College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Helping to understand the world and shape it for the better.

Welcome to the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

We inspire ground-breaking ways of viewing the world.

Encompassing teaching and research activities in history and archaeology, social sciences, language, literature and culture, and the creative arts, our College aims to help understand the world and to shape it for the better.

We do this by offering thoughtful, diverse and challenging opportunities to understand and reshape human activities analytically, imaginatively and creatively.

We promote knowledge leadership and we teach transferable skills that are relevant to a diverse range of employers and industries.

A world of creative intelligence.

Senior Award Winner, Young Playwrights Award 2016

South Australian Historian of the Year 2017

Study areas

Humanities and social sciences

Creative arts and media

Languages and culture

New courses in creative arts and media

Creative Arts (Visual Effects & Entertainment Design)

Build a world-class entertainment design portfolio.

With a focus on developing the range of creative, practical, critical and collaborative skills necessary to pursue a career in visual effects and entertainment design, our degree equips you with the professional skills of digital media production and a broad knowledge of screen media

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Creative Arts (Enterprise)

Revolutionise the business of creativity.

With the cultural and creative industries accounting for 3% of world GDP and employing 29.5 million people*, our new degree prepares you for global careers in the creative arts and cultural enterprise.

* worldcreative.org

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Media and Communication

Boost your career options in communications.

Created to meet the needs of the constantly evolving field of contemporary communications, this degree provides you with the skills and knowledge to research, write, design and produce communication content for a range of media platforms.

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Making a difference

Diving into the world’s lost landscapes

The Deep History of Sea Country project explores submerged islands in the Pilbara and shell middens in Denmark.

Counting the value of culture

Developing a set of tools to assess the total cultural value of SA's arts calendar.

Countering gender-based violence in Vietnam

Improving the management and delivery of services to victims of domestic violence and trafficking in Vietnam.

Artist in Residence: Zabou Breitman

In February and March 2019, Flinders University together with the Ambassade de France will welcome French actor and director Zabou Breitman to the Flinders Bedford Park campus as an Artist in Residence.

This residency will act to further strengthen Flinders’ relationship with France, providing education and innovation opportunities to staff, students and the general public.

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