Overview

This degree is designed to develop your communication and personal skills, creativity, capacity for independent thought, adaptability to new situations, and problem-solving abilities.

There is a wide choice of 28 specialisations in Arts, which you can combine in different ways to design the degree that best suits your interests and career ambitions. Choose from majors including international relations, business, philosophy, languages, music, literature, criminology, psychology, society and culture, creative writing, tourism and more. Different specialisations are available at the various campuses. Before listing your preferences, check the location of your preferred specialisation.

Part-time study is generally completed in day classes as there are limited evening classes.

Also refer to 720100 Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars).

Teaching pathway through Bachelor of Arts: Students interested in a career in teaching or education should refer to Teaching and Education courses.

Majors

Areas of study

Anthropology, childhood studies, creative writing, criminology and criminal justice, culture and society, economy and markets, English, geography and urban studies, global business, heritage and tourism, history and political thought, Indigenous Australian studies, innovation and change, international English, international relations and Asian studies, Islamic studies, languages (Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese), linguistics, music performance, musicology, organisations and work, peace and development studies, philosophy, psychological studies, psychology, sociology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Arts administrator, teacher (with further study), writer/author, journalist, politician, diplomat (with further study), community planner, librarian (with further study), cultural and public policy analyst/adviser, clinical psychologist (with further study), researcher, public relations practitioner, historian, heritage and museum consultant, curator.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer92.9592.95
Median rank to receive an offer62.568.15
Lowest rank to receive an offer50.560.05

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Western Sydney University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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