Studying our new Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree at UON lets you forge your own path. Tailor your studies and gain core specialisations by choosing from 14 majors, 21 minors and 100s of courses in the arts and humanities, leading to diverse careers.

Study a range of courses to better understand and appreciate the world around you, and what it means to be human. Explore ideas, theories and records of how people process the human experience. You will learn about society, culture, history, language, media, politics and more. If you’re hungry for knowledge and enlightenment, an arts degree will allow you to turn your interests into meaningful careers.

What you will study

Your core arts courses include practice-based projects and optional internships that further develop skills across digital literacy, problem-solving, innovative thinking and work-readiness.

Learning streams

In addition to choosing majors, minors and structured program pathways, you can focus your studies through optional learning pathways:

• Entrepreneurial stream - work readiness and specified WIL courses
• Online stream - online and part-time study
• Global stream - languages acquisition, global and cultural awareness, international mobility, ie. student exchange
• Innovator stream - digital learning and topics of inquiry

Graduates majoring in Sociology and Anthropology can find employment in a variety of roles in many different types of organisations. The list below provides typical job titles for graduates from this major.

Some of these jobs will depend upon the amount and level of study undertaken, level of experience, and the combination of other majors and electives studied, for example some may require further study.

• Aboriginal Cultural Educational Officer
• Access and Equity Advisor
• Archaeological Excavator
• Community Development Worker
• Community Project Officer
• Community Services Worker
• Coordinator of Social Services
• Cultural Development Officer
• Cultural Heritage Officer
• Cultural Resource Manager
• Development Manager (International Aid)
• Disability Services Officer
• Electorate Officer
• Foreign Affairs and Trade Officer
• Immigration Officer
• Media Planner
• Multicultural Community Liaison
• Parliamentarian/Member of Parliament/Politician
• Policy Officer/Analyst
• Political Advisor
• Program Development Officer
• Project Worker
• Research Manager
• Research Officer
• Social Researcher
• Social Scientist
• Sociologist
• Support Worker
• University Lecturer/Academic
• Welfare Officer
• Youth Worker