Arts Degrees in Victoria 2025
Most universities in Victoria offer an Arts degree, and many of these are listed below. Students should note that the prerequisite VCE subject for most Arts degrees is only an English or EAL.
For a comprehensive list of courses (including the many double-degree options) on offer at universities, visit VTAC.
INSTITUTION | MAJOR STUDIES IN 2025 | ATAR 2025 |
M – Melbourne Campus
| Archaeology, Business Studies, Business studies, Design and Technologies, Drama, English, Geography Environment and Society, History, International Development Studies, Languages, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, Sociology, Study of Religions, Theological Studies, Visual Arts. | 58.65(M) |
G – Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus M – Melbourne Campus
| Animation (minor only), Anthropology, Arabic, Chinese, Criminology, Design thinking (minor only), Education, English - children's literature, English - creative writing, English - literature, Film and television studies, Gender and sexuality studies, Global challenges (minor only), History, Indigenous studies, Indonesian, International relations, Media and communication, Media studies, Middle east studies, Performing arts, Philosophy, Politics and policy studies, Public relations studies, Religious studies, Social media, Sociology, Spanish, Sport and society (minor only), Sport journalism, Strategic advertising, UX Design (minor only), Visual arts and photography, Visual communication design, Web design (minor only). | 61.75 (G)60.20 (M)
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B – Berwick Campus G – Gippsland Campus MH – Mount Helen Campus | Behavioural studies, Community Work, Criminal Justice, Education, Entrepreneurship, Heritage Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Literature, Marketing, Media and Screen Studies, Sociology, Visual Arts, Web Project Development, Writing. | 52.30 (B)N/P (G)53.35 (MH) |
M – Melbourne Campus
| Aboriginal studies, Anthropology, Archaeological and heritage studies, Asian studies, Chinese studies, Classics and ancient history, Creative and professional writing, Crime, justice and legal studies, Digital media, English, Environmental humanities, Ethics and social justice, French studies, Gender, sexuality and diversity studies, Greek studies, Hindi studies, History, Human geography, International studies, Italian studies, Japanese studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychological science, Sociology, Spanish studies, Sustainability and development, Visual cultures.
| 55.50 (M) |
Ca – Caulfield Campus CL – Clayton Campus | Anthropology, Archaeology and ancient history, Arts, Behavioural studies (minor), Bioethics (minor), Chinese studies, Communications and media studies, Criminology, Economics, European languages (French, German, Italian, or Spanish and Latin American), Film and screen studies, Gender studies, Global Asia, Health humanities, History, Holocaust and genocide studies (minor), Human geography, Human rights and social justice, Humanities, Indigenous studies, Indonesian studies, International relations, Japanese studies, Jewish studies (minor), Journalism, Korean studies, Languages, Linguistics and English language, Literary studies, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social science, Sociology, Theatre and performance studies (minor). | 72.00 (Ca)75.05 (Cl) |
H – Hawthorn Campus | Climate and social justice, Criminology and social change, Ethics and technology, Indigenous studies, Literature and creative writing, Perspectives on globalisation, Politics power and technology, Screen studies and popular culture. | 59.40 (H) L/N (H)** |
| UNI MELBOURNEP – Parkville Campus | Ancient world studies, Anthropology, Arabic studies, Art history, Asian studies, Chinese societies (minor), Chinese studies, Classics, Creative writing, Criminology, Development studies (minor), Digital studies (minor), Economics, English and theatre studies, English language studies (minor), Environmental studies (minor), European studies (minor), French studies, Gender studies, Geography, German studies, Hebrew and Jewish studies, History, History and philosophy of science, Indigenous studies, Indonesian studies, Islamic studies, Italian studies, Japanese societies (minor), Japanese studies, Knowledge and learning (minor), Korean studies, Law and justice (minor), Linguistics and applied linguistics, Media and communications, Medieval and early modern studies (minor), Philosophy, Politics and international studies, Psychology, Russian studies, Screen and cultural studies, Sociology, South Asian studies (minor), Spanish and Latin American studies. | 86.00 (P) |
FP – Footscray Park Campus | Communication Studies, Digital Media, History, Literary Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Visual Art, Writing. | L/N (FP) |