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Arts Undergraduate Areas of Study

This page will introduce you the areas of study offered by Monash Arts. Below we have provided links to the university handbook entry and career information for each area of study. There are also links to information on the School or Centre website that teaches the unit.

Make sure you spend time exploring the handbook entry for the areas of study you are interested in. The handbook entry contains a description of the area of study and lists the units that count towards the area of study for major, minor and sequence requirements.

Discipline	School/Centre	Campus	Handbook
Anthropology	School of Political and Social Inquiry	Clayton	Handbook
Archaeology and ancient history	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Clayton	Handbook
Arts electives	Arts Academic Language and Learning Unit (AALLU)	Caulfield, Clayton	Handbook
Asian studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	Handbook
Australian Indigenous Studies	Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Clayton Gippsland and Off-campus	Handbook
Australian Studies	School of Journalism and Australian Studies	Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland	Handbook
Behavioural studies	School of Political and Social Inquiry	Berwick, Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Bioethics	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Clayton	handbook
Child and youth development	Monash South Africa	South Africa	handbook
Chinese Language	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Chinese Studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Chinese translation	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Classical studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Climate change and society	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton	handbook
Communications	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, South Africa and Sunway Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Community studies	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Community welfare and counselling	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Comparative literature and cultural studies website	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Clayton	handbook
Conservation of biological diversity and cultural heritage	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton	handbook
Creative writing	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Clayton	handbook
Criminal justice	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Criminology	School of Political and Social Inquiry	Caulfield, Clayton and South Africa	handbook
English	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Caulfield, Clayton, South Africa and Sunway Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
English as an international language	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
European and EU	European and EU Centre	Clayton	handbook
Film and television studies	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton and Sunway	handbook
French Language and studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton , South Africa	handbook
Gender studies	School of Political and Social Inquiry	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Geography and environmental science	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton and South Africa	handbook
German language and studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
History	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
History-politics	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Human rights theory	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Indonesian language	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Indonesian studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
International studies	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Caulfield, Clayton, South Africa and Sunway	handbook
Islamic studies	Centre for Islam and the Modern World Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology	Clayton	handbook
Italian language and studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Japanese language	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Japanese studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Jewish civilisation	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Journalism	School of Journalism and Australian Studies School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Caulfield, South Africa, Sunway and Off-campus Berwick, Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Journalism studies	School of Journalism and Australian Studies	Caulfield, South Africa, Sunway and Off-campus	handbook
Korean Language and studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Land and water management	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton	handbook
Linguistics	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Literary studies Three pathways are offered through the literary studies sequence in literary studies on the Caulfield and Clayton campuses. Literatures in English, Creative writing, and International literatures. Not all units are offered at both campuses.	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Clayton, Caulfield	handbook
Modern Greek	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Music	Music – Conservatorium	Clayton	handbook
Performance Studies	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Clayton	handbook
Philosophy	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Caulfield, Clayton and Off-campus	handbook
Politics	School of Political and Social Inquiry	Berwick, Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Psychological studies	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Berwick, Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook
Psychology	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Caulfield, Clayton, Off-campus and South Africa	handbook
Public relations	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Berwick, Caulfield and Gippsland	handbook
Religion and theology	School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies	Clayton	handbook
Sociology	School of Political and Social Inquiry School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Caulfield, Clayton and South Africa Gippsland and Off-Campus Learning	handbook
Spanish and Latin American language and studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Sustainability, environment and society	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton and South Africa	handbook
Theatre	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies	Clayton	handbook
Ukrainian studies	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics	Clayton	handbook
Urban, regional and international development	School of Geography and Environmental Science	Clayton	handbook
Visual culture	Department of Theory of Art and Design	Caulfield and Clayton	handbook
Writing	School of Applied Media & Social Sciences	Gippsland and Off-campus	handbook