Explore our study areas
All subjects are detailed in the University Handbook including the subject code, subject description, relevant semester, prerequisites (if any) and assessment requirements.
Explore new areas of learning, such as Australian-based subjects, disciplines unavailable in your own home institution, or simply an elective that you have always wanted to study!
You can also extend your major discipline and add significantly to your knowledge with new perspectives.
Study areas
Select one of the following study areas for an overview of what you can study.
Australian cinema, television and theatre | Australian literature |
Australian and Aboriginal art | Australian media |
Australian and Aboriginal history | Botany and zoology of Australia |
Australian architecture | Conservation and Australian wildlife |
Australian environmental studies | Contemporary Australian culture, politics and society |
Indigenous arts management (VCA) | Indigenous education and culture |
Architecture | Property and construction |
Architectural history | Real estate |
Design | Urban planning and development |
Landscape architecture | Urban design |
Planning and design |
Accounting | Finance |
Business | Human resource management |
Commerce | Management |
e-Commerce | Marketing |
Economics |
Computer engineering | Information systems |
Computer science | Software engineering |
Geographic information technology | Telecommunications engineering |
Informatics |
Adult education | Outdoor education |
Early childhood education | Physical and sports education |
Elementary education | Professional practice and school observation |
Kinesiology | Secondary education |
Biomedical | Geographic information technology |
Chemical and biomolecular | Geomatic |
Civil | Mechanical and manufacturing |
Computer science and software | Mechatronics |
Electrical and electronic (including telecommunications) | Structures |
Engineering Management | Utilities management |
Environmental |
Development technologies | Environmental science |
Ecology | Environmental studies |
Energy studies | Forest science |
Environmental law | Surveying |
Environmental policy | Water resources management |
American studies | History |
Ancient world studie | History and philosophy of science |
Anthropology | International studies |
Archaeology | Islamic studies |
Arabic studies | Jewish studies |
Art history | Linguistics and applied linguistics |
Asian studies | Medieval studies |
Cinema and screen studies | Philosophy |
Classics | Political science |
Creative writing | Public policy |
Criminology | Social theory |
Cultural studies | Socio-legal studies |
Development studies | Sociology |
English literary studies | Theatre studies |
Gender studies |
Agriculture | Geography |
Agricultural economics and agribusiness | Landscape management |
Animal science and management | Natural resource managemen |
Biotechnology | Plant sciences |
Conservation and ecology | Soil science |
Food science | Urban horticulture |
Forest science | Viticulture and wine technology |
Genetics and breeding |
Arabic | Italian |
Chinese | Japanese |
French | Russian |
German | Spanish |
Hebrew | Swedish |
Indonesian |
Students interested in undertaking law subjects on exchange should consult the Melbourne Law School's website for the most up to date offerings.
Asia-Pacific media systems | Media communications theory |
Creative writing | Media futures and new technologies |
Culture and media | Media law |
Editing and publishing | Media, politics and society |
Global media | Media studies |
Language and media | Net communications |
Marketing communications |
Music performance (audition required) | Music language (theory) |
Ensemble performance (audition required for some ensembles) | Introductory music subjects (no prerequisites) |
Music history |
Experimental psychology | Personality and social psychology |
Quantitative psychology | Cognitive psychology |
Developmental psychology | Industrial/organisational psychology |
Behavioural neuroscience | Human psychopsychology |
Anatomy | Human structure and function |
Animal biology | Immunology |
Astrophysics | Mathematics |
Atmosphere and ocean sciences | Marine biology |
Biochemistry and molecular biology | Meteorology |
Biotechnology | Microbiology |
Botany | Neuroscience |
Chemistry | Oceanography |
Cellular biology | Pathology |
Developmental biology | Pharmacology |
Ecology | Physics |
Earth sciences | Physiology |
Environmental science | Plant sciences |
Evolutionary biology | Statistics |
Geology | Vision sciences |
Genetics | Zoology |
Dance | Production |
Fine art | Community cultural development (graduate) |
Many courses at the University encourage volunteer work or arrange internships for students. Select a subject area which includes an internship or research aspect below or contact the faculty advisor to obtain further information.
Study Area/s | Advisor contact |
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Humanities and Social Science Subjects: Public Affairs Internship | arts-internships-info@unimelb.edu.au |
Science, Biomedicine, Land and Environment Subjects: Science Research Project Science and Technology Internship |