semester 1
Research Methods
for Human Inquiry
Italian 5
Italian Cultural
Studies B
Advanced
Studies of Human
Cognition
Semester 2
Psychological
Science: Theory
and Practice
The
Psychopathology
of Everyday Life
Italian 6
Macroeconomics
Major 1 subjects: Psychology
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Italian
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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Vachara Leegomonchai
Bachelor of Arts
Psychology major
“My favourite subjects at uni are
any subjects to do with psychology
and the study of human behaviour,
such as Biological Psychology
and Introduction to Psychological
Disorder.
Screen and Cultural Studies
Screen and Cultural Studies embraces a
broad field including studies of popular media
and screen culture, Australian, Hollywood and
art house cinema, everyday life, television
and entertainment, consumption, computer
games, the internet and global cultures.
Subjects are concerned with questions of
media histories and narrative structures, film
and screen aesthetics, identity and gender,
sexuality and spectatorship, and class and
ideology. You will encounter a variety of
screen media, net-based cultures and popular
cultures, examine their histories and cultural
significance, and consider theories of their
relationships to power, commerce and lived
culture today.
Career paths include academia, art
curatorship, sociology and government.
Sociology
Sociology engages with central dimensions
of life in contemporary societies. The
Sociology major offers a unique opportunity
to delve into theories on transformations in
the body; contemporary families; gender
relations; ethnic, racial and sexual identity; the
media; new technologies; and globalisation.
Sociology examines developing patterns
of social inequality and new forms of social
problems, and the manner in which people
and societies confront these challenges.
Sociology also explores emerging questions
of action and identity – from new social
movements and subcultures, to forms
of action evident in contemporary social
transformations.
Career paths include sociology, community
development, policy development,
government, academia and research.
I enjoy these subjects because they
are interesting and at the same time
very challenging. In every class I
always learn new things and most of
the time I can actually relate them to
real-life situations, which I’ve found
to be enjoyable and fascinating.
My dream job is to be a clinical
psychologist. I find the study of
the human brain to be a really
interesting field, and it would be very
challenging to be able to work in an
area where mysteries await to be
discovered.”
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Screen and
Cultural Studies and Criminology Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Introduction to
Cinema Studies
Arts Foundation
Subject
From Graffiti to
Terrorism
Critical Thinking
with Data
Semester 2
Arts Foundation
Subject
Anthropology:
Studying Human
Diversity
Making Sense
of America: U.S.
Since 1945
Intercultural
Effectiveness
Semester 1
Sex and the Screen Hollywood and
Entertainment
Critical Analytical
Skills
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Semester 2
Lifestyle and
Consumer Culture
Policing
Terrorism: Shifting
Paradigms
Learn Cultures:
Minds, Ideas,
Objects
Semester 1
Cinema and the
City
Rock to Rave
Law in Social
Theory
Leading a Complex
World
Semester 2
Contemporary
Film and Culture
(capstone)
Applied Research
Comparative
Methods (capstone) Criminology
Crop Production
and Management
Major 1 subjects: Screen and Cultural Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Criminology
Elective subjects
Breadth W
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with a major in Sociology
and a minor in Environmental Studies Q
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Famine in the
Modern World
The Developing
World
Introductory
Microeconomics
Semester 2
Law in Society
Arts Foundation
Subject
International
Politics
Principles of
Business Law
Semester 1
Critical Analytical
Skills
Organisations,
Power and Society
Society and
Environments
Atmospheric
Environment
Processes
Semester 2
Media, Politics and
Society
Environmental
Politics and
Management
Australian
Environmental
Philosophy
Dangerous Earth
Semester 1
Living in a Risk
Society
Sustainable
Development
Historicising the
Colonial Past
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Semester 2
Sociology
capstone subject
Crimes of the
Powerful
Africa:
Environment,
Development,
People
Competition and
Strategy
Major subjects
Foundation subjects
Minor subjects
Elective subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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ARTS
Student Profile
The Asia Institute is located in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre.
Minors
The following disciplines can only be undertaken as a minor
in the Bachelor of Arts.
Anthropology
English Language Studies
Gender Studies
Anthropology is the study of the many
societies and cultures of the world and
their complex interaction. A local focus
complements Anthropology’s global
comparative scope; its unique perspective is
made possible by intensive participation in
the daily life and language of the communities
studied.
English Language Studies enhances effective
use of the most widely used language in the
world. You will develop an understanding of
the history of English, its subtle and intricate
grammar, and the status of its many social
and geographical varieties.
Chinese Studies
This versatile program enables you to
gain practical and relevant experience in
Environmental Studies through laboratory
work, group projects and field trips, including
opportunities for fieldwork research in China.
Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary area
of study that asks simple questions about
complex fields. How do we know we are
male or female? What is sexuality, femininity
and masculinity? Is the nation heterosexual?
Gender Studies addresses issues of gender,
inequality, race and class, and the lives and
cultural contexts of people who identify as
gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, within
a global and cross-cultural context.
The Asia Institute and schools within the
Faculty of Arts teach the subjects available in
the Chinese Studies minor. Subjects focus on
the cultural, political and religious traditions
of China.
Development Studies
Development Studies addresses major
issues connected with social, political
and environmental changes in developing
countries. It examines how these changes
impact on the livelihoods and quality of life of
both urban and rural populations.
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Environmental Studies
European Studies
European Studies is a cross-disciplinary
program that looks at European culture,
society and languages. You will complete core
European Studies subjects and can also take
subjects from areas such as history, literary
studies, languages, philosophy, politics and
art history.
Social Theory
Social Theory analyses the organisation and
transformations of societies and cultures.
It questions the everyday assumptions that
shape our lives and considers such issues
as the division of power and the nature of
identity.
HONOURS
Honours
Honours is a fourth year of study which draws together
the theory and practical skills gained in your three-year
undergraduate degree.
The completion of honours extends your
knowledge of a study area, as you undertake
an independent research thesis under the
guidance of an academic supervisor. This
intense and enriching study program allows
you to gain advanced skills in:
• Research
• Analysis
• Problem solving
• Critical and creative thinking
• Communication.
Honours improves future career prospects
and opens up a broad range of opportunities.
Honours graduates are in high demand from
employers because of their outstanding
research, analytical and communication skills
and proven ability to undertake complex,
demanding projects independently.
The honours year is also a pathway to study
in the Faculty of Arts graduate school – the
Graduate School of Humanities and Social
Sciences.
To be eligible for entry, you must have:
• A Bachelor of Arts from the University of
Melbourne, or a cognate undergraduate
degree from another institution,
completed within the last five years, with a
Standard Grade Point Average (SGPA) of
at least 70 per cent, or equivalent; and
• Completed a major at an appropriate
standard in a discipline relevant to the
specific program you are applying for; and
• Achieved sufficient results in any
prerequisite subjects for the specific
program you are applying for.
Requirements for each area of study are
available in the Undergraduate Handbook.
http://handbook.unimelb.edu.au
Read more about honours at:
www.ba.unimelb.edu.au/pathways/
honours.html
Honours is usually equivalent to the first
year of Masters by Coursework study in the
Graduate School of Humanities and Social
Sciences. Students who have completed
study in a cognate discipline may be eligible
to complete a related Masters by Coursework
program within one year.
High achievement in honours can allow you
direct entry into a research Master of Arts or a
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
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Your student experience
As part of the Bachelor of Arts, you can undertake special
internship and workplace subjects to gain valuable work
experience and build your career networks.
Internship and workplace
subjects
Arts internship subject
Within this subject, you will complete a work
placement that will draw on your academic
learning, integrating it with workplace skills
and increasing knowledge of workplace
culture and career pathways.
This subject will give you the freedom to:
• Link your passion and skills to specific
professions and career pathways
• Produce original work in an appropriate
format that demonstrates analytical,
research and problem-solving skills
• Understand the value of industry
and professional networks and their
importance to self-reliance, lifelong
learning and career progression.
Discipline-specific internship
subjects
Internships are available to students studying
majors in Criminology, Sociology, and Politics
and International Studies. Places are limited
and are often awarded to high-achievers.
Fieldwork subjects
These subjects enable you to go into a real
research environment in the field and gain
valuable skills and training.
History Fieldwork subjects
• Face, Place, Race: Images of Australia
Politics and International Studies and
Indigenous Studies fieldwork
• On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies
Overseas intensive subjects:
taught in-country
Travel to another country and complete an
intensive subject over a number of weeks.
These are often popular with language
students. Places are limited and can often be
competitive.
Art History travel subjects
• Studying Art on Location
• Contemporary Culture (4th year honours)
History travel subjects
• The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity
• Searching for the American Dream
Criminology and Sociology internships
China
• Sociology Internship
• Intensive Chinese Program: China
• Socio-legal studies workplace visits
• Law, Justice and Social Change
Politics and International Studies
internships
• Parliamentary Internship
• Public Affairs Internship
• Uni-Capitol Washington Congress
Internship
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Italy
• The Story of Italian: Study Abroad
France
• Paris: Ville Lumiere (on site in Paris)
For more information visit:
www.ba.unimelb.edu.au/enrich
Student Profile
Emily Wubben
Bachelor of Arts
Art History major
Art History student Emily Wubben
completed a month-long work
placement at the University of
Birmingham as part of a Cultural
Collections reciprocal exchange
pilot program.
“I had previously worked with the
University’s Cultural Collections
team, so I was really excited
to work with another university
collection.
I discovered that although the
collections differ, the ways in
which they are managed are
similar. Staff have the same
concerns about the best ways to
track and catalogue items, and
how to preserve and display their
accompanying information.
It was great to learn that,
regardless of collection or
location, once you’ve gained the
knowledge and skills, they can
be applied to most collections
around the world.”
Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
The Bachelor of Arts (Extended) requires the
successful completion of four years of study,
including one year of bridging subjects.
The first year of the program offers six
academic skills subjects alongside Arts
foundation subjects. In second year, you can
choose five Arts subjects, two breadth studies
subjects and two academic skills subjects.
You will complete the degree via normal
progression in your third and fourth years.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
must be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander descent and have completed a
Victorian Certificate of Education or interstate
equivalent qualification. Non-school leavers,
mature-age students and alternative pathway
applications will be considered.
Successful students will be selected on their
likelihood to succeed in the Bachelor of Arts.
Qualifications will be assessed on application.
How to apply
To learn more about the application process,
visit:
www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
futurestudents/ug-courses-programs/
ba-extended.html
ARTS (EXTENDED)
The Bachelor of Arts (Extended) is a bridging program
for Indigenous students to facilitate entry to the University
of Melbourne’s Bachelor of Arts. It is an initiative of the
University’s Faculty of Arts, the Murrup Barak Melbourne
Institute for Indigenous Development and Trinity College.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts (Extended) with majors in
Politics and International Studies and Linguistics and
Applied Linguistics Q
Semester 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
Communication
and Performance 1
Year 1
English for
Academic
Purposes
Introduction to
Literature
Semester 2
Australian
Communication
Indigenous Studies and Performance 2
Environment
and Story
Ideas and Society
Semester 1
The Rise and Fall
of the Roman
Republic
Reading Western
Literature
The Secret Life of
Language
Logic: Language
and Information
Semester 2
International
Politics
Arts Foundation
Subject
Intercultural
Communication
Internet Meets
Society
Semester 1
Critical Analytical
Skills
Public Policy
Making
Phonetics
Owning Ideas:
Creation,
Innovation and Law
Media, Politics
and Society
Syntax
Language, Society
and Culture
Crop Production
and Management
Chinese Politics
and Society
American Politics
Morphology
Global Health,
Security and
Sustainability
Applied Political
Research
(capstone)
Exploring
Linguistic Diversity
(capstone)
Semantics
Taxation Law
Year 2
Year 3
Semester 2
Semester 1
Year 4
Semester 2
Major 1 subjects: Politics and International Studies
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Elective subjects
Bridging subjects
Breadth W
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
WThis sample course plan includes six breadth studies subjects. One or two of these subjects can be taken as an elective
within your discipline.
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Concurrent diplomas
Concurrent diplomas offer you another way to follow your passion.
Available in the areas of informatics, languages, mathematics and music,
most diplomas allow you to structure your study to suit you.
Diplomas give you many flexible options – from studying the diploma alongside your undergraduate degree (and adding a further year of
study), to cross-crediting some of the subjects in your undergraduate degree to your diploma, and taking a fast track to completion (potentially
completing the diploma in the same time it takes to complete the undergraduate degree).
Diploma in Informatics
The Diploma in Informatics will provide you with
a range of data manipulation and presentation
techniques. It is designed to complement your
core studies and broaden career prospects.
The diploma is accredited by the Australian
Computer Society.
Available to:
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce,
There are no additional prerequisite
Environments, Music and Science (unless majoring in requirements once you are enrolled in your
Computer Science, Science Informatics or Software
undergraduate degree.
Systems). Q
w ww.studentcentre.unimelb.edu au/
eastern/course_information/concurrent_
diplomas#info
Diploma in Languages
Languages available: Arabic, Chinese, French,
German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,
Russian and Spanish.
Domestic students may be eligible to receive the
final 50 points of the Diploma HECS-free.
Available to:
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce,
Environments, Music and Science.
There are no additional entry requirements
once you are enrolled in your undergraduate
degree.
w ww.ba.unimelb.edu.au/enrich/
diplomas.html
See page 21 for details.
Diploma in Mathematical Sciences
The Diploma in Mathematical Sciences enables
you to gain a mathematics qualification while
completing an undergraduate degree.
Domestic students may be eligible to receive the
final 50 points of the Diploma HECS-free.
Available to:
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce,
Environments, Music and Science. W
You must have completed VCE Unit 3/4
Mathematical Methods or equivalent.
www.studentcentre.unimelb.edu.au/
eastern/course_information/concurrent_
diplomas#math
Diploma in Music (Practical)
The Diploma in Music (Practical) is particularly
designed for students interested in musical study
who do not wish to commit to the full professional
training offered through the Bachelor of Music.
Available to:
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce,
Environments and Science.
Entry is by audition, usually held in early
February.
www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/
dipmusprac
U21 Diploma in Global Issues
The U21 Diploma in Global Issues is ideal for
students who are considering careers that require
an international perspective.
Available to:
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in an undergraduate degree at the
University of Melbourne. E
You must have completed at least 100 points
of study at the time of applying, and obtained
a weighted grade point average (GPA)
of at least H2B (70%) across all subjects
completed in your bachelors degree.
w ww.mobility.unimelb.edu.au/outgoing/u21/
global-issues-program
How to apply for a
concurrent diploma
You can begin the Diploma in Informatics, Languages or Mathematics at the same time as
your undergraduate degree, or at any time up to the start of your final semester. You should
discuss your options with a student adviser when commencing your undergraduate degree.
Entry is competitive.
Applications for the Diploma in Music (Practical) should be made as soon as you have been
accepted into your undergraduate degree.
You may commence the U21 Diploma in Global Issues following successful completion of
one year (100 points) of your undergraduate degree. Entry is competitive and you should
discuss your options with a student adviser when commencing your undergraduate degree.
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QBachelor of Biomedicine students cannot complete
the diploma and the degree within the standard
structure and timeframe. Consult your student
adviser.
WBachelor of Science students who complete a major
in Mathematics and Statistics or Mathematical
Physics are not permitted to complete a Diploma in
Mathematical Sciences.
EThis course is not registered on the Commonwealth
Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas
Students (CRICOS) and cannot be offered to
international students who require a student visa to
study in Australia.
Diploma in Languages
The Diploma in Languages enables you to learn a language
and gain a language qualification while completing an
undergraduate degree.
Domestic students may be eligible to receive
the final 50 points of the Diploma HECS-free.
Languages available within the
Diploma in Languages:
• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
Applications
You may commence the Diploma at the
same time as your undergraduate degree,
or at second- or third-year level. Students
who enrol in the Diploma from first year will
complete 100 points of study in addition to
their degree program. Discuss your options
with a course adviser when commencing your
undergraduate degree.
Diploma students enrol in language subjects
alongside their degree subjects in an
integrated sequence of study. The Diploma
can only be awarded upon completion of the
degree. A fast-track mode is available.
Sample course plan – Bachelor of Arts with majors in Japanese and
Ancient World Studies, with a Concurrent Diploma in Languages in
German Q
Semester 1
Japanese 1
Arts Foundation
Subject
African Drum and
Dance
German 1
• Hebrew
Semester 2
Japanese 2
Ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia
German 2
• Indonesian
Arts Foundation
Subject
Semester 1
Japanese 3
Augustan Rome
Introduction to
Climate Change II
German 3
Semester 2
Japanese 4
Introduction
to Japanese
Communication
Climate Change II
German 4
Semester 1
Japanese 5
Classical
Mythology
Global Health,
Security and
Sustainability
German 5
Semester 2
Japanese 6
Myth and Cult in
the Ancient Near
East
German 6
German Cultural
Studies A
Semester 1
Sign and Symbols
in Japanese
From Pericles to
Cleopatra
Interpreting the
Ancient World
(capstone)
Hitler’s Germany
Semester 2
Beyond Babylon:
Ascent to
Civilisation
Objectivity and
Value
Competition and
Strategy
German Cultural
Studies B
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
Year 1
Year 2
• Russian
• Spanish
Prerequisites
Year 3
There are no additional entry requirements
after enrolment in a New Generation
undergraduate degree.
Available to
Students enrolled in the Bachelors of Arts,
Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments,
Music and Science.
Year 4
Major 1 subjects: Japanese
Foundation subjects
Major 2 subjects: Ancient World Studies
Elective subject
Diploma subjects
Breadth
QThis is a sample course plan only. Subjects offered may change from year to year. You will be advised of subject offerings
prior to subject selection and enrolment.
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DIPLOMA IN LANGUAGES
The Diploma in Languages caters for
students who do not have previous training
in a language as well as for those seeking to
further develop their existing language skills.
The Diploma is a three-year sequence and
may add an additional year of study to your
degree.
Career outcomes
Melbourne Arts graduates enjoy challenging and rewarding
careers in a diverse range of industries, both locally and
abroad. Our graduates find that studying a range of
disciplines across their Arts degree equips them with flexible
thinking skills and opens up an array of career opportunities.
Skills and attributes
Each major will give you specialised skills in a
certain discipline or field, but all our majors will
give you the following skills and attributes:
Problem-solving skills, the curiosity to
explore causes, and the confidence to develop
the best solution for that time and place,
to be applied in the workplace, for issues
management, consultancy, planning, people
management and diplomacy.
Excellent written and oral communication
skills, which are vital for any position of
leadership, influence or innovation, to be
applied to negotiating, lobbying and selling,
report writing, business proposals and
interviewing.
Analytical and planning skills and
knowledge, to deliver on objectives within
a range of contexts and to be applied
to planning, risk management, project
management, goal creation and development.
Understanding of cultural diversity, to
enable you to succeed on an international
level, and to be applied to international
relations, negotiating, community
development, translating and diplomacy.
Ability to think creatively and innovatively
and to see multiple perspectives, to
be applied to marketing and advertising,
logistics, publishing and editing, consultancy
and planning.
Pathways
Graduate pathways
BACHELOR
OF ARTS
Honours program
Graduate research program
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Other graduate programs at the University of Melbourne
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Electronic and Desktop
Publisher
•
Project Manager
•
Research Assistant
Assistant Manager
•
Publisher
•
Research Officer
Assistant Paintings
Conservator
•
Executive Officer
•
Secondary Teacher
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General Manager
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•
Business Consultant
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Senior Business
Development Manager
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Clinical Psychologist
International Programs
Officer
•
•
Communications Officer
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IT and Communications
Manager
Senior Industrial
Development Officer
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Senior Policy and
Research Adviser
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Assistant Director
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Community Corrections
Officer
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Lawyer
Conservator
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Lecturer
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Social Worker
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Creative Director
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Media Adviser
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Student Adviser
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Director of Strategic
Planning
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Museum Director
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Teacher
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Policy Adviser
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Technical Writer
Editor
•
Policy Officer
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Training Coordinator
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Programs at the Graduate School of
Humanities and Social Sciences allow
students to develop advanced knowledge in
a selected discipline and acquire professional
skills for a rewarding and meaningful career.
Specialised programs are also offered by
other graduate schools at the University of
Melbourne.
Where are Arts graduates now?
Job titles of our recent graduates include:
Arts Administrator
Bachelor of Arts graduates can complete
further study at graduate level, through
coursework or research programs.
See pages 25–26 for more information.
EMPLOYMENT
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Ethical leadership skills, which will allow you
to follow your passion and make a positive
impact on the world, to be applied to people
management, executive management,
negotiating, community development and
political representation.
Melbourne Bachelor of Arts graduates have
diverse skills which enable them to work in
a wide range of occupations, depending
on where their passions, experience and
opportunities take them.
For more information about graduate
destinations, visit:
www.ba.unimelb.edu.au/pathways/
graduate_destinations.html
Entry requirements
The following table provides entry requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts.
For more details, or to see the entry requirements for other courses, qualifications and pathways
not listed here, please visit the University’s Course Search website.
www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts
Australian Year 12
2012 Minimum ATAR (domestic students) Q
85.00
2011 Clearly-in Rank (domestic students) W
88.00
2012 Guaranteed ATAR (international students) E
85.00
VCE prerequisite subjects
Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in ESL.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma
2012 Guaranteed IB score E
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IB prerequisite subjects
English. R
GCE Cambridge A Levels
2012 Guaranteed score E
BBC (11)
Prerequisite subjects At least Grade C in an accepted AS Level English subject. T
2012 Guaranteed score E
82
Prerequisite subjects
EAP (a score of at least 50%) and a score of at least 70% for both English and History of Ideas (Advanced).
(Both subjects must be included in the calculation of the ‘Best 4’ result).
Notes
Q Provided prerequisite studies and any other
specific course requirements are met, applicants
who achieve the minimum ATAR for a course will
be eligible for a place. Commonwealth Supported
Places are offered on the basis of academic merit,
and the Clearly-in Rank may be higher depending
on the demand for the course and the number of
places available. Only Access Melbourne applicants
will be admitted below the minimum ATAR.
WRound One Clearly-in Ranks. Final 2011 Clearly-in
Ranks are published in the 2012 VTAC Guide.
EThe University of Melbourne guarantees admission
to a course when an international student achieves
the required score as listed above, has met the
course prerequisites, has achieved the required
grades in specified prerequisite subjects, has
satisfied the English language requirements, and
there are still places available in the course at the
time of acceptance.
RFor students with English as their second language,
a pass in English B at the required level will be
accepted as satisfying the English prerequisite.
If the student does not meet the guaranteed score,
then the application cannot be considered for entry.
The guaranteed scores apply only if no further study
has been undertaken after completion of one of
these programs.
TAccepted GCE AS Level English subjects are:
General Paper, General Studies, English Language
and Literature, English Literature, English Language
(Grade of at least C required).
Except where specified, IB subjects must be passed
to at least Grade 5 Standard Level or at least Grade
4 Higher Level (this may be reviewed for 2012 entry;
up-to-date information will be published on Course
Search at: www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au).
For updates please visit: www.futurestudents.
unimelb.edu.au/entry-req/ugrad-int
For domestic students the scores above are not
guaranteed but should be considered a minimum.
Commonwealth Supported Places are offered
on the basis of academic merit and the standard
required for entry may be higher than the minimum
depending on the demand for the course and the
number of places available. Only Access Melbourne
applicants will be admitted below the minimum.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Trinity College Foundation Studies
Admissions
How to apply
Scholarships
Domestic students wanting to apply for
an undergraduate course at the University
of Melbourne must submit an application
through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions
Centre (VTAC).
The Melbourne Scholarships Program
is one of the most comprehensive and
generous scholarship programs in Australia.
It recognises outstanding academic
achievement and provides access to higher
education to students who might otherwise
be excluded by socioeconomic, cultural,
geographic and other disadvantages.
Once you have submitted a course
application through VTAC you can access
the SEAS application (for Access Melbourne)
through the MyInfo section of the VTAC
website.
Domestic students studying overseas must
also apply for an undergraduate course at the
University of Melbourne through VTAC.
Full details about the VTAC application
process can be found at:
www.vtac.edu.au
International students studying VCE, an
Australian Year 12 or IB in Australia must apply
through VTAC. All other international students,
including those undertaking foundation
studies in Australia, must apply directly to
the University or through one of our overseas
representatives.
For a step-by-step guide on how to apply, visit:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/
admissions/applications
Fees
Domestic students
All commencing domestic undergraduate
students at the University of Melbourne will be
enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place
(CSP). This means the Australian Government
subsidises your course fees through CSPs.
International students
Tuition fees are charged for each year that
you are enrolled. You will pay tuition fees
according to your specific enrolment in any
given semester.
Detailed fee information, including the fee
policy covering your enrolment, will be
provided when you are offered a place at
the University of Melbourne.
Full details about tuition fees:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/
admissions/fees
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Visit our website for the most up-to-date
information on scholarships, including closing
dates:
www.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships
Arts scholarships
The Faculty of Arts has a range of generous
prizes, scholarships and grants across
individual programs and disciplines. We
offer 105 nomination prizes, where students
are nominated by academics, and 22
scholarships by application.
Lions Club of Melbourne Chinese
Inc. Scholarship
This scholarship enables a student studying
Chinese at the University of Melbourne to
complete a period of short intensive study in
China through the Intensive Chinese Program:
China.
Shakespeare Scholarship
The English department, in the School of
Culture and Communication, administers the
Shakespeare Scholarship. The scholarship
is awarded to the student who submits
the best essay, of 4 000–5 000 words, on
Shakespeare, as judged by the board of
examiners.
Miltiades and Alkistis Chryssavgis
Scholarship
This is an annual scholarship awarded to a
first-year student commencing the Bachelor
of Arts.
For more information about the scholarships
available to Arts students visit:
www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
scholarships-prizes
Access
Melbourne
Access Melbourne
You can enhance your opportunity
for selection and be considered for a
scholarship by applying for Access
Melbourne, the University of Melbourne’s
combined special entry and access
scholarship scheme.
If you are a domestic student, Access
Melbourne can help you gain a place in
a course, even if your ATAR is below the
Clearly-in Rank. All applicants who are
eligible for Access Melbourne will also be
automatically considered for an Access
Melbourne Scholarship.
Am I eligible?
To find out if you’re eligible for Access
Melbourne visit:
www.access.unimelb.edu.au
How do I apply?
Applications for Access Melbourne are
made using the SEAS (Special Entry
Access Scheme) application on the VTAC
website:
www.vtac.edu.au
Selection
guarantee
The University of Melbourne has a
selection guarantee for eligible students for
entry into selected degrees. Students who
meet the course prerequisites and achieve
the following ATAR are guaranteed a place
commencing in 2012:
78 or above: Arts, Environments or
Science
88 or above: Commerce
92 or above: Biomedicine
For further details visit:
www.access.unimelb.edu.au
Graduate study at Melbourne
The University of Melbourne offers most degrees at graduate level to suit
your particular interests and career aspirations.
Graduate professional entry
degrees
If you would like to pursue a professional
qualification in a specific area (for example
medicine, law, engineering, teaching), you can
undertake this study at masters level at one of
our graduate schools.
University of Melbourne graduate professional
entry degrees provide a focused course of
studies that qualify you for employment in a
specific profession. They include the Master
of Architecture, Master of Teaching, Juris
Doctor (in Law), Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of
Optometry, and many more.
Guaranteed entry to graduate
professional entry programs
The University of Melbourne has a guaranteed
entry policy for high-achieving school leavers
who are thinking of studying a graduate
professional entry degree with us in the future.
This means that if you receive a certain ATAR,
or notional ATAR, in your final year of school
in Australia, and undertake an undergraduate
degree at the University of Melbourne, you
may be guaranteed a place in a graduate
professional entry degree.
Most students will apply for graduate
professional entry degrees through the
standard course requirements, where
selection will be based on performance in
undergraduate study and any other criteria
required such as personal statements, and
admissions tests, not on the ATAR.
Graduate professional entry degrees
Details of the guaranteed entry arrangements
for the degree you’re interested in can be
found at:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/
school/guaranteed-entry
Graduate Access Melbourne
If you are a domestic student and decide to
continue your studies after completing your
undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for
Graduate Access Melbourne.
Graduate Access Melbourne can increase
your chances of getting into a graduate
professional entry course at the University
of Melbourne and assist you in securing
a Commonwealth Supported Place in
that course. Eligible applicants are also
considered for a $5 000 bursary.
www.gradaccess.unimelb.edu.au
Choose the
pathway to your
dream career
Master of Architecture
www.msd.unimelb.edu.au/architecture
Executive Master of Arts
www.graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au
Doctor of Dental Surgery
www.dent.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Engineering
www.eng.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Food Science
www.land-environment.unimelb.edu.au/foodscience
Master of Information Systems
www.graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au/programs/mis
Melbourne Juris Doctor
www.jd.law.unimelb.edu.au
Doctor of Medicine
www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Music Therapy
www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Nursing Science
www.nursing.unimelb.edu.au
Doctor of Optometry
www.graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au/programs/optometry
Doctor of Physiotherapy
www.physioth.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Psychology
www.psych.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Social Work
www.socialwork.unimelb.edu.au
Master of Teaching
www.education.unimelb.edu.au
Find the study pathway to your
dream career or see what doors
open when you choose one of our
undergraduate degrees.
www.pathways.unimelb.edu.au
For a full list of our graduate professional entry degrees visit:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/grad
Read about graduate study in Humanities and Social Sciences on page 26.
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GRADUATE STUDY
Graduate study allows you to gain a higher
level of qualification than you would studying
a ‘double’ or ‘combined’ degree at another
university. In addition, graduate degrees are
increasingly well regarded by industry and
employers, and often attract higher salaries.
Graduate study in Humanities and Social Sciences
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
is a place of intellectual excitement and new levels of
collegiality. It is where ideas and theories are explored,
questioned and developed, and where your talents, passion
and creativity will be fostered.
The Graduate School provides you with the
ability to interpret and deal with real-world
situations and the skills to make a positive
impact on the world.
Social Science programs
World-class teaching
• Master of Criminology
Renowned academics teach programs in
cultural management, media communications
and publishing, the social sciences and more.
The Graduate School of Humanities and
Social Sciences offers 15 professionally
oriented masters by coursework programs.
Cultural Management programs
• Master of Art Curatorship
• Master of Arts and Cultural Management
• Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
Media, Communications and
Publishing programs
• Master of Creative Writing, Publishing
and Editing
• Master of Global Media Communications
• Master of Publishing and Communications
More
Information
Graduate School of Humanities and
Social Sciences
+61 3 9035 4444
via www.graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
about/contact_us.html
www.graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au
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• Master of Applied Linguistics
• Master of Arts (Professional and
Applied Ethics)
• Master of Development Studies
• Master of International Relations
• Master of Islamic Studies
• Master of Public Policy and Management
• Master of Social Policy
Executive Master of Arts (EMA)
The Executive Master of Arts (EMA), the
first program of its kind in Australia, is
a two-year graduate degree fostering
ethical leadership and social engagement.
The EMA links your previous disciplinespecific knowledge with new strategic and
professional skills. You will study areas such
as professional communication, leadership,
people management, financial management
and budgeting, and project management
methodology. The EMA curriculum includes
case studies of real leaders, guest speakers,
and opportunities for group discussion and
critical self-reflection. You will also have the
opportunity to participate in an internship
aimed at providing valuable professional
experience and an opportunity to extend
professional networks.
www.graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
ema
Student Profile
Tang Yi
Master of Creative Writing 2009
Events Manager, Guide for the
Australia exhibition, Shanghai
World Expo
China
“I believe that higher education
not only provided me with
pathways to better-paid positions,
but it taught me how to see and
interpret things in a refreshing
manner. The Creative Writing
course opened doors to new
worlds for me.”
Research
Teaching and learning in the Graduate School
benefits from the research strengths and
connections of the staff across its five schools
and numerous specialist interdisciplinary
research centres. More than 200 academic
staff members currently supervise
research students across a broad range
of specialisations. These specialisations
advance understanding of issues such as
globalisation, cultural diversity and social
values, while enriching Australian society.
www.graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
research
Find out more
If you want to know more about studying at the
University of Melbourne, go to:
Future Students website
Course Search
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au
2012 Undergraduate Prospectus
www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au
Order your copy at:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/
contact/brochure
Further resources for more detailed information:
Access Melbourne
Enhance your opportunity for selection and a scholarship with the University of Melbourne’s special entry and access
scholarships scheme:
www.access.unimelb.edu.au
ATAR Calculator
www.atar.unimelb.edu.au
Allows you to choose up to a quarter of your subjects from outside the core studies and majors in your degree:
https://breadth.unimelb.edu.au
Concurrent diplomas
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Study an area you’re passionate about alongside your degree at Melbourne:
www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au Pages 20–21
English language
requirements
All students must meet the University’s English language requirements to receive an offer:
Entry requirements
Find information on entry requirements that is tailored to your citizenship and qualifications:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/english-requirements
www.coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au
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Events for future
students
Speak with University staff, academics and current students at regular University of Melbourne events throughout the year:
Exchange and study
abroad
Go on exchange or study abroad and see the world as part of your degree:
Extension program
High-achieving Year 12 students can complete first-year university study while still at secondary school:
Fees
w ww.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/events
w ww.mobility.unimelb.edu.au
w ww.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/umep
Find out about course costs and tuition fees at the University:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/fees
Guaranteed entry
for high achievers
How to apply
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The University of Melbourne has a guaranteed entry policy for high-achieving school leavers who are interested in pursuing a
graduate professional entry degree:
w ww.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/school/guaranteed-entry
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Find out how to apply for University of Melbourne courses:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/applications
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Scholars Program
Get involved in a unique University of Melbourne academic enrichment program, commencing in Year 10:
Non-school leaver
entry pathway
Non-school leavers who don’t meet the standard entry requirements for selected undergraduate courses may be eligible
for this pathway:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/kld
w ww.access.unimelb.edu.au/nsl
Pathways to
graduate study
Find the pathway to your dream career or see what doors can open when you choose one of our undergraduate degrees:
Scholarships
Find out what scholarships are available for domestic and international students:
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Find out what courses you’re eligible for using our ATAR Calculator:
Breadth
www.pathways.unimelb.edu.au
w ww.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships
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Course Information Day
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Monday 19 December 2011
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