Arts (Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender), Bachelor

The Bachelor of Arts at The Australian National University is its most diverse, flexible and popular degree. Its approximately fifty majors across the arts, humanities and social sciences are delivered by distinguished scholars, ensuring students receive exceptional education, engage with innovative research and develop a research-oriented approach. These majors may be paired with over seventy minors and specialisations to broaden or deepen study. Regardless of choices, the degree builds core skills in critical analysis, written and oral communication, adaptability and the capacity to drive change, preparing graduates for varied careers or further study.

This Major investigates everyday power in Asia and the Pacific through a focus on gender, media and culture. Using critical concepts from a range of disciplines, students uncover how gender norms, changing media landscapes, and creative practices influence political debates and public cultures. Exploring how concepts of gender in Asia and the Pacific may differ from conventional Western views, this Major analyses how ideas about gender shape justice, equality, social status, and leadership in different societies. Especially in situations when top-down political change may be limited, worlds of creative expression and everyday technology can reveal key transformations at work. The Major thus analyses how vibrant Asian and Pacific popular cultures and media spread social norms, challenge established authorities, and imagine new futures. Through analytical, practice-based, and creative approaches, this Major gives students crucial tools to promote critical thinking on the politics of everyday life in Asia and the Pacific.