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A Bachelor of Arts degree should not be confused with a degree in Fine Arts or Visual Arts. At UWA, a Bachelor of Arts currently offers 25 Undergraduate majors across a diverse range of study areas in the humanities and social and cultural studies, including Music and six European and Asian language majors.

Humanities deal with history, literature, language and culture from all across the world, whereas the social sciences examine human behaviour and organisation in a social, cultural and political context.  Music covers not only performance, but composition, music education and musicology as well.

All Arts majors can be taken as a degree specific major within the Bachelor of Arts. Alternatively, UWA's flexible degree structure also makes it possible for students to undertake an Arts major to complement their degree-specific major in Commerce, Design or Science.

So, if you have students that enjoy school subjects such as Drama, History, English, Literature, Music, Media, Psychology or Languages, they should consider a Bachelor of Arts degree. There are also interesting majors such as Archaeology, Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations, Asian Studies and Linguistics that aren't available at high school, but which can lead towards a successful and rewarding career.

For students who are unsure about which major to choose, it is possible to try out two or three different areas of interest in their first year before deciding on their ultimate study pathway.

The career prospects after completing an Arts degree are endless. Our graduates are employed in numerous industries including business administration; culture and heritage; film, music, theatre and visual arts; marketing and communications; education; tourism; media and journalism; politics - and more!

To find out more about the majors offered under a Bachelor of Arts at UWA, visit the Future Students website .

For further information contact:

UWA Admissions and Prospective Students Office (+61 8) 6488 2477