Bachelor of Arts (Professional)

The Bachelor of Arts (Professional) includes a mandatory 12-month paid work placement. You'll benefit from Swinburne’s unique industry partnerships, gain invaluable full-time work experience and earn credit towards your degree.

The course is designed to foster students’ individual development and allow them to develop research and analytical skills that can be applied to a range of situations. Arts students learn how to gather, synthesise and assess information, how to conceptualise issues and how to express themselves effectively, both orally and in writing. Students have the opportunity to work with other students and academic staff from a range of disciplines on a project responding to one of the major social, cultural and economic challenges of the 21st century.

Course structure
Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts (Professional) requires students to complete units of study to the value of 375 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated.

Major 
8 units (100 credit points)

Choose a major:

• Advertising
• Chinese
• Cinema and Screen Studies
• Creative Writing and Literature
• Criminology
• Digital Advertising Technolog
• Environmental Sustainability
• Games and Interactivity
• Global Studies
• History
• Indigenous Studies
• Japanese
• Journalism
• Media Industries
• PhilosophyPolitics and International Relations
• Professional Writing and Editing
• Social MediaSociology

Course learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts (Professional), graduates will be able to:

• systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources to inform their knowledge and conceptual understandings in the humanities and/or social sciences.
• formulate arguments that are fit for purpose and demonstrate an understanding of the relevant theories and evidence in their areas of disciplinary expertise.
• critically analyse information to generate creative solutions to solve complex problems in the area of humanities and/or social sciences, and understand the importance of interdisciplinarity for generating solutions.
• define and integrate theoretical principles and apply these in their disciplinary areas of expertise and in professional settings.
• apply knowledge and skills with responsibility and accountability for their own learning and practice, individually and in collaboration with others and in professional settings.
• interpret and communicate ideas, problems and arguments in modes suitable to a range of audiences using a range of media.
• coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas in local and international and professional contexts.

Work Integrated Learning
This degree includes a mandatory 12-month professional placement. This placement provides invaluable full-time, paid work experience. You'll earn credit towards your degree and confidence in knowing that you have what it takes to land a job in your field by graduation. You can participate in other Work Integrated Learning opportunities – choose from professional internships, industry-linked projects, industry study tours and accreditation placements.