Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Masters Qualifying in Anthropology and Sociology with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Mid-year entry available + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton)
Coordinators: Anita Harris and Michael Stevenson

Course description

This course is designed for students with a bachelors degree who want to expand and deepen their knowledge in one or more areas of anthropology and sociology by undertaking coursework and a research project.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have a pass degree at credit level or above in the relevant discipline.

Course 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
• SYM4045 Applied statistics
• 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
• ASM4510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
• ASM4800 Special ASM unit
• RLM4100 Religion in Australian society
• WSM4020 Feminist research

Articulation

The program, with a grade of H2A or above, qualifies students to apply for entry into PhD or MA programs in the area.
For further information on the research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under `Research programs'.

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