Explore a world of diverse ideas and challenges
We seek the knowledge of people, culture and society. With one of our humanities or social sciences degrees, you’ll study the interplay between social, cultural, environmental, economic, political and philosophical contexts.
You’ll graduate with skills in creative problem solving, critical and free thinking, communication and research. Our degrees will inspire you to help shape the world around you.
Home to the No.1 Digital Illustration School in the world*
*The Rookies, Best Creative Media & Entertainment Schools report 2017 & 2018
Explore your creative passions.
Think about those people who create laughter, bring tears and smiles, influence global fashions or inspire others. You could be one of those people.
The world needs people with creative skills to drive innovation in a range of industries. Learn how to unlock your visual, verbal and written skills to communicate your ideas.
Delve into the world's rich cultural history, uncovering the links between past, present and future societies with a degree in Archaeology, or a major in History.
Shape your future with a flexible degree.
Choose from an array of majors and minors from the humanities and social sciences, including:
Applied linguistics is concerned with the practical issues of language such as learning and teaching, policy, multilingualism, cross-cultural communication, maintaining languages, and language difficulties.
Delve into the world’s rich cultural history, uncovering the links between past, present and future societies. Unearth and analyse artefacts with a major that prepares you for a wide range of jobs in museums, government, community organisations and the cultural heritage management industry.
Creative writing develops the creative, practical, critical and collaborative skills necessary to pursue a career in the communication, arts and related creative industries.
Criminology explores who commits crime, and critiques how the criminal justice system responds to crime.
Geography and environmental studies explores dynamic relationships between people, our cultures, and the natural and built environments that shape us.
Indigenous and Australian studies is a sociocultural analysis of a changing nation and its people, drawing on humanities, education and social sciences to give a broad perspective of Australian culture and society.
Studying Indonesian is a vital key to understanding our region. In addition to your new language skills, you’ll learn how Indonesia works and the ways people think, feel and live together.
Innovation and enterprise provides you with the skills to enhance your creativity, understand and embrace innovation, and think like an entrepreneur.
*Innovation and enterprise is only available as a major
International relations studies global issues such as diplomacy, foreign policy, the military, human rights, economies, trade and international organisations.
Games of thrones, cultural encounters, social upheavals – find out how medieval and early modern civilisations changed the world.
The study of Modern Greek language and culture provides the key to understanding the importance of the Hellenic tradition in western intellectual development.
Philosophy deals with some of the big questions about the world, society and ourselves, and encourages thought and discussion by presenting a range of possible answers.
Psychology is the study of human behaviour and experience including how we learn and develop, personality and self-esteem, thinking processes, and psychological problems.
Screen and media involves the study and analysis of a wide range of screen-based media including film, television, computer games and online media.
Visual arts provides the technical, aesthetic, and cultural skills to understand and work in the arts and cultural sectors, and related fields.
Women’s studies addresses the broad question of how gender operates, both in contemporary life and historically, in Australia and in other cultures.
The following areas are available as minors in the BA:
Explore the possibilities of the world around you
Studying languages and culture at Flinders gives you the chance to develop a broad range of skills and knowledge. Whether your interests lie in language, media, archaeology, theology or tourism and events, you’ll gain transferable skills and industry experience that will help you throughout your career and let you explore your passions and the world we live in.
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