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Master of Mind and Society

Course code: 3908 + Course abbreviation: MMind&Soc + Total credit points required: 72 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield; Clayton)

Course description

Mind and society studies at Monash explore the mind--society interface in modern, multicultural societies. Its goal is to provide mid-career mental health professionals and others with a broad and deep understanding of the social and psychodynamic forces which shape individuals, social institutions and societies. It will be of interest to psychotherapists, psychiatrists and counsellors, policy analysts, researchers and administrators in the mental health field, as well as postgraduate students interested in the debates developing between psychological medicine and the social sciences.

The approach to teaching is inter-disciplinary, in which history, politics, sociology, cultural studies and psychodynamics come together. Core units include an analysis of the principal schools and major debates around how the mind is made and how theories of the mind have shaped modernity and examine volatile contemporary issues of social, ethical and political concern through the lens of the psychotherapies. These issues are presented by a series of national and international guest speakers.

Entry requirements

Candidates should normally have completed a bachelors degree in any approved discipline or equivalent formal training. Prior relevant employment experience will also be considered at the discretion of the coordinator.

Course structure

Students complete 72 points, comprising 24 points of core units (12 points at level 4 and 12 points at level 5), plus 48 points of elective units, of which at least 12 points must be at level 5. Note that not all electives are available each year.

Core units

  • MIN4000 Introduction to mind and society (12 points)
  • MIN5010 Contested terrain: contemporary debates in social conflict, power and the study of the mind (12 points)

Electives

Choose four elective units from the following:

  • CHB4203/5203 Ethical issues in patient care (12 points)
  • CHB5207 Ethical issues in professional life (12 points)
  • HYM4270/5270 Research methods in biography and life writing (12 points )
  • HYM4280/5280 Reading and writing biography and life stories (12 points)
  • HYM4900/5900 History, biography and autobiography (12 points)
  • LLC4040/5040 Writing madness (12 points)
  • LLC4050/5050 Freud’s Vienna (12 points)
  • MIN5080 Race, self and social conflict (12 points)
  • MIN5090 Pathologies of the self (12 points)
  • PLM4145/5145 Crises of reason: psyche, society, morality (12 points) (offered from 2007)

Exit points

After successful completion of 24 points of coursework, comprising 12 points of core units (level 4) plus 12 points of elective units (level 4 or 5), students may exit the program with a Graduate Certificate of Mind and Society. After successful completion of 48 points of coursework, comprising 24 points of core units (12 at level 4 and 12 at level 5) and 24 points of elective units (levels 4 and/or 5), students may exit with a Graduate Diploma of Mind and Society.

Contact details

Course coordinators

Professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé, Professor Barbara Caine, Dr Graeme Smith

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