Postgraduate courses and subjects 2000 - Humanities, communications and social sciences (Gippsland campus)

Humanities, communications and social sciences (Gippsland campus)

Head: Margaret Lynn
The School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences is located at the Gippsland campus. Teaching and research within the school focuses around a number of disciplinary areas, including history, politics, Indonesian, journalism, Koorie studies, mass communications, writing, sociology, social research and social welfare. Particular areas of academic expertise include Australian politics; Australian history; citizenship and governance; public policy; social policy; radio journalism; television journalism; cultural theory; mass communications; media studies; organisational communication; multimedia; relations between media, culture and power; creative writing; gender studies; feminist theory; community development; welfare practice and methodology; social work in rural contexts; sociology of work; sociology of deviance; environmental sociology; cross-cultural sociology; social research; sociology of race and ethnicity; research methodology; sociology of religion.
The school offers postgraduate study towards the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts by research in a variety of disciplinary areas: Australian studies, communications, community studies, Asian studies, gender studies, history, politics, journalism and sociology.
Further information may be obtained by contacting the school (telephone (03) 5122 6339, facsimile (03) 5122 6359, email HUMASS.info@arts.monash.edu.au).