OVERVIEW
With arts and social sciences at the University of Sydney consistently recognised as among the top 30 faculties globally in university rankings, our Bachelor of Arts degree is both highly regarded by academic leaders and highly sought after by industry employers.
Who is it for?
Whether you want to learn a new language or study a new culture, explore great books, ideas or minds, discover the past, analyse the present or consider the shape of the world's future, the Bachelor of Arts will expand your horizons and challenge you to think outside the box.
Our graduates can be found across a broad range of careers and roles, including:
- Art historian
- Business administrator or manager
- Creative lead
- Editor or publisher
- Foreign affairs and trade officer
- Government policy officer
- Historian
- Heritage specialist
- Information specialist
- Journalist
- Language specialist
- Marketing and communications specialist
- Media producer
- Museum or gallery curator
- Researcher
- Sociologist
The Bachelor of Arts is a liberal studies degree that allows you to hone your analytical skills, think independently, and form and articulate judgements based on argument and evidence.
You will study a core foundational unit which will orient you towards studying the arts. You will then complete a major from the Arts and Social Sciences disciplinary pool and you will add breadth to your degree by taking a second major or a minor from either the disciplinary pool or the shared pool and completing units from the Open Learning Environment.
Additionally, you will take any elective units as needed to make up the required credit points for the course.
WHY STUDY WITH US
- With arts and humanities at the University of Sydney consistently recognised as among the top 30 faculties globally in university rankings, our Bachelor of Arts degree is both highly regarded by academic leaders and highly sought after by industry employers.
- In a world as disrupted as ours, arts graduates’ capacity for leadership, creativity, and analysis has never been more relevant.
- Did you know:
- The humanities and social sciences supply two thirds of Australia’s workforce
- That the Bachelor of Arts is the most common degree among non-executive directors of Australia's 100 biggest public companies
- That 67.6% of the CEOs of ASX200 companies undertook a social science degree
- That 44% of world leaders hold a social science degree
- By studying a Bachelor of Arts you’ll unlock innovative approaches to problem solving, develop an aptitude for logical argument, and learn to write in a clear, convincing way. You’ll provide the “human” element in any industry with exceptional communication skills, empathy and cultural competence. You'll lead the way.
- Offering access to more than 45 subject areas in the humanities and social sciences, no two arts degrees are the same at Sydney, which means you’ll graduate with a unique skillset and career options as varied as the degree itself.
- With arts and humanities at the University of Sydney consistently recognised as among the top 30 faculties globally in university rankings, our Bachelor of Arts degree is both highly regarded by academic leaders and highly sought after by industry employers.
