Course results for Humanities & social science Degrees

Study social justice, community issues, institutions (family, work, law) and social issues (gender, race, unemployment, health, welfare, deviance and social control). Apply your learning to community groups, government departments and not-for-profits.

Understand who we are today by looking into the trials of history. Learn how to critically examine cultures of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds at a postgraduate level.  

Enhance your cultural competency. Gain skills to build local solutions to the challenges that impact Indigenous peoples. Reflect, shed preconceived ideas and make a real difference in the lives of Indigenous Australians.

Explore sustainability within economic, social and ecological contexts. Learn how to promote green solutions in the community and the workplace. Choose from electives that cover gardening skills, climate change, sustainable design and more.

Take a dual focus towards policy and social research. Learn how policy is shaped, before gaining skills to design and deliver your own. Use research to address sustainable communities, welfare, immigration, population health and more.

Discover how cultures develop and are reflected in popular texts. Diving into the complexity of culture, you’ll develop critical thinking skills for problem solving and innovation. Through the lens of cultural texts, explore gender, power, and place. 

Study Chinese culture and business practices. You’ll develop your Chinese language skills from beginner to advanced. Expand your world view. Communicate across cultures. Start to think about engaging with the Chinese community.

Get ready to make sustainable changes to water management strategies and practices. You’ll cover the critical skills leaders need in today’s complex regulatory and business environments. Work on a real water leadership project. Build industry connections.

Master the knowledge, skills and tools to build a sustainable future. Work on solutions to real development issues and policy problems. Explore biodiversity, climate change, population, food production, and more. Tackle a research dissertation.

Unpack problems including poverty and climate change. You’ll work on skills and tools to tackle underpinning policy issues. Pull together environmental, economic, and political information to answer real questions around sustainable development.