The College of Arts and Education offers high quality and engaging courses from undergraduate and postgraduate coursework degrees to PhD level research.

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Features of our courses are flexible entry and exit points, pathways and contemporary modes of delivery. Our students are supported to ensure we maintain rigorous standards.

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Our arts programs develop creative expression, knowledge about people, society and culture, and connection with local and global communities. Our education programs emphasise  workplace and community placements which prepare our graduates for employment opportunities with communities in and beyond the west of Melbourne. 

Our students undertake real-world projects in their courses, and pursue rewarding careers after graduation.

Course areas include:

• Communication
• Community Development
• Community Services
• Creative Arts
• Criminal Justice
• Digital Media
• Early Childhood Education
• Teaching
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• Youth Work.

We support our students through the learning journey – whether they are a first-time students, are making a new life in our community, are an experienced worker or a career changer.

All teacher education courses in the College are accredited against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers implemented by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Note about Pyschology & Social Work

Psychology and Social Work (formerly in the Arts College) are joining the College of Health and Biomedicine from January 2017.

Research institutes and centres are:

Dr Vicky Plows and Professor Kitty te Riele.

• The Victoria Institute, an inclusive education research body. We use innovative research techniques to build better learning outcomes for diverse and disadvantaged students.

• Centre for Cultural Diversity & Wellbeing (CCDW),  examines issues relating to diversity, creativity and health in both local and global contexts. The use of technologies enabling greater connectedness is central to our exploration of these areas.
• Centre for International Research on Education Systems (CIRES) conducts strategic research that identifies how well education systems work, for whom, and how they can be improved to work well for all.

Our staff conduct world class research which informs our teaching. Focus areas include:

• education & lifelong learning
• diversity, communities & wellbeing
• creative arts & writing.