Masters Qualifying in Anthropology and Sociology with a research component

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Program structure
  • Core unit

General information

Program code: 1988 + Program fees: Local students -- HECS; international students -- $A13,500 + Coordinator: 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 by undertaking coursework and a research project. The Masters Qualifying in Anthropology and Sociology, with a grade of H2A or above, qualifies students to apply for entry into the PhD or MA programs. The program may be taken over one year full-time or two years part-time.

Entry requirements

For entry to the Masters Qualifying in Anthropology and Sociology, applicants should have a pass degree at credit level or above in the relevant discipline.

Program structure

All students must take ASM4000 (Research project) and three additional units chosen from the following:

Core unit

• ASM4000 Research project

Three of the following 12-point units, selected in accordance with the student's research project:

• SYM4005 Qualitative research strategies
• SYM4015 Secondary analysis of official statistics
• SYM4025 Survey research
• SYM4045 Applied statistics
• SYM4055 Application of computer techniques
• SYM4035 Theoretical and methodological issues in applied social research
• SYM4065 Issues in public policy
• ASM4230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
• ASM4280 Intergenerational tyrannies: gender, age and culture
• ASM4290 Theorising culture
• ASM4380 Women, psychiatry and madness
• ASM4430 The third world
• ASM4440 Asia and the West
• ASM4500 The social construction of disabilities
• ASM4510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
• ASM4630 Feminism cross-culturally
• ASM4800 Special ASM unit
• RLM4100 Religion in Australian society
• WSM4020 Feminist research
• WSM4180 Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse

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