The Diploma of Arts provides you with an opportunity to explore a humanities or social sciences discipline at an introductory level, preparing you for employment in a range of fields, or further study. Successful completion of the course will allow you guaranteed entry into the Bachelor of Arts at CQUniversity.

During your education and training, you will explore disciplines that study the way humans recognise, record and debate human practices, meanings and values. This will aid you in developing a contemporary understanding of both the human condition and how society operates.

You will have the opportunity to gain crucial lifelong learning and transferable generic skills, such as critical thinking and problem solving, and you will be able to apply these skills to a range of employment opportunities and life situations.

As a graduate of the course, you may find career opportunities in administrative and assistant roles in a range of fields, including advertising, government administration and planning, communications, history, psychology and many more.

Career Opportunities

Completion of the Diploma of Arts will prepare you to pursue employment opportunities in fields such as:

• advertising
• arts administration
• editing
• government administration and planning
• communications
• copywriting
• desktop publishing
• environmental planning and management
• geography
• history
• journalism
• librarianship
• research
• nature and heritage conservation
• political research
• psychology
• welfare
• writing.

Course Structure

• Core Units

  8

• Electives

  None

• Major Units

  None

• Minor Units

  None

Course structure

You are required to complete a total of 2 core units and 6 units from the Bachelor of Arts. You will be required to choose two majors from the Bachelor of Arts and study two units from each, plus you will study two units from your choice of minor within the Bachelor of Arts.

Unit information

For information on the units, you could study as part of this course, visit the Handbook and select the "Course Structure" tab.

Credit transfer information

If you have already completed a study relevant to the course you have enrolled in, you may be eligible for credit transfer.