Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Criminology - Literary Studies

The Bachelor of Arts allows you to choose from over forty areas of study, and to develop the research skills, advanced discipline knowledge and self-reliance to acquire information, assess evidence and convey complex ideas. You will be able to enrich your global awareness through a multitude of internship, professional engagement and overseas study opportunities such as the Monash Arts Global Immersion Guarantee, preparing you to live and work in complex and culturally diverse environments while building a community of like-minded peers. Youll develop a rich understanding of human difference and communication, and the complexities of social organisation. The Bachelor of Criminology is the study of crime and social control: how we define it, what causes it, and how we respond to it provide a window into our society. The degree will give you an understanding of victimisation and perpetration, and inequality and its impacts. You will consider the local, national and global aspects of crime and justice while assessing society’s changing responses. Learn about crime committed by individuals, groups, organisations and states and the mechanisms of the criminal justice system including police, courts and corrections. You will engage with policy leaders in crime and justice, and experience criminal justice in action in a range of international, national and local contexts. Take the opportunity to combine criminology with areas of study that offer a natural pairing such as psychology, sociology, behavioural studies, gender studies, anthropology. With a double degree in Arts and Criminology, you will cultivate skills in critically evaluating evidence, developing your own supported arguments, and understanding of the possibilities and challenges of reform. You will become an expert in your chosen discipline, and will be work ready, equipped with the core skills employers in all sectors are looking for.Literary studies provides you with the skills to make connections between literary texts across historical periods and cultures, extending the variety of modes of reading and analysis, and developing cross-cultural research skills. You will learn how to write critically about what you have read, and develop an understanding of the relations between language, literature and culture. You will select from a range of common core units which provide essential training in key areas of the discipline; you can then choose from a broad range of literary studies and creative writing electives. These provide training in the literature of key historical periods, as well as specialist areas of study. Creative writing students study literature and its applicability to writing practice through a comparative approach. You reflect creatively and analytically on your ongoing writing practice in the light of key texts by major practitioners. In the supportive and collaborative environment of workshops, you are encouraged to experiment with a range of techniques and styles.

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.