Humanities strike back at La Trobe U

From La Trobe U Nick Bisley announces ‘a degree unlike any other in Australia”

“We put the human at the centre of rapid technological change,” says Professor Bisley (head of humanities and social sciences).

He’s talking about next year’s new Bachelor of Humanities, Innovation and Technology, with which LTU says graduates will, “gain the skills you need to become a future leader and guide the progress of society.” Big call, but whether it actually delivers when graduates start hitting their career straps, course content certainly looks like challenging fun. There are, among others, units on economics, history of innovation, on globalisation, “persuasive communication” and creative intelligence, plus “the science fiction imagination” and “virtual reality as philosophy”.

And if it turns out to be too challenging for UGs. not to worry – the units will have big MOOC appeal.


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