Australian studies aims to investigate and analyse Australian society, culture and politics in order to support greater understanding of Australia both locally and internationally. Australian studies is a dynamic, interdisciplinary subject area which provides insight into the modern world by applying historical perspectives to contemporary issues.
The
National Centre for Australian Studies (NCAS) plays a key role in the
development of teaching and research in Australian studies both nationally and
internationally. NCAS offers innovative undergraduate courses and postgraduate
programs taught by staff actively engaged in research projects, public programs
and international collaboration. The research interests of staff range from
politics and trade union history to youth and Indigenous tourism; from
publishing to media studies; from the history of advertising to diasporic Asian
identities and culture. MA and doctoral supervision is available from staff
publishing in these and other areas.
NCAS also offers internationally recognised vocationally-oriented tuition in
communications and media studies, tourism, and publishing and editing. NCAS
staff have expertise in applying interactive, multimedia technologies to
teaching and have produced a range of multimedia resources in Australian
studies. Teaching and research supervision at NCAS is informed by a commitment
to the internationalisation of Australian studies.
NCAS 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 earlier in this section for course details. See also the
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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