Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Creative Industries - Anthropology

Social Anthropology is the study of humans and the cultures they create. The major in Anthropology within the Bachelor of Social Science offers you the opportunity to examine social patterns and practices across cultures; to discover similarities and differences between cultures; and to understand the processes by which humans organise and create meaning. You’ll focus on areas of study including the development of anthropology as a discipline; globalisation and culture; power and politics; gender and sexuality; identity and belonging; ethnography and ethnographic methods; indigenous peoples and nation states. Specific attention is given to cultures of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific and to cross-cultural interactions, at both global and local levels. This major will equip you with multicultural knowledge as well as provide a thorough grounding in research methods and ethics versatile in a variety of professional and academic contexts.

HSC English Standard, or equivalent. Students are admitted on the basis of their ATAR score. Applicants wishing to pursue a major in Music will be selected by one of three methods: 1. Attain an HSC Music result in band 4 or above. No audition is required. 2. Hold the following AMEB or equivalent (e.g. Trinity College) qualification: a. PASS standard (minimum) of 6th Grade Performance (instrument or voice) AND b. PASS standard (minimum) of 4th Grade musicianship and/or theory. No audition is required.