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Head:
Dr William H Foddy
Graduate coordinator: Dr Jan van Bommel
The department offers postgraduate programs in three disciplinary areas:
anthropology, sociology and comparative societies. The department can provide
supervision for research degrees at the masters and PhD levels. The academic
strengths of the department include social theory; comparative and historical
studies; the analysis of western societies and Australia in particular; Asia;
social change and 'development'; women, gender studies and feminism; social
policy; cultural studies; research methods.
The department offers two Master of Arts (MA) programs in anthropology and
sociology: by research (100 per cent) or by coursework and research
(66 per cent). It also offers a Masters Qualifying (MQual) in anthropology
and sociology with a research component. Students who choose to do coursework
in their research degree may select from a variety of subjects offered in the
department. As well, students may undertake a specialist Postgraduate Diploma
of Arts and/or an MA in applied social research (not offered in 1999). The
Postgraduate Diploma of Arts and the MA in applied social research aim to
provide students with a broad range of research skills and equip them for
careers in social research, government, industry and the public service.
ROBERT
BIRRELL Immigration policy and the implications; Australian society from an
historical and developmental perspective.
GARY BOUMA Sociology of religion (religiously plural societies, spirituality in
postmodernity, managing religious diversity); sociology of the family; social
psychology; sociology of occupations and professions.
CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN Homelessness; social class; youth issues; sociology and
public policy.
BARRY ELLEM Prison issues; qualitative research techniques.
WILLIAM FODDY Self processes; shame and guilt; survey methodology.
PENELOPE GRAHAM The anthropology of Southeast Asia; ritual, religion and
conversion; Asian labour migration; nationalism, ethnicity and the state;
orality and literacy (on leave 1999).
BRETT HOUGH Ethnography of Indonesia (with particular interest in Bali and
Java); the performing arts of Bali and Java; contemporary social theory;
sexuality and gender; ethnographic film making.
HELEN JOHNSON Ethnography of France (particularly Languedoc-Roussillon);
contemporary feminist theory; racial and sexual relations of power;
anthropological theory and practise in New Caledonia; women and gender
relations across cultures; feminist pedagogies and practices.
RAY JUREIDINI Sociology of work and industry; ethnicity and human rights;
ethics of organ transplantation; sociology of the law; economic sociology.
CATHERINE LEWIS Mass media; social history; education; gender, gender studies,
family.
CHRIS LLOYD Sexuality, gender and gender identity; feminist approaches to
research; feminist theory; unconscious processes in social life.
DON MILLER Religion and social inequality in India and Bali; social theory;
socio-cultural construction of 'disabilities,' sign language and deaf
culture.
DAWN RYAN Urban anthropology; Melanesian society; anthropology of religion;
population mobility in the Pacific; socio-religious movements in Melanesia;
theory and practice in ethnographic fieldwork.
MICHAEL STEVENSON Comparative studies of social and cultural transformations;
social movements and their political and cultural consequences; third world
studies; political economy; the anthropological history of prejudice and
discrimination.
ULLA SVENSSON Gender relations in the family; the welfare state and social
policies; foster caregivers; use of official statistics.
JAN VAN BOMMEL Women's studies; women, psychiatry and madness; female
subjectivity; qualitative methodology.
NAOMI ROSH WHITE Social construction of identity; sociology of children and
childhood; testimony memory and social knowledge; Holocaust.
ROBERT WOLFGRAMM Religion; ethnicity and multiculturalism; tradition and
politics in Fiji; popular music.
Course
code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Jan van Bommel
The degree of PhD is taken by the submission of a thesis not exceeding 100,000 words in length on a topic approved by the head of department. All students are allocated a principal supervisor and, in some instances, an associate supervisor and undertake a period of supervised study and research. Students who are enrolled on a probationary basis may be confirmed as PhD candidates subject to the receipt of a satisfactory report of the candidate's progress at the end of the probationary period. The period of candidature for a PhD is normally three years full-time or six years part-time. Graduate students enrolled for the PhD are expected to participate in departmental research seminars. For further information, please consult the Doctoral information handbook which is produced by the Research Training and Support Branch.
Applicants seeking entry to the PhD should normally have a bachelors degree with honours (H1 or H2A), or the equivalent, or a masters or masters qualifying degree with a substantial research component (H1 or H2A equivalent) in anthropology, sociology, comparative societies or another related discipline. Applications are judged on their academic merit and in relation to the capacity of the department to offer appropriate supervision.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Jan van Bommel
The research MA can be taken by submission of a thesis of 40,000-60,000 words in length. All students will be allocated a supervisor who has particular knowledge and expertise in the topic area. Students might be asked to audit subjects where this appears desirable. Students may be asked to attend one or more advanced seminar subjects where this appears desirable. Attendance at a fortnightly departmental research seminar is required.
For entry to the MA by research, applicants should have an honours degree with a grade of H1 or H2A in the relevant discipline (or equivalent qualification) or MQual in anthropology and sociology with an average grade of H2A or above.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Jan van Bommel
This course provides students who already have an honours degree in anthropology, sociology or other cognate disciplines with the opportunity to expand, update and deepen their knowledge and understanding. Other students may gain entry to this masters course by first completing an MQual with a research component. Students may choose such a program for various reasons, including the desire to pursue their own intellectual interests, to gain more specialised and detailed understanding of a particular area, to acquire technical and applied skills and knowledge or to prepare themselves for a PhD and a career in research and teaching.
Upon completion of the MA in anthropology and sociology, students will be able to evaluate published theoretical and research-based literature in their field of specialisation; understand the concepts central to their field; develop potential research projects in their field.
For entry to MA by coursework and research, applicants should have an honours degree with a grade of HI or H2A in a relevant discipline (or equivalent qualification) or an MQual with a research component in anthropology and sociology with an average grade of H2A or above.
The course comprises two eight-point subjects selected from those listed below and a thesis of 25,000-35,000 words (66 per cent). For students who were enrolled prior to 1998, and who are completing an MA by 100 per cent coursework, these subjects will continue to be offered at twelve points.
Course
code: 1988
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Ulla Svensson
This program is designed for students with a bachelors degree who want to expand and deepen their knowledge in one or more areas through undertaking coursework and a research project. The MQual in anthropology and sociology qualifies students to apply for entry into graduate study.
Upon completion of the MQual in anthropology and sociology, students should have developed an understanding of the main theories and concepts that are relevant to their research interests, and thus have acquired an up-to-date theoretical background to pursue a masters degree. The coursework, covering a range of topics and issues, will help students to select a research topic for further development in the master's degree. The research component of the MQual will be equivalent to doing exploratory research to establish the feasibility of undertaking thesis research on this particular topic for the MA in anthropology and sociology.
For entry to the MQual in anthropology and sociology applicants should have a pass degree at credit level or above in the relevant discipline.
All
students must take ASM4000 (Research project) and three additional subjects
chosen from the following four lists in accordance with the restrictions
indicated at the top of each list:
Core subject:
At least one of the following twelve-point subjects, which should be selected in accordance with the student's research project:
One or two of the following twelve-point subjects:
Not more than one of the following twelve-point, dual-listed third- and fourth-year subjects:
Not more than one of the following twelve-point subjects:
(Not
offered in 1999.)
Course code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Ulla Svensson
This course, which is offered full-time over one year or part-time over two years, provides training in team research and report writing. It is specifically designed for people who will conduct research projects but it is also designed for policy administrators who would not do research of their own but who are expected to read research reports, formulate research projects which will be commissioned, and cooperate with researchers who are either on their staff or who serve as outside consultants. The main part of the course consists of a group project on a social policy issue such as youth homelessness, domestic violence, or foster care, to provide practical experience of each step in the research process.
On completion of the course students should have gained practical experience of doing 'applied sociology'. They should have acquired experience of doing commissioned research; they should have experienced the benefits and difficulties of working in a research team; and they should have learnt to write a policy-oriented research report.
Completion of the Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Social Research) or an equivalent qualification, with a grade of credit average or above.
Students undertake the following full-year twenty-four-point subject:
Additionally students complete two of the following twelve-point subjects, not previously completed as part of the Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Social Research):
(not
offered in 1999.)
Course code: To be advised
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $12,000 pa
Coordinator: Dr Ulla Svensson
This course, which is offered full-time over one year or part-time over two years, seeks to develop practical skills in social research techniques. The course is designed for those with a major in sociology or a related field who wish to deepen their knowledge of social research techniques and the different kinds of evidence used to investigate contemporary social issues. Applied sociology is knowledge directed to understanding immediate problems and their solutions. Students who complete the course with a grade of credit average or above are eligible to continue with the MA in applied social research, which involves the undertaking of a team research project on a policy issue.
On completion of the course students should understand the importance of selecting a research technique which is appropriate for a specific research topic. They should be able to apply a critical understanding to the research literature on a topic and have the ability to formulate research designs for a broad range of topics and issues.
Applicants should possess a bachelors pass degree or equivalent qualification with a major in sociology, or a minor in sociology combined with a major in a cognate discipline, at credit level or above in the third-level subjects. Special admission will be considered for applicants with a different major if they have relevant and substantial experience in the field of social research, amounting to at least three years.
Students undertake four of the following twelve-point methodology subjects:
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