Overview

Get straight into your passions with La Trobe’s Diploma of Arts and undertake the first year of the humanities and social sciences degree of your choice.

You'll choose from a range of streams, such as criminology, global studies, media and communication, or explore the topics you're passionate about with a range of electives – from politics and languages to environmental studies, public health and more.

Once you’ve graduated, you could transfer into one of our most varied and flexible degrees – the Bachelor of Arts – or choose from a range of specialised undergraduate programs.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.

Majors

Arts.

Potential Career Outcomes

After graduation, you could choose to pursue further study or to work in entry-level positions across a wide range of industries.

Possible roles include:
  • Administration assistant
  • Events assistant
  • Social media assistant

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 offer49.4549.45
Median rank to receive an offer43.9043.90
Lowest rank to receive an offer42.5042.50

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the La Trobe 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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