The discipline of Australian studies aims to create, interpret and analyse critical aspects of Australian society in order to promote understanding in, and involvement with, the national and international communities. Research strengths include fiction and non-fiction writing about Australia, biographical studies, urban and rural landscapes, tourism and heritage, civics and citizenship.
The National Centre for Australian Studies (NCAS) promotes the development of teaching and research in Australian studies through innovative undergraduate courses and postgraduate programs, research projects, public programs and international linkage. Research has been undertaken by centre staff in literary, bibliographical and biographical work, cultural policy, heritage studies, urban transport and trade union history, and tourism.
Australian studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that interprets
and analyses critical aspects of Australian society in order to promote
understanding in and involvement with the national and international
communities. The centre has also developed vocationally oriented tuition in
communications and media studies, tourism, and publishing and editing. Centre
staff cooperate with other schools within the university in the development of
its research and teaching programs. Masters and doctoral supervision is
available in these and other areas.
Published works of research have been undertaken by NCAS staff and postgraduate
students in such fields as urban history, biography, literary studies,
environmental studies and tourism. The centre welcomes the interest of
international students and visitors in its programs. For further information,
see http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/ncashome.html.
Staff supervise research masters and PhD candidates. Refer to the entries for PhD and research masters in the Arts research section for course details. See also entries for `Communications', `Publishing and editing' and `Tourism'.
See also the entry for `Humanities, communications and social sciences' (Gippsland campus) and http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/about/.
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