Course guides
Whether you've no idea what you want to do at university or you've known your entire life, our guides will help you make the right decision.
Find a course online
Deakin offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses across our campuses and online. Search for a course or browse our interest areas.
Deakin course guides
Get to know Deakin University and explore every course available with our comprehensive course guides. They're a good place to start if you're not sure what you want to do yet.
Study area guides
If you know the area you'd like to study – or if you've narrowed it down to a few – these guides can help. Explore subjects in more detail and get some inspiration for your future career.
Undergraduate guides
- Arts, humanities and social sciences (PDF, 6.1 MB)
- Architecture and built environment (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- Business (PDF, 4.3 MB)
- Communication and creative arts (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Education (PDF, 5.3 MB)
- Engineering and design (PDF, 2.9 MB)
- Environment (PDF, 3.6 MB)
- Food and nutrition (PDF, 3.4 MB)
- Health sciences and allied health (PDF, 4.2 MB)
- Information technology (PDF, 3.2 MB)
- Law (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Nursing and midwifery (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- Psychology (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Science (PDF, 3.7 MB)
- Sport (PDF, 3.1 MB)
Postgraduate guides
- Architecture and built environment (PDF, 2.2 MB)
- Arts, humanities and social sciences (PDF, 2.1 MB)
- Business (PDF, 3.2 MB)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) (PDF, 1053 KB)
- Master of Business Administration/Master of Leadership (PDF, 869.2 KB)
- Master of Business Administration (Healthcare Management) (PDF, 604.0 KB)
- Master of Business Administration (International) (PDF, 973.5 MB)
- Communication, media and creative arts (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Education (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Engineering (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Health (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Information technology (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Law (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Juris Doctor (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Master of Laws (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Master of Accounting and Law (PDF, 9.9 MB)
- Master of Legal Studies - Human Resources (PDF, 7.9 MB)
- Master of Legal Studies - Humanitarian Assistance (PDF, 6.9 MB)
- Master of Legal Studies - International Relations (PDF, 8.1 MB)
- Master of Legal Studies - Public Health (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Master of Legal Studies - Research (PDF, 5.1 MB)
- Medicine (PDF, 2.1 MB)
- Nursing and midwifery (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Nutrition and dietetics (PDF, 2.2 MB)
- Psychology (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- Science and environment (PDF, 2.1 MB)