Arts

Industry experience

Deakin prepares you for the real world by providing opportunities to gain valuable experience and develop workplace skills. Many Deakin courses are taught by industry professionals and include industry and professional experience placements, internships and overseas study programs.

Skills and knowledge

The Bachelor of Arts provides the opportunity to develop an imaginative understanding and appreciation of the theory and practice of the social sciences, humanities and arts. It will also give you: an enhanced cultural sensitivity; skills and knowledge relevant to employment in the modern workforce; and an understanding of information technology tools and systems used in learning and employment.

• Film Studies
• History
• Indonesian
• International Relations
• Journalism
• Language and Cultural Studies
• Literary Studies
• Media and Communication
• Middle East Studies

• Philosophy
• Photography
• Politics and Policy Studies
• Professional and Creative Writing
• Public Relations
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Visual Arts

Research and teaching excellence

The Faculty of Arts and Education promotes pure and applied research across all its disciplines. You will engage with academic staff whose research continually informs the teaching and learning environment.

Our researchers are internationally renowned for their research and hold key roles in national and international associations and on editorial boards of journals. Our research centres include clusters of researchers in cultural heritage, citizenship and globalisation, literature and text, educational futures and creative arts.

Prized facilities

Deakin's arts, humanities and social sciences students have access to an outstanding $18.4 million facility, located at the Melbourne Burwood Campus. This facility provides you with the opportunity to work in an array of industry-standard production and performance studios.

• Private business
• Cultural Institutions
• Animation and Design studios
• Freelancing
• Visual Arts studios

• Media and communications companies
• Photography studios
• Politics and policy in Government  or private sectors
• Historian
• Languages