Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Learning about the arts, humanities, and social sciences is a great way to build a solid foundation in life

If you’re interested in our world and how it works, studying a course in this field will give you skills that can help you understand your place in it, while preparing you for employment in a vast range of industries.

You can learn about history throughout the ages, our language systems and how they developed, how we communicate with the world around us, and the myriad of ways in which our community interacts.

Here’s just some of the subjects you could explore:

International Studies
Languages & Linguistics
History
Politics
Sociology
Psychology

Geography
Arts
Philosophy
Criminology
Theology
Anthropology & Archaeology

These subjects reach the heart of our society

These subjects allow us to reflect on our place in the world, through art, communication,
critical thinking and problem solving – and you’ll develop skills that will help you
throughout your career and prepare you for life in the ‘real world’.

Learn about where we’ve come from and understand your place in the world with history, politics and international studies. You’ll be able to give voice to our past, contribute to global governance, or critically analyse our society with a role in government or research
Develop your design skills and create award winning artworks, inspiring music or gripping media, whether you choose to become an artist, musician, or work in advertising
Bring today’s news to the world with journalism and communications, where you could report on cutting-edge events or create inspirational advertising campaigns as the next Walkley Award winner
You could find yourself working in the community with social science or psychology, helping people solve real problems and improve their wellbeing as a social worker or psychologist
Improve your language skills and you could travel the world, working as an interpreter, or expand your horizons with skills that let you communicate without language barriers in business

Recommended Universities

Australia

Australian National University
University of New South Wales
University of Queensland
University of Adelaide
University of Western Australia
Monash University

University of South Australia
Curtin University
RMIT University
Deakin University
Macquarie University
Edith Cowan University

United Kingdom

University of Tasmania
Australian Catholic University
Griffith University
Swinburne University
Victoria University

University of Aberdeen
University of Portsmouth

University of Essex
University of Dundee

New Zealand

University of Plymouth

Auckland University of Technology
University of Otago

Victoria University of Wellington
University of Waikato

USA

University of Canterbury
University of Auckland

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Southern New Hampshire University

Canada

University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston)

Thompson Rivers University

Fairleigh Dickinson University

The arts, humanities and social sciences
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