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GET READY TO TAKE YOUR ARTS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Tomorrow will always belong to people with ideas, and the critical skills to challenge conventional thinking. An Arts degree at Western gives you a solid foundation for a wide range of amazing careers. Be equipped with real life skills to take advantage of incredible career opportunities or even consider a double degree, or a pathway to teaching.
Maybe you’d like to study a degree in International Studies which will provide you with the diverse skills and knowledge needed to meet the changes in societies, governments and businesses.
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Please note that the Indonesian major has been replaced by the Spanish major and is no longer available.
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Opportunities at Western
See where our Arts degree can take you around the world.
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Hear from current Arts students about why they love studying Arts at Western.
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Course Frequently Asked Questions
The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of International Studies are three-year full-time or six-year part-time programs.
As a Bachelor of Arts graduate, you will find employment in diverse areas, including communication and media; education; psychology and counselling; cultural, political, and social policy analysis; writing, and publishing.
The majors in our Arts degree are wide and diverse with over 25 different options. Your choices include: Anthropology, Arabic, Chinese, Creative Writing, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Cultural and Social Analysis, Economy and Markets, English, Geography and Urban Studies, Global Business, Heritage and Tourism, History and Political Thought, Indigenous Australian Studies, Indonesian, Innovation and Change, International English, International Relations and Asian Studies, Islamic Studies, Japanese, Linguistics, Musicology, Music Performance, Organisations and Work, Peace and Development Studies, Philosophy, Psychological Studies & Sociology.
The Bachelor of Arts pathway programs to a Master of Teaching is a four to four-and-a-half year full-time or eight to nine-year part-time program. The course consists of a three-year full-time or six-year part-time Bachelor of Arts degree followed by a one-and-a-half-year to two year full-time or four-year part-time Master of Teaching. You can complete either a Birth-5/Birth-12, Primary or Secondary teaching pathway degree.
The first three years of study in the Arts components will allow you to focus on a general program of your choice and to structure your units of study to gain the necessary learning areas to satisfy the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) discipline knowledge requirements for entry into teaching. Students undertake a Primary Teaching Specialisation in one of the following areas: English, Mathematics or Science. The Master of Teaching (Primary) degree also gives you the accreditation and includes the placements.
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