Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2003: Units indexed by faculty
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Humanities, communications and social sciences


Gippsland campus

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, 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; 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, social welfare, sociology and writing. Mid-year entry is available for courses and programs.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Louise Bye, postgraduate administrator, on telephone (03) 5122 6575, fax (03) 5122 6400, email HUMCASS.info@arts.monash.edu.au or via the website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/humcass.

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