OVERVIEW
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About this course
The Diploma of Arts is designed to provide students who have already completed a bachelor's degree in a different field, with an academic foundation in the humanities. The diploma allows you to progress to further postgraduate study in your chosen field.
Who is it for?
An Arts qualification is ideal for those who wish to develop personal and professional skills as a basis for employment or as a foundation for postgraduate study.
Career paths
Career opportunities for graduates of the Diploma of Arts depend on the area of study undertaken. A diploma is often a springboard to a postgraduate degree or a way of focusing your study in a particular area by doing a short course.
What you’ll study
Candidates of the Diploma of Arts may undertake units undertake units of study to a value of 48 credit points of up to three-years part-time. A typical unit of study has a value of 6 credit points.
The Diploma can be completed in three ways:
- (a) completion of a selected major (48 credit points), or
- (b) completion of a selected minor, and 12 credit points of diploma electives, or
- (c) completion of 48 credit points of diploma electives.
Why study with us?
Established in 1852, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is home to some of the world’s most outstanding scholars with over 165 years of teaching and research excellence.
By choosing to study in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences you will be choosing to join a vibrant, academically rigorous community, one where you will hone your research and critical thinking skills – no matter where your interests lie within the arts, humanities and social sciences.
We bring the critical power of the humanities to bear on all forms of media to investigate rapidly emerging technologies and contemporary content practices.
Our wide-ranging research and spirit of enquiry leads us to collaborate across the University, and indeed the world, in research partnerships targeting complex issues.
