Program Overview

The Bachelor of Social Sciences is for those who have a strong connection to purpose and who wish to create meaningful change in the world. You’ll build your skills across all areas of the social sciences via a set of core units. You’ll then deepen and broaden your knowledge through your interdisciplinary major, which will focus on a grand challenge in an area such as health, climate, sustainability, global development or work. In your final year, you’ll collaborate with peers from across the degree’s four majors to research, analyse and present solutions to a driving concern pitched by an industry advisory group. With a unique skill set that bridges the disciplines of the arts and sciences, you’ll graduate with the capabilities to manage complex stakeholders, bring diverse technical experts together and progress multifaceted policy debates.

Major: Health, Wellbeing and Society
In the Health, Wellbeing and Society major, you’ll explore the changing meaning of health and wellbeing over time and across cultures, and how concepts such as unequal access, opportunity, wealth and wellbeing are viewed and managed socially and culturally in Australia and around the world. To then deepen and broaden your knowledge, you’ll examine health and wellbeing through the lens of a range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, health, Indigenous studies, media studies, psychology, sociology, politics and international relations. As a graduate, you’ll be equipped with a holistic understanding of the intersections between society, equality and health.