The University of Notre Dame Australia is a prestigious institution that holds a prominent position among Australian universities. With campuses spanning from Sydney, New South Wales on the east coast, to the vibrant town of Broome and the picturesque city of Fremantle in Perth, Western Australia, Notre Dame offers students a unique opportunity to study their chosen degree across multiple locations. This flexibility allows international students to experience different cultures, landscapes, and academic environments, enhancing their educational journey. With a commitment to academic excellence and a strong focus on values-based education, Notre Dame provides students with a holistic learning experience that combines rigorous academics with personal growth and community engagement.

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The Social Justice Major and Minor draw upon politics and international relations, sociology, behavioural science, peace and conflict studies, and development and environmental studies to prepare you for a variety of challenging but rewarding careers. Social justice provides a lens through which to see the world. Studying social justice will provide you with an understanding of how society operates to sometimes exclude and oppress, and sometimes to support and enable its members. This understanding is critical if you want to influence, inspire and facilitate positive change. You will develop a critical understanding of key concepts of social justice, including the concept of 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 you 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 Law/Arts, Education/Arts, and Commerce/Arts. Students studying a degree in Communications and Media 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. Amongst our graduates are government policy writers, development workers, CEOs of non-government organisations, activists, support workers, as well as lawyers, teachers, journalists and business owners who operate in their professions with a commitment to social justice. So, no matter where you are headed in your chosen career, social justice gives you the skills, knowledge and awareness to do so with active compassion. Show less

To complete a Bachelor of Arts with a Social Justice Major, you will study 24 courses, eight of which will form the Major. Normally you will take at least one course from your Major in each semester. Most Majors build sequentially in content, theme and skills and work towards the acquisition of advanced skills and knowledge by the completion of your third year of study.

You may also choose to use eight elective courses to study a Second Major in another discipline or six elective courses to study a Minor in another discipline. Then you’ll have four or six more electives that you can select from any courses in the School of Arts & Sciences, providing you meet the pre-requisites that may apply.

Plus the Core Curriculum and compulsory Academic Writing courses – that makes 24 courses.

The Social Justice Major includes these requirements:

Students are required to complete 8 courses of 25 units of credit (200 units of credit), as follows.

TWO (2) required courses:

SOJS1000 Introduction to Social Justice
SOJS2120 Living Human Rights
Plus at least ONE (1) of these courses:

SOJS3210 Designing Practical Approaches to Social Justice
SOJS3008 Social Justice Internship* (substitute ARTS3002 Internship or Professional Practice in 2021)
SOJS3170 Social Justice, Service Learning and Community Engagement*
OR
SOJS3220 Service Learning International*
*These courses are not currently on offer due to COVID19 restrictions.

Plus any of the following courses to a total of EIGHT (8) courses:

SOJS3000 Global Development and Justice
SOJS3130 Human and Environmental Security
SOJS3160 Peace and Conflict Studies
BESC2240 Discourse, Power and Politics
BESC2250 Culture and Society
ENGL3820 Freedom from Oppression: Literature that Changed the World
PHIL3410 Political Philosophy
Students may complete a MAXIMUM of TWO (2) of these courses:

ABOR1000 Aboriginal People
ABOR2000 The Cultural and Spiritual Life of Aboriginal People
ABOR3030 Aboriginal People in Contemporary Australian Society
ABOR3040 Aboriginal People and the Media
ABOR3310 Aboriginal People and the Legal System
Other courses on approval of the Dean, and if available, to a maximum of 50 units of credit:

ARTS3010 Experience the World I
ARTS3020 Experience the World II
ARTS3030 Experience the World Study Tour (50 units of credit)

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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