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The range of careers available for Bachelor of Arts graduates is amazing.  

Bachelor of Arts graduates are leaders, founders and entrepreneurs. Change makers. People like Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, or Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal. CEOs and former CEOs of companies like YouTube, Disney and Starbucks. Creative minds like Martin Scorcese, Amy Poehler, Emma Watson and Jon Stewart.

Bachelor of Arts graduates include former Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian. Former PMs Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Malcom Turnbull. Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton.

No.1 in SA

in Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences for median graduate income, skills development and overall educational experience.

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Jobs for Arts Professionals up 8.8% by 2026.

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No.1 in SA

in Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences for full-time employment, learner engagement, overall learning experience, student support and teaching quality.

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Majors and minors in the Bachelor of Arts

Graduate Career Ready

Now isn’t the time to wait. It’s time to start your journey - and shape your future.

Flinders Bachelor of Arts graduates aren’t just job-ready; they’re future-ready. You’ll gain the ability to ask the right questions, think critically, communicate clearly, and turn ideas into action—skills employers across the globe are actively seeking.

We teach you how to think, adapt, analyse, communicate, and innovate.

Plus, with Flinders’ strong industry connections, you’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for the workforce.

The career you’ll pursue may not even exist yet - but the critical and creative thinking, communications and research skills, and the flexibility and adaptability you develop at Flinders will empower you to take charge of your future, and become a true changemaker.

Where Flinders graduates work 

Where do Bachelor of Arts graduates work?

The only thing that’s true about the statement “there are no jobs in the Arts”, is that it’s an outdated stereotype. Flinders Bachelor of Arts alumni have well proven that a degree in the Arts can take you far in life.

Take, for example, Renae Leith-Manos. She is the perfect example of how diverse your career can be with a Bachelor of Arts. Having worked in newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and digital media, Renae is regularly called upon as a commentator, media consultant and journalist. Nowadays, she divides her time 50/50 between her two homes in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Sydney.

Or Ryan Manhire, who went from high school drop-out to BA to PhD to the world with a postdoc at one of Europe’s leading ethical centres in the Czech Republic.

Or Sara Siami who worked her way up to Human Resources Director at global fitness company SWEAT, the brainchild of Tobi Pearce and Kayla Itsines, and has since founded her own P&C business, The People Plugin.

Or James Currie, who won the Australian Screen Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 for his work in the screen industry.

And these are just some of the stories of Flinders Bachelor of Arts students who have gone on to have incredible jobs in the Arts in a variety of industries.

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Renae Leith-Manos

Majors: English / Politics

Commentator, Media Consultant and Journalist

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Cav. Maurice Crotti AO

CEO and Chairman

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Ashley Sutherland

Majors: Creative Writing / History

Completing a Master of Public Administration (Policy) at Flinders.

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Dr Ryan Manhire

Majors: Philosophy / Indigenous and Australian Studies
Minor: History

Academic in Europe

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Helen Leake AM

Majors: Politics / Psychology

Movie Producer

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Douglas Gautier AM

Major: Drama

CEO and Artistic Director, Chair, Board Member, Director, Executive Councillor, Member of the Order of Australia

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Mem Fox

Writer

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Peter Goers OAM

Majors: Drama / English

Actor, Director, Reviewer, Former Academic and Radio Host

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Louisa Minney

Major: Politics

Director

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Ben Wadham

Majors: Sociology / Psychology

Veteran, Director and Academic

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Noni Hazelhurst

Majors: Drama / English

Actress

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Martin Monro

Majors: Psychology / Geography

ASX-Listed Chair and Non Executive Director, Advisory Board Chair, Special Advisor

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Get inspired

"Flinders took me from a ratbag 20 something to a confident, rational human being. I learned how to think, and was provided with a robust foundation upon which I was able to build my career. It was a solid base which over 40 years later I still I constantly reference and augment... In the year following graduation, I was head-hunted by the South Australian Film Corporation which had just been formed by Premier Donald Dunstan and film producer Gil Brearley in 1972."

James Currie (BA Hons '75)
Winner of the Australian Screen Sound Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015

A week in the life of a Bachelor of Arts student

Flinders student Zofia shows us what a typical week in the life of a Bachelor of Arts student looks like.

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All your questions answered

Confused about what a Bachelor of Arts (BA) actually is? You’re not alone! We’ve compiled all you need to know about this versatile degree.

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From a BA to a PhD to the world

Find out how Dr Ryan Manhire went from school drop-out to a postdoc at one of Europe’s leading ethical centres.

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Why study a Bachelor of Arts?

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  • A Bachelor of Arts is a flexible degree that encompasses the best of humanities, arts and social sciences.
  • Choose from a range of majors and minors to design your dream degree.
  • Flexibility to take a major and minor, double major or extended major.
  • Combine science with traditional arts majors in our science and arts degrees
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A Bachelor of Arts is a flexible and varied way to explore your passions. Women's and gender studies combined with politics and Indonesian? Sure. Drama combined with visual arts and psychology. Why not? Study what you’re passionate about, and become a leader in that field.

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According to the World Economic Forum* the top three skills for jobs in 2025 will be:

  • Social intelligence and new media literacy
  • Critical thinking
  • Lifelong learning
  • Adaptability

The Flinders Bachelor of Arts has been developed to equip you with these core employability skills, to prepare you for jobs of the future… jobs we don’t even know will exist yet.

*5 things we know about the jobs of the future, World Economic Forum, 2020

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  • Flinders’ unique stream of career-ready topics will allow you to explore real-world issues, happening right now. A Bachelor of Arts degree will prepare you for a career in almost any field, and Flinders Bachelor of Arts has a richly diverse suite of subject areas, as well as a uniquely-focused set of core topics that will help you prepare for the challenging social transformations that the world is going through right now.
  • Global challenge topics are designed to challenge and broaden your thinking about real-world issues, and encourage you to explore solutions to some of the biggest problems.
  • Employability stream topics from first to third year are designed to make you career-ready long before you graduate.
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Those who look to the future. Who understand that to thrive in tomorrow’s workplace, you must learn to be flexible, to navigate the digital age, to think both critically and creatively, and to develop the skills and knowledge to adapt and take advantage of new opportunities. That’s what we teach you. To think. To analyse. To be adaptable. To communicate. To be creative. To develop world-changing, future-proof skills in a world that’s changing fast.  And that’s just the beginning. 

Flinders’ Bachelor of Arts includes a suite of topics to prepare you for a wide range of career opportunities.

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  • Academy and Emmy-winning director, writer, producer Scott Hicks is a Flinders BA graduate.
  • Logie and AFI-winning writer, producer, director Noni Hazlehurst is a Flinders BA graduate.
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Living and studying overseas presents you with the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture while continuing your tertiary study at one of Flinders University’s 70+ overseas partner universities. Why wait until you graduate to see the world? Let our program offer you the educational adventure of a lifetime.

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A Bachelor of Arts is the perfect foundation to begin your university journey. You could use your BA as a pathway into multiple degrees, including teaching, creative industries, languages, business, and more.

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