Humanities and Social Sciences

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Explore the humanities and social sciences and gain the skills to power lifelong career success in any field, with enduring skills in critical thinking, communicating and influencing.

Ranked 1st in WA for Psychology, Social Science and Management and History, and in the World's Top 100 for Archaeology and English Language and Literature (QS 2019)

Home of the Chair of Australian History, the Chair of Australian Literature and three chairs in Rock Art Studies

First ARC Centre of Excellence ever awarded to the Arts

Majors and popular combinations

Tailor your degree by exploring your career path or interest area in your first year, before selecting one or two majors in your second year. It's a unique feature of our course model and the best part is, it won't cost any extra or take longer to complete your degree.

Postgraduate courses

Become an expert in your chosen field by taking your skills and qualifications to new heights after completing your undergraduate degree. With a UWA postgraduate degree, you can learn from reputable thought leaders and build strong, life-long connections.

Originally I chose an Asian Studies unit as an elective to complement my other study areas. I found looking into the cultural aspects of societies and studying the reasons why people interact in specific ways due to their cultural backgrounds fascinating. I decided to continue studying Asian Studies because of this reason. Georgia Watterson

Create your connections

Industry

Our established network of connections span the creative and public sectors including Perth Fashion Festival, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), City of Perth, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Department of Commerce.

Student club

The Arts Union is the society for those studying arts, humanities and social sciences. The society offers students a range of services including academic advocacy and hosts social, educational, career and equity-based events.

Learn from the best

Dr Sam Baron

Dr Sam Baron is a senior lecturer in philosophy and senior research fellow at The University of Western Australia, focusing on time travel and physical theories that deny time is real, and on the nature of mathematical explanation.

Professor Hélène Jaccomard

Professor Hélène Jaccomard is a multilingual lecturer and researcher in the School of Humanities within the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education.

Professor Susan Broomhall

Susan Broomhall is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of History, researching the medieval and early modern world.

Dr Tony Hughes-d'Aeth

Dr Tony Hughes-d'Aeth is Discipline Chair for English and Literary Studies at UWA, and is the Director of the Westerly Centre.

Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor

Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor is the Discipline Chair for History within the School of Humanities, and the Director of the Centre for Western Australian History.

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How to apply

Admission entry pathways

Whether you’re a domestic student or an international student looking to study at UWA, there is a range of admission pathways you can take.

ATAR questions

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