Enrich your mind, broaden your skills and live your best life with a degree in arts and humanities. Explore ideas, theories and records of how people process the human experience through society, culture, history, language, media, politics and more. Our Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree gives you a unique opportunity to follow your passions and turn them into meaningful careers. Discover new and exciting areas of study, and develop valuable skills transferable across careers. Many of today’s leaders credit their Bachelor of Arts with the invaluable ability to think laterally and strategically. This popular qualification enables graduates to carve lifelong careers undeterred by trends and economic fluctuations. What you will study Make the most of university and tailor your Bachelor of Arts degree to suit your interests and lifestyle. Explore diverse study areas and take charge of your future – choose from 15 majors, 16 minors and hundreds of subjects. UON arts and humanities students enjoy flexible study options and graduate with broader career outcomes. Depending on your chosen study areas, you may pursue a career in education, the creative industries, media, language translation, public service and more. As the world continues to change, an understanding of the process and patterns which cause these transformations and the impact they have on the human environment has become increasingly relevant. A major in human geography will provide you with the skills necessary to understand contemporary challenges and their impacts on the environment and will give you the opportunity to help address these impacts. Hands-on experience and fieldwork in the human geography major will equip you with essential research skills in interpreting the local environment, where you will examine processes and patterns such as: demographic and cultural change environmental governance globalisation governance and political organisation social and economic development sustainability urbanisation Throughout your studies, you will be taught by staff who are active in research and hold research grants from prestigious funding organisations. Many staff members have also received awards for their excellence in teaching. Careers in human geography and the environment The human geography and the environment major will equip you with a range of generic skills for further studies or future employment in a range of sectors including: community development education environmental management international aid work policy development social and community planning urban and regional planning