Follow your passions and drive your career forward, gaining essential workplace skills and knowledge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Victoria University (VU). With an arts degree, you’ll prepare yourself to thrive in today’s fast-changing world and open doors to diverse career opportunities. Take advantage of the maximum flexibility offered in VU’s Bachelor of Arts, allowing you to choose your area of focus based on your unique passions and career goals.
Sociology Major
Sociologists study a wide variety of topics including education, work and unemployment; the family; health, sex, gender and sexuality; ethnicity and racism; equality, opportunity and inequality; and crime, law and social justice.
The Sociology Major begins with an overview of sociology – an introduction to how we might go about applying the sociological imagination to a wide range of aspects of contemporary social arrangements, and includes a focus on core sociological concepts: how aspects of public order and ‘the normal’ are social phenomena, how one’s identities are forged in a social context, and how power is exercised by the way everyday life is structured in space and through the way we come to know the world.
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Delivery mode
This course is available in the following study modes:
Locations
70–104 Ballarat Road, Footscray 3011
Entry Requirements
There are no formal academic requirements
Applicants with recent secondary education (within the last 2 years)
- Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent) including Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English.
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET/TAFE) study
- Completion of an Australian Advanced Diploma or Diploma (or equivalent).
- Completion of Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation (or equivalent).
Applicants with higher education study
- Full or partial completion of an Australian Higher Education award (or equivalent).
- or;
- Completion of a single unit of Higher Education studies.
- or;
- Completion of a bridging or enabling course e.g., Foundation course or equivalent.
Applicants with work & life experience
- Five years (minimum) work/life experience in Humanities, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, or similar.
- or;
- Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate more than two years ago. plus;
- Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or 20 in any other English (or equivalent).
Special Admission Programs
Our special admission programs cover a range of access and equity schemes that allow applicants from participating schools or disadvantaged social, economic, or cultural environments to receive additional consideration. These include:
- Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) for VTAC applicants.
- Special consideration for direct applicants.
Course fees
Course fee
$50,976
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Related career opportunities
This course will prepare you for the following roles.
About Victoria University
Victoria University is one of only six universities in Australia to offer courses in both TAFE and higher education. From certificates to diplomas, degrees and postgraduate courses, you can begin your studies at any point and pathway between courses to achieve your goals, regardless of your starting point.
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