Postgraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Masters Qualifying in Anthropology and Sociology with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Clayton + Mid-year entry available + Coordinators: Anita Harris and Michael Stevenson

Synopsis

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 PhD or MA programs in the area. The program may be taken over one year full-time or two years part-time.

For further information on the research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under `Research programs'.

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

Students complete 48 points including ASM4000 (Research project) and three additional units chosen from the following and selected in accordance with the student's research project:

• SYM4005 Qualitative research strategies
• SYM4015 Secondary analysis of official statistics
• SYM4025 Survey research
• SYM4055 Application of computer techniques
• SYM4035 Theoretical and methodological issues in applied social research
• SYM4065 Issues in public policy
• ASM4100 Violences
• ASM4230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
• ASM4290 Into the field: the theory and practice of ethnography
• 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

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