Bachelor
UWA's Bachelor of Arts is one of the most flexible and diverse degrees in Western Australia, with over 30 majors, including Political Science and International Relations, History, Philosophy, and a range of European and Asian languages. With majors in humanities and social sciences, music, and design, including the interdisciplinary majors of Gender Studies and Criminology, our Bachelor of Arts lets you cultivate your passions while providing you with the lifelong, transferable skills that employers are seeking, giving you an immediate competitive edge in pursuit of a career. You will graduate with the skills to address complex social issues, integrate local and global knowledge and perspectives, collaborate across disciplinary, organisational and cultural boundaries, and perform human processes that cannot be mechanised or automated.
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| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds1 | ATAR2 (Excluding adjustment factors) |
UWA Selection Rank3, 4 (ATAR/OP plus any adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
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Highest rank to receive an offer * |
99.70 |
99.70 |
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Median rank to receive an offer # |
88.15 |
89.00 |
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Lowest rank to receive an offer * |
68.75 |
80.00 |
1. This includes those who have been offered places at UWA regardless whether they accepted their offers or not.
2. This only includes school leavers.
3. ATAR is raw ATAR score.
4. Selection Rank is UWA ATAR score.
* "<5" indicates less than 5 ATAR-based offers made
# N/P indicates figure is not published if less than 25 ATAR-based offers made.
| Semester one 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Applicant background | Number of students | Percentage of all students |
| (A) Higher education study (Domestic students) (includes a bridging or enabling course) |
142 | 37.2% |
| (B) Vocational education and training (VET) study (Domestic students) | 20 | 5.2% |
| (C) Recent secondary education (Domestic students): | ||
| (I) Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the impact of adjustment factors such as equity or subject bonus points) | 82 | 21.5% |
| (II) Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test, early offer conditional on minimum ATAR) | 0 | 0.00% |
| (III) Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was not a factor (e.g. special consideration, audition alone, schools recommendation scheme with no minimum ATAR requirement) | 0 | 0.00% |
| (D) Work and life experience (Domestic students) (Admitted on the basis of previous achievement other than the above) | 83 | 21.7% |
| International students | 55 | 14.4% |
| All students | 382 | 100.00% |
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Alumni Story
Matilda CornesBachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (2015), Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (2016) and Master of Teaching (2018) graduate
I am a Humanities and Social Sciences, ATAR Geography and French teacher at Newman Senior High School. Through my role as a classroom teacher, I have had the opportunity to work on and lead the school's Instructional Site Team, where we work to ensure a consistent approach to teaching and learning across the school.
What I love most about my job is the problem solving and the opportunities for leadership. My favourite problem is how to teach my students in a way that is relevant and meaningful to them. As a Geography graduate, I love working in a new physical, and often cultural, context, and as a Geography teacher, I love learning from my students about their experiences of Newman, and helping them to develop new ways of understanding where they live and their connection to it.
The experience that was most important for my development was the interdisciplinary nature of my degree. While as an undergraduate student at UWA and on study abroad at Willamette University in Oregon, I completed units in Geography, Psychology, History of Art, French, German and Archaeology. Being interested in a wide range of subjects means not only do I have a few specialist teaching areas, but also that I am willing to teach outside of these and have confidence that I can find a way to connect to the content and skills as I have been exposed to different ways of thinking and finding meaning. Students can tell when you are knowledgeable and passionate and it helps you engage with them.
Meet three inspiring UWA Arts grads who achieved big things after completing their studies in Where could an Arts degree take me?
"Throw yourself into the vibrant campus culture of volunteering that UWA has to offer. There's no better way to make friends, make an impact, learn new skills and forge valuable networks all at once."
Joshua Sanchez-Lawson graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Law and Society, and Communications and Media Studies. Read more about Joshua's story.
Together with this course, you can also apply for a select number of our undergraduate bachelor's degrees.
Through our Experience-based entry, we will assess all your academic achievements, qualifications and life experiences using a point system, where points will be awarded for each item submitted, and the total number of points will determine your eligibility.
The combined degree option allows you to pair your Bachelor of Arts degree with another passion, broadening your career options and giving you an edge in a rapidly changing workforce.
You can combine the Bachelor of Arts with:
You'll graduate with two Bachelor degrees in just four years, opening up a world of possible career paths while broadening your knowledge, networks and horizons.
Duration: 4 years, *5 years
ATAR: Please refer to relevant course pages
UWA Bachelor of Arts students have access to a range of world-class facilities that enhance your learning and give you hands-on experience before you enter the workplace.
These facilities include:
These are complemented by our University-wide facilities including our libraries, which house more than 850,000 books and more than 230,000 non-print items in a wide range of formats, from manuscripts to electronic databases. There's also a wide range of study spaces around campus, including by the picturesque Swan River.
Alumna story
Jessie GordonBachelor of Arts Linguistics and Anthropology graduate, Jessie Gordon, is an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning musician whose musical passions span across jazz, blues, gospel and roots music. She is a jazz blues vocalist, vintage jazz dancer, raconteur and self-proclaimed cheese enthusiast.
Jessie's passion for music has taken her around the world, touring Southeast Asia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the UK. She has won 15 Music and Cabaret awards at FRINGE WORLD Festival and has received 22 nominations. Jessie has collaborated with local Perth bands including Sassafras, Apocalypse Lounge, The Dirty Blues Band, Perth Cabaret Collective, and the Anatomically Incorrect Gentlemen, and recently released two albums with her original music, A Work of Fiction and Best Friends.
In 2004, Jessie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Linguistics and Anthropology. Following graduation, she undertook an honours year in anthropology and began a PhD which she never completed, having succumbed to the lure of bright stage lights.
Have you ever seen a connection between Linguistics and jazz? As a matter of fact, many singers take a keen interest in the way linguistics helps understand languages. Here's what Jessie has to say about it:
"For me the intersection of language and music provides a constant tension in performance. There are so many interpretations of a melody that can support the lyric of a tune, or provide a counterpoint to it. I use the skills I learned in my arts degree every day to think analytically about musical and lyrical content and find new ways to interpret and communicate on stage.
Anthropology changed the way I looked at the world. I can't emphasise enough the impact it had on me. I still remember the profound revelation I experienced studying gender and sexuality, and also healing and medicine, through an anthropological lens."
"I chose to study at UWA because my dad was a lecturer in Anthropology there, and he was a big part of my choice to continue to postgraduate studies. He very cunningly convinced me that I could combine my interests of music, dance, gender studies and anthropology all at the same time. He's a very clever man."