This diploma opens up opportunities in a range of diverse careers in humanities and social sciences.

If you successfully complete the first year of this course you will graduate with a Certificate IV in Liberal Arts. Successful completion of the two-year Diploma offers 8 credits into the Bachelor of Arts.

You can also get up to 8 credits in a range of other degrees, such as Communication, Community Development, Education, Human Movement, Arts (Legal Studies), Professional and Creative Writing, Public Relations or Social Work.

You will develop skills in areas such as:

• complex writing
• cultural analysis
• research
• communication and presentation
• social inquiry
• information technology
• intercultural communication.

• Location:
  City Flinders, Footscray Nicholson, Melton and Werribee
• College:
  VU College
• Study mode:
  Full Time and Part Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus and On-line Flexible
• Course code:
  22188VIC
• Duration:
  1 year
• This information is for Australian residents.
  Click here to search for courses available to non-residents

How to apply

You can continue on to further study and have a career in the following fields:

• Community development
• Education, human movement, humanities and social sciences
• Law
• Professional and creative writing
• Psychology
• Public relations
• Social work

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

The primary aim and outcome of this course is to provide participants with a scaffolded pathway into higher education qualifications in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and a range of Arts-related undergraduate programs. Students who complete the Diploma of Liberal Arts (22188VIC) will receive up to a year of credit into a range of degree courses. The course aims to provide knowledge and skills in areas such as: complex writing, problem solving skills, collection, analysis and organisation of information, planning and organising activities, team work, and use of technology for academic purposes. The course also enable adults, including young adults, to develop a confident sense of identity in an academic setting; extend the range of possibilities learners can imagine for themselves; and provide alternative and additional pathways to further study in Arts, Education and a range of Arts-related degree courses.

1 year full-time or part-time equivalent. This course is offered on a full-time or part-time basis. Some units of study may be offered via flexible delivery.

• Analyse Tradition and Modernity

  Unit code

  VU20753

• Participate in Academic Research

  Unit code

  VU20754

• Analyse Sociological Understandings of Human Relationships

  Unit code

  VU20755

• Analyse Urban Form and Culture

  Unit code

  VU20756

• Analyse Theories of the Self

  Unit code

  VU20757

• Analyse Literary Texts and Genres

  Unit code

  VU20758

• Year 12: Satisfactory completion of Year 12 VCE (or equivalent) at agreed ATAR level; agreed minimum English score; and demonstrated aptitude for study in the Arts and Humanities.
• Mature: Direct or VTAC application.
• Other: Applicants for places in 22188VIC Diploma of Liberal Arts will be best equipped to achieve the outcomes of the course if they have literacy and numeracy skills at least equivalent to Level 4 of the Australian Core Skills Framework. Recognition of prior learning may be available, based on skills and knowledge acquired by the applicant through previous study, as in articulation, informal or formal learning, or from work/and or life experience. Students may enter the Diploma of Liberal Arts from an extensive range of educational, vocational and cultural backgrounds. Amongst these may be: Australian secondary education, overseas secondary education, overseas tertiary education, vocational training within Australia or overseas, further education through Adult and Community Education or similar.