Student Opportunities

Dual Degrees

Student Exchange with Overseas Partner Universities including:

– National University of Singapore

– Paris-Sorbonne University

– Georgetown University, Washington DC

– University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Internships and Industry Placements – get practical experience.

Mentoring Programs – to help you with your transition to university.

Scholarships and Awards – rewarding excellence and making university life accessible to students from all walks of life.

Societies and Clubs – over 300 Clubs & Societies to choose from! Debating, pottery making or cheese tasting - there’s a group for you!

We offer over 45 dual degrees and you’re encouraged to pursue two areas of interest to maximise your employment prospects.

Some dual degree options include:

– International Studies/ Media

– Social Work (Honours)/ Criminology & Criminal Justice

– Science/ Social Research & Policy

– Commerce/ Media (PR & Advertising)

– Commerce/ Arts

– Music/ Media (Screen & Sound Production)

– Arts/ Medical Studies

– Computer Science/ Arts

– Engineering (Honours)/ Arts

– Arts/ Law

– Fine Arts/ Arts

For a full list of dual degrees arts.unsw.edu.au/future-students/undergraduate/dual-degrees/

BRIGHT FUTURE

UNSW graduates were the most hired by LinkedIn’s top 30 most-in-demand employers in 2015 including companies like RioTinto, Google, Qantas and Apple. We also have a dedicated Careers & Employment team to help you get that job!

STRONG INDUSTRY AND

EXPERT TEACHING

You’ll be taught by industry experts and world-class scholars.

CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS

UNSW is recognised as the Australian university with the strongest links to industry. We partner with:

– Sydney Writers’ Festival

– Sydney Film Festival

– Walkley Foundation for Journalists

– Biennale of Sydney

GLOBAL

UNSW was named as one of the world’s most international universities, ranked 14th by the Times Higher Education (2017). The faculty is also very global with 18% of our students coming from overseas (2016).

TOP 50 IN THE WORLD

In the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Faculty, we were ranked 21st in the world for Social Sciences and 41st for Arts & Humanities.

At UNSW Arts Social Sciences you can explore big ideas, create new knowledge, and tackle critical issues.

UNSW Arts Social Sciences

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How to Apply

– International students must meet the English language requirements – unsw.edu.au/elp

– Please note that international students aren’t eligible for bonus points including HSC Plus or EAP.

– For a full list of accepted qualifications, entry requirements, and more information go to – international.unsw.edu.au

Domestic Applicants (AUS Citizen and PR, NZ Citizen)

All domestic applicants must apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) – uac.edu.au

– As a domestic student you may be eligible for bonus points – check out HSC Plus and Elite Athletes & Performers (EAP).

– Guaranteed Entry Rank (ATAR + bonus points) allows us to tell you what selection rank will guarantee you a place in a particular degree at UNSW. Refer to degree page or for more information go to – unsw.edu.au/ge

International Applicants

Getting offered a place is competitive and entry into our undergraduate degrees is based on academic merit. Entry is assessed by your performance in a qualification such as the HSC, VCE, IB or any other recognised qualifications. For more information visit – futurestudents.unsw.edu.au/how-to-apply

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ATAR UNSW UFS IB

B Arts (3409) 75 7 27

B Arts and Business (3444) 85 7.5 31

B Arts/ B Education (Secondary) (4053) 75 7 27

B International Studies (3447) 87 7.6 32

B Media (3429, 3434, 3438) 80 7.5 28

Undergraduate Guide 2018 Arts Social Sciences

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CBD 2.5km

Airport 3.5km

UNSW Campus

Beach 1.5km

GET IN TOUCH WITH ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES Email studyarts@unsw.edu.au Call + 61 (2) 9385 8550 Visit arts.unsw.edu.au Like facebook.com/unswartsandsocialsciences

Community sector

– Program management

– Community development

– Information management

– Health advocacy

– Environmental advocacy

– United Nations (UN) agencies

– International Red Cross

– Counsellors, psychotherapists, planning and social policy

Private sector

– Organisational management

– Marketing

– Market research

– Corporate affairs

– Private consultancy

– Research consultancy

CAREERS

Public sector

– Research

– Policy analysis

– Political consulting

– Project management officer

CAREERS

– Hospitals including general and mental health services

– Community health services

– State and federal government departments including Commonwealth Rehabilitation Services, Health, Social Security, Community Services, Probation and Parole

– Non- government organisations providing

e.g. child protection intensive work, family support or mediation

CAREERS

– Journalism (online, print, broadcast)

– Media account management

– Social media management

– Website content management

– Media relations

– Digital media

– Marketing and communications

CAREERS

– International business

– Government agencies

– Investment banking

– United Nations agencies

– Communications and media

CAREERS

– Public relations

– Advertising and strategy

– Corporate affairs

– Digital communications

– Media/Government relations

CAREERS

– Film & television production

– Animation

– Sound & music design

– Digital content

– Advertising

– Screenwriting

– Festival/Arts programming and management

CAREERS

– Performance

– Studio and classroom teaching

– Broadcasting

– Arts event management

– Composing

– Arts journalism

– Music recording and film industries

– Tourism and trade

– Humanitarian aid and human rights organisations

– International development agencies

– Foreign affairs

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Criminology

Criminal Justice

Bachelor of Media Bachelor ofInternationalStudies

Bachelor of Education

Public Relations& Advertising

Public Relations& Advertising

Public Relations Advertising

Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Design (Honours)/ Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Communication Journalism

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Media Arts (Honours)/ Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Screen Sound Production

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

Bachelor ofSocial Research

Policy

Minor (4 courses)

Minor (4 courses)

Social Research & Policy Core (10 courses)

Professional Practice (Performance)

Electives (10 courses)

Electives (2 courses)

Electives (4 courses)

Music Specialist Stream Electives

Major (10 courses)

Core (4 courses)

Electives (4 courses)

Stream (4 courses)

Your choiceMajor

(10 courses)

Criminology Core &

Electives (9 courses)

Social Work Core

(24 courses)

Electives (8 courses)

Field Placements (980 hours) Honours Stream

Social Research & Policy Core (7 courses)

Elective (4 courses)

CAREERS

– Politics

– Communications

– International affairs

– Business analysis

– Research

– Investment banking

The Bachelor of Arts & Business allows you to merge your passions in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences with practical understanding of business principles and skills in management.

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Major & Minors include

– Asian Studies

– Art History and Theory (UNSW Art & Design)*

– Australian Studies*

– Chinese Studies

– Creative Writing

– Criminology

– Development Studies

– English

– Environmental Humanities

– European Studies

– Film Studies

– French Studies

– German Studies

– Greek Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– History

– Indigenous Studies

– Indonesian Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– International Relations

– Italian Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– Japanese Studies

– Korean Studies

– Linguistics

– Media, Culture & Technology

– Music Studies

– Philosophy

– Politics

– Sociology and Anthropology

– Spanish and Latin American Studies

– Psychology (UNSW Science)*

– Theatre and Performance Studies

– Women’s and Gender Studies* *Can be taken as a minor only

Business Component

– Management

– Marketing

– Business Law

Bachelor of Arts Business

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 80.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 82.00

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 83.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 84.00

Duration 4 years full time / 8 years part time 2017 ATAR + Audition Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00 + Audition

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 80.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 80.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 90.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 90.00

CAREERS

– Diplomacy

– Social justice

– Media and journalism

– International affairs

– Business and entrepreneurship

– The arts and creative industries

– Teaching

Our Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree offers you the flexibility to shape your program around your interests and career aspirations. Future-proof your career by developing a broad range of highly transferable skills and knowledge. As a student of Criminology & Criminal Justice,

you will learn about crime and social harm, and how society responds to it through social control and the criminal justice system.

Do you want a career in the evolving journalism and communications industry? Want to learn multiplatform storytelling techniques?

This degree explores key developments contributing to global change such as the movements of people across borders, changes to the nature of sovereignty, the spread of nationalism, the rise of non-state actors in response to conflict and the ability of the humanitarian aid sector to respond to these changes.Are you a persuasive communicator?

Get ready to represent organisations with impact and influence.

Are you moved by words, sounds and vision? Want to gain conceptual and practical production skills? Yep, you’ve found what you’ve been searching for.

Do you have a desire to develop your musical ability to the highest standards in performing, composing, improvising, researching, producing, and teaching?

ATAR/GE is for domestic applicants only. International applicants refer to the back for more details.

Social Workers are trained to understand people. Our Social Work degree has a strong emphasis on practical skills. Diving into professional practice courses right from the first year, you will gain expertise in a variety of practice areas, participate in our field education program as well as in research and policy studies.

Graduates with the degree of Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) from UNSW are eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

This is the degree to choose if you are passionate about social issues and want to contribute towards positive change in the local and global community.

You will also complete a major Social Research project that will bring together the research and analytical skills necessary for research and policy- related work.

This project will include preparation of a research proposal, literature review and the completion of a research project embodying the results of the research.

As part of your degree, you will undertake a major social research project, including the preparation of a research proposal and literature review, to equip you for future research and policy work.

Majors & Minors

– Asian Studies

– Australian Studies*

– Chinese Studies

– Creative Writing

– Criminology

– Development Studies

– English

– Environmental Humanities

– European Studies

– Film Studies

– French Studies

– German Studies

– History

– Indigenous Studies

– International Relations

– Japanese Studies

– Korean Studies

– Linguistics

– Media, Culture & Technology

– Music Studies

– Philosophy

– Politics

– Sociology & Anthropology

– Spanish & Latin American Studies

– Theatre & Performance Studies

– Women’s & Gender Studies*

External Majors & Minors

– Art History & Theory* (UNSW Art & Design)

– Economics (UNSW Business)

– Geography (UNSW Science)

– Human Resource Management (UNSW Business School)

– Indonesian Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– International Business (UNSW Business School)

– Italian Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– Modern Greek Studies* (Cross-institutional study)

– Studies in Psychology (UNSW Science)

Major (10 courses)

Major (10 courses)

Business

UNSW Degree Code 3409 UAC Code 422000

UNSW Degree Code 3422 UAC Code 422350

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 85.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 86.00 UNSW Degree Code 3429 UAC Code 422700

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 80.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 82.00 UNSW Degree Code 4053 UAC Code 422100

Duration 5 years full time 2017 ATAR 80.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00 UNSW Degree Code 4062 UAC Code 422142

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 93.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 94.00 UNSW Degree Code 4058 UAC Code 422130

Duration 4 years full time / 7 years part time 2017 ATAR 92.00｜Guaranteed Entry Rank 93.00

UNSW Degree Code 3447 UAC Code 422200

UNSW Degree Code 3436 UAC Code 422500

UNSW Degree Code 4033 UAC Code 422400

UNSW Degree Code 3420 UAC Code 422300

UNSW Degree Code 3444 UAC Code 422050

– Social Policy Research Centre

– State and Federal Government agencies and departments, including the NSW Police Service, Corrective Services NSW and Juvenile Justice NSW

– NSW Department of Justice

– National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Electives (12 courses)

Teaching Specialisation /

Methods

Language Studies Core

(4 courses)

Minor (4 courses)

Professional Experience

Overseas Study

Program (1 year)

DualDegree

InternationalStudies Core(4 courses)

Education Core

Music Core

STRUCTURE

Depending on which media degree you studyFree Electives or Arts &

Social Sciences MinorInternship / Portfolio

Media Core

Specialist Core

MUSIC SPECIALIST STREAMS

Music Creative Practice offers intensive pre- professional training in performance or composition in a self- selected musical style or tradition, including Jazz and World Music.

Music Inquiry allows you to explore historical musicology, ethnomusicology or the psychology of music.Sonic Arts focuses on creative applications of technology, this stream develops foundational technical, aesthetic, and theoretical skills in sound.

Music Pedagogy offers extensive pre-professional training in musicianship, musicology, ensemble performance and educational and motivational psychology specifically for studio music teaching.

GET PRACTICAL

Performance opportunities include a diverse array of solo and ensemble work, as well as interaction with UNSW’s high profile ensemble in residence, the Australia Ensemble.

ADMISSION

All applicants must complete an audition to gain entry to the Bachelor of Music program. Audition information and the online application form can be found on the School of the Arts and Media website (www.sam.arts.unsw.edu.au).

OVERSEAS EXCHANGE

Your degree includes one year spent on exchange at one of over 200 UNSW partner universities.

GET PRACTICAL

You will develop classroom competence and spend up to 80 days in supervised practice in at least three different education contexts.

From 2016 NSW teacher education students will need to pass the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students prior to starting their professional experience placements. www.nswteachers.nsw.edu.au/future-returning-teachers/become-a-teacher/literacy-and-numeracy-tests/

CAREERS

Our Bachelor of Education is recognised as an initial teaching qualification in both government and non-government secondary schools throughout Australia and internationally.

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 85.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 86.00 UNSW Degree Code 3434 UAC Code 422710

Duration 5 years full time 2017 ATAR + Audition Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00 + Audition UNSW Degree Code 3446 UAC Code 422530

Duration 5 years full time 2017 ATAR 80.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00 UNSW Degree Code 4061 UAC Code 422141

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 96.30 Guaranteed Entry Rank 97.00 UNSW Degree Code 3462 UAC Code 422120

Duration 3 years full time / 6 years part time 2017 ATAR 85.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 86.00 UNSW Degree Code 3438 UAC Code 422720

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 85.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 85.00 UNSW Degree Code 4076 UAC Code 422110

Duration 4 years full time 2017 ATAR 80.00 Guaranteed Entry Rank 80.00 UNSW Degree Code 4059 UAC Code 422140

CAREERS

Graduates can be found working as policy analysts and advisors, research officers and project managers in organisations such as: