Languages and culture
Make sense of the world
Why study languages and culture at Flinders?
Our degrees prepare you to explore how our culture and the ways we communicate enable us to express ourselves, create new things, make sense of our surroundings, and connect with each other.
Languages and culture bring ideas to life.
Courses available in languages and culture
Languages
Immerse yourself in another culture and its language.
Choose from French, Indonesian, Italian, Modern Greek or Spanish at Flinders, or one of our cross-institutional partnerships to study Chinese, German or Japanese. We also offer exciting study abroad and work experience opportunities overseas.
Gain valuable skills and knowledge
Bring your ideas to life.
Whether you’re studying a language, media, archaeology, theology or international tourism, you’ll gain valuable and transferable skills at Flinders. Our degrees stand apart—like our Tourism degree, with exciting topics in cultural tourism, nature-based tourism and events. Whichever course you choose, you’ll graduate with expertise in communication, critical thinking, research, planning and negotiation.
Strong industry links and workplace opportunities
Boost your career options with practical experience.
Attend a dig, write copy in the workplace, help organise tourism and events, build relationships in the church, or use your language skills on a study abroad. All Flinders degrees have strong links to industry and professional networks. Make the connections that will help you take the next step of your career.
Study abroad
We offer many international opportunities for study and practical experience.
Immerse yourself in another culture as you live and study, or work, overseas. Flinders has over 80 international partner universities. Our programs offer the educational adventure of a lifetime, whether you choose a short or long stay.
Your future lies in the past
Delve into the world’s rich cultural history, uncovering the links between past, present and future societies.
Study Postgraduate Archaeology in 2019
New in 2019:
Bachelor of Tourism and Events
Take on the world
With a focus on cultural tourism and festival and event design, this degree has been built with industry input and examines the issues, trends and approaches in the global tourism and events industry.
It prepares you for exciting careers in tourism, festivals and events management.
Fast facts
- gain valuable, transferable skills in communication, critical thinking, research, planning and negotiation
- strong industry links and workplace opportunities
- flexibility to transfer between degrees
- only tourism degree of its kind in SA, with unique streams in cultural tourism, nature based tourism, and events
- language study available in Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Modern Greek, Spanish
- theology degrees offered in partnership with Adelaide College of Divinity and recognised as pathway towards further study for ordination.
The amount and complexity of the information we access and disseminate on multiple platforms grows on a daily basis and we need graduates who can thrive in this type of rapidly-evolving media environment. The Flinders University Bachelor of Communication and Professional Writing does exactly this by preparing today’s graduates for tomorrow’s jobs.
I’m at a sustainable tourism conference in Norway and it is like I have heard this all before. This is all the stuff I learned at Flinders, and I didn’t realise until now how far ahead of the rest you are.
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