Monash University Malaysia

Overview of Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences in Monash University Malaysia Malaysia

In the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences, you will learn to develop general knowledge and specific intellectual skills relating to human thought and relations, such as the way we communicate, intercultural relations, or how the past has affected the present. Social science analyses and explains societies and the relationships of individuals within those societies. The range of majors and minors available will allow you to explore new areas, further develop your strengths in arts, humanities and social sciences and pursue your interests and career objectives.

Studying the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences will encourage you to take an innovative approach in tackling world issues and foster a global perspective. It will provide you with the research skills, advanced discipline knowledge as well as the self-reliance to acquire information, assess evidence and convey complex ideas in speech and writing in order to answer complicated questions. You will be challenged to think critically and creatively, to resist easy answers or simplistic solutions and to develop an ethical and intellectual framework within which to understand what it means to be human, and how this changes over time.

As a graduate, you will be work ready, equipped with the core skills employers in all sectors are looking for: written and verbal communication skills; how to work in a team, listen, solve problems and make decisions; leadership and negotiation skills; ways to build rapport and confidence; critical thinking skills; and research skills. With vast opportunities to undertake study overseas, or an internship program, the Monash Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences will prepare you for global employment opportunities in a wide range of occupations and settings. Graduates work all over the world in fields such as:

• journalism, publishing, editing, writing, electronic media, public relations and corporate communication
• marketing, advertising, business research and analysis
• management consulting, international trade, human resources, training and development, management and administration
• diplomacy, foreign affairs and politics
• social and community services, counselling, social welfare, social research, policy and planning tourism, hospitality and entertainment
• performing arts, production, direction, management and administration, film, television and video.

  Alternatively you may like to continue on in your learning journey and complete honours or postgraduate study

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

SUBJECTS

• Communication
• Film, television, and screen studies
• Global studies
• Gender studies
• Public Relations (minor)
• Psychology
• Writing (minor)