Bachelor of Arts - Social Justice Oxford International Education Group - The University of Notre Dame - Sydney Campus, Australia

If you are looking for a degree that offers flexibility and choice, the Bachelor of Arts is the perfect degree for you.  A Bachelor of Arts at Notre Dame will give you the freedom to choose, thus enhancing your personal development, future employment prospects and potential to contribute to the cultural and intellectual life of the broader community.

No matter what you specialise in, completing a Bachelor of Arts allows you to work almost anywhere in the world. You might decide to travel during your degree, with both long and short-term opportunities available through our Study Abroad or Experience the World programs.

You can develop all these skills while following your personal and professional interests across a broad range of Majors and Minors in various discipline areas.

The Bachelor of Arts has a unique Major in Social Justice. The courses in this Major are open to students studying any discipline. The concept of social justice challenges you to step out of traditional mindsets and become involved in making a difference in your chosen career and our world. You will begin to understand the causes of the complex problems in our society and consider lasting solutions.

Major: Social Justice

If you want to facilitate positive change, social justice provides a lens through which to see the world. Studying social justice will give you an understanding of how society operates, sometimes to exclude and oppress and sometimes to support and enable its members. You will develop a critical understanding of key social justice concepts, including universal human rights—this Major links social theory with strategies for social action and change.

No matter what area of work you are in or are planning to be in, studying social justice will open your eyes to ways to make a more just, equitable and sustainable world that values the dignity of all people. For this reason, the Social Justice Major or Minor is frequently taken by students completing double degrees such as Law/Arts, Education/Arts, and Commerce/Arts. Students studying Communications and Media degrees often combine a Major in Journalism with a Major or Minor in Social Justice.

Students studying a Major in Politics and International Relations routinely combine this Major with a Major or Minor in Social Justice to help them make sense of the world and to see alternative ways to function as people sharing the planet.