Bachelor of Arts (Professional Futures)
Bachelor of Arts (Professional Futures)
With the Bachelor of Arts (Professional Futures), you’ll gain the fundamental knowledge and workplace skills to pursue the career of your choice. You’ll be given the knowledge to identify your professional purpose and career identity, and the skills to manage your future career. You’ll explore contemporary careers and the future…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
With the Bachelor of Arts (Professional Futures), you’ll gain the fundamental knowledge and workplace skills to pursue the career of your choice. You’ll be given the knowledge to identify your professional purpose and career identity, and the skills to manage your future career.
You’ll explore contemporary careers and the future of work including Industry 4.0. You’ll explore what knowledge is and how we can work to decolonise organisations, and what professional ethics are.
You’ll learn key skills such as career planning, project management, data literacy, business communication and leadership. You will also undertake an industry placement.
The specialisation can be combined with any major across the BA, offering you the opportunity to build your professional capabilities and deepen your knowledge in a discipline that excites you.
Why study a Bachelor of Arts (Professional Futures) at Flinders
- Gain a project management certification, PRINCE2, which is a globally recognised project management qualification
- A unique first-year topic that gets you thinking about contemporary careers and your own career motivations, personal values, and career identity
- Topics that develop your data literacy and analytical skills, which you’ll need for organisational research projects
- A set of topics that provide key business skills: leadership, communication, critical thinking, and ethics
- An understanding of institutionalised racism and the ability to critically reflect on racist ideologies and histories to decolonise institutions.
Your career
You will be work-ready for any industry you choose. Our Bachelor of Arts graduates hold roles in local and state politics, with global corporations, in education, in arts organisations and in non-governmental organisations.
Potential occupations include:
- Graduate Trainee Scheme
- Project Manager
- Executive Officer
- Market Research Analyst
- Business Support/Administration Officer.
Potential employers include:
- Local/state/federal government
- Large multi-national organisations
- Charities
- Professional associations
- Community organisations.
REQUIREMENTS
Flinders University recognises international secondary schooling for direct entry to undergraduate programs.
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic): 6.0 Overall with 6.0 Speaking, 6.0 Writing;
- TOEFL iBT: 72 Overall with 18 Speaking, 21 Writing;
- Pearson PTE Academic: 50 Overall with 50 Speaking, 50 Writing;
- Cambridge C1 Advanced: 169 Overall with 169 Writing, 169 Speaking;
- Occupational English Test (OET): 300 Speaking, 300 Writing; Duolingo (Up to and including Semester 2, 2024): Overall 95-100
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world (*THE World University Rankings 2023 as a percentage of the total number of universities in the world according to the International Association of Universities), Flinders University is everything a modern university should be – progressive, student-focused, and career-minded.It is home to over 26,000 students, with 5,300 international students from more than 90 countries, and offers globally recognised and industry-accredited qualifications. The university enjoys a high level of industry connections with global leaders enabling its students to take up practical placements and graduate job-ready on completion of study.
