Career Focus Portfolio Studies

Learn job skills with Career Focus Portfolio Studies

To truly succeed in our globalised, rapidly changing world, the graduates of today need to embody the skills of tomorrow. Through our Career Focus Portfolio Studies program in the Monash Bachelor of Arts, our students leave industry-ready, with the future-proof skills they need to build an enterprising career.

How can Career Focus studies help you?

No other course nurtures the future-proof human skills needed to succeed in an ever-more automated world. Every Arts graduate at Monash University is empowered with enriched learning offered in distinct areas:

Career-ready creative and critical thinking

In an increasingly uncertain future, your ability to think critically and to harness your creativity will set you apart in the workforce, prepare you to be a conscientious global citizen, and enrich your day-to-day experiences. Your study in this area will equip you with the tools to carefully assess the information you receive and to creatively explore solutions to the challenges you will face as you navigate your career journey.

Innovative approaches to solving global challenges

The challenges of the day are often based in complex, difficult contexts. Fundamental to the Arts degree is the ability to analyse and understand those contexts, to situate them in the complexity of human pasts and present, and to develop innovative, collaborative solutions. Your study in this area will prepare you to thrive in a complex world and to use your knowledge to make change in your career and community.

Leading collaboratively and cross-culturally

Considering views other than your own, thinking cross-culturally, and preparing yourself to be a responsible, respectful global citizen: these skills are essential for the leaders of tomorrow, no matter the profession, and your study in this area will build your capabilities in these areas, while exploring some of the urgent questions of the day.

Leading with purpose

Whether working in a team, designing an innovative solution, or being a part of global communities, your ability to communicate clearly and respectfully will be needed to take your work from idea to action, and from action to impact. Your study in this area will explore how we communicate and whose voices are heard, will develop critical skills in collaboration and leadership, and will strengthen your voice in the interactions in your personal, educational, and professional life.

Flagship Rich Educational Experiences

Flagship Rich Educational Experiences (FREE) give students a personal curation of rich educational experiences focusing on the challenges defining our world and future. Current educational experiences offered include: Global Immersion Guarantee (GIG), Monash Innovation Guarantee (MIG) and Research, Experimentation and Discovery (RED).

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Bachelor of Arts