OVERVIEW
Put your passion for a better world into a creative, meaningful career. In the Bachelor of Arts, you’ll learn how societies evolve and humans change the world. Expect to focus on the world's most pressing problems, critical thinking, communication skills, cultural competency, digital literacy and building your confidence to make a difference.
YOUR MAJOR
Learn how to harness the power of words to tell compelling stories that inform and inspire the world. In this major, you'll develop an understanding of traditional and latest practice-led methods to hone your writing practice, explore how the online world has given power and voice to stories of diversity, unpack complex social issues to create persuasive writing that drives action and learn the art of crafting stories and scripts that evoke and inspire new ways of thinking about the world.
YOUR INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Bolster your CV with real industry experience through our Work Integrated Learning opportunity – a placement, internship or industry-linked project. In the Skills and Strategies for Social Change core unit, you'll collaborate with students and community, civil society and industry partners to create real campaigns for social change.
LEARNING SKILL
- Conceptual understanding
- Critical and creative reasoning
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Self-management
YOUR CAREER OPPOURTUNITIES
- Publisher or editor
- Writer
- Journalist
- Public relations officer
- Novelist or screenwriter
- Copywriter
STUDY STRUCTURE
YEAR ONE
SEMESTER 1
Technology and Society
Writing Fiction
SEMESTER 2
Reading and Writing Genre Texts
YEAR TWO
SEMESTER 1
Skills and Strategies for Social Change
Australian Writing and Cultural Change
Exploring Iconic Texts
SEMESTER 2
Working With Words
YEAR THREE
SEMESTER 1
Changemakers in Action
BA Professional Practice
Reading, Writing and Criticism
Scripting for Screen and Beyond
SEMESTER 2
Literary Industry Practice
