PhD

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Coursework and research structure

General information

Course code: 0020 + Course fees: Local students - HECS; international students -- $A13,500 pa + Coordinator: Professor Andrew Milner

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy may be taken by research only or by research and coursework. The PhD by research only is taken by submission of a 80,000 to 90,000-word thesis on an approved topic. The PhD by research and coursework normally consists of three eight-point coursework subjects and a 60,000 to 75,000-word research thesis on an approved topic. Subjects are offered subject to sufficient student numbers.

Entry requirements

Candidates for admission to the PhD should normally hold a first class or second class division A four-year honours degree or MA in an appropriate discipline, or a masters qualifying with first class honours or second class division A, with a grade of distinction or above for the research component. Mid-year entry is possible for the PhD by research only.

Coursework and research structure

The degree will consist of a research thesis plus a selection of two 12-point units from the following:

• CRT6000 Critical theory: a survey
• CRT6010 Critical theory: an approach
• CRT6020 Critical theory: a theorist
• CRT6030 French language
• CRT6040 German language PhD subjects are graded PGO (Pass Grade Only)

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