The Bachelor of Arts degree is designed to produce knowledgeable, articulate and innovative graduates recognized by their skills to think systematically and critically, gather and evaluate evidence from many and diverse sources, communicate clearly, and apply ethical principles to decision making for a variety of professions and industries. The three-year program offers specializations and the choice of more than 20 majors and minors in the humanities, social sciences and visual arts to encourage students to design their own academic program to reflect their intellectual interests and career aspirations. Volunteer experience Students undertake a degree capstone drawn from either: HUMA330 Community Engagement: Placement or HUMA331 Big Ideas: Social Enterprise and Innovation HUMA330 provides students with a community engagement placement of up to 70 hours with an organization relevant to their disciplinary study. HUMA331 provides students with the opportunity to engage the community by working to propose a solution to a real-world problem. Pathways to further study Bachelor of Arts graduates are well-placed to continue their studies in Arts Honours programs or in a range of postgraduate disciplines through their demonstrable research, analytical and communication skills gained from this undergraduate program. Politics and international relations If you are passionate about these questions, want to know more about power, violence and justice, and can see yourself in a career in government, foreign relations or advocacy, then Politics and International Relations at ACU is for you. From the everyday politics of the local level to the power struggles of great nations, the Politics and International Relations major at ACU offers students interested in the workings of diplomacy, warfare, elections, the global economy, the nature of political parties, and the rise and fall of great powers, the conceptual tools to think critically and act decisively in an ever-changing world. As an ACU graduate in Politics and International Relations what valued skills will you possess? Upon completion of your specialization you will be able to: Understand the ideas and values that underpin different political traditions Analyze and offer concrete advice on political actors, institutions and events, both domestically and globally Create and/or apply frameworks to bring order to a large volume of disparate data sets and sources Synthesize information from a range of perspectives and approaches to isolate unanticipated connections Understand the real-world dynamics of complicated, multi-actor decision-making processes Combine aspects of theory with the practical study of concrete problems and events