Degree overview

Enrich your mind, diversify your skills and safeguard your future with our work-ready arts degree.

Forge your own path by choosing from 20 majors and minors and hundreds of courses in the arts and humanities. If you're hungry for knowledge, an arts degree will allow you to turn your interests into a meaningful career.

Career opportunities

You will enjoy flexible pathways, develop in-demand skills and gain broad career outcomes.

Employment options for Bachelor of Arts graduates are varied. Employability will be strengthened by your chosen areas of specialisation.

Professional outcomes

  • local, state and Commonwealth public service
  • non-government organisations
  • higher education
  • museums, libraries and archives
  • arts and cultural organisation

Bachelor of Arts

UAC Code , Program Code 40096

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CRICOS Code , Program Code 40096

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Selection rank

Duration (FT)(PT)

Next start date

UAC Code

Program Code 40096

This criteria is based on a full-time domestic student attending Callaghan campus. Please select your criteria to personalise your study options and your circumstances.

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Duration (FT)

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English proficiency requirements IELTS overall minimum -
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CRICOS Code

Program Code 40096

This criteria is based on a full-time international student attending Callaghan campus. Please select your criteria to personalise your study options and your circumstances.

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Course overview

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.

Additionally, 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.
2024 Program Handbook

The courses shown above are a guide, and don't reflect the exact year-by-year structure of the program, you should always refer to the program handbook for details of the complete program structure, course requirements and availability.

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Student experience

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At the University of Newcastle, we embed practical, hands-on learning in all our degrees. Check out just some of the opportunities our students have had to build their experience.

Career-ready placements

Students will complete a minimum 140-hour placement in the second or third year of their degree program. There will be a variety of opportunities available to undertake a placement in their desired career field, including museums, libraries and archives, arts and cultural organisations, non-government organisations, and local, state and commonwealth public service.

Studying at Newcastle campus

Student showcase

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Bachelor of Arts students Skip and Mitchell on what they love about the degree – and why studying online is the perfect solution for a busy lifestyle.

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Our Bachelor of Arts program is built on world-leading research, exposing students like Peter to new ideas and fresh ways of thinking. Shape your future with a diverse range of majors and minors offered through flexible delivery methods.

How to apply

Apply as a domestic student

You are a domestic student if you are:

  • An Australian or New Zealand citizen (including dual citizens)
  • A permanent resident of Australia
  • A holder of a permanent Australian visa.

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