Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Course

This course provides a transition between the bachelors degree and research masters or PhD, enabling students both to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary and to demonstrate their suitability for higher research in their chosen discipline.

Students extend their undergraduate knowledge in a specific area of the humanities and social sciences through in-depth research, building upon their skills in the areas of research, analysis, writing and other forms of communication.

Students must successfully complete the requirements for one of the available postgraduate areas of study.

Students complete the requirements as detailed in the available disciplines entries listed under 'Areas of study'.

Areas of Study

• anthropology
• applied Japanese linguistics
• archaeology and ancient history
• Asian studies
• Australian Indigenous studies
• bioethics
• Chinese studies
• classical studies
• communications
• comparative literature and cultural studies
• critical theory
• drama and theatre studies
• English
• English as an international language
• environmental science
• European and European union studies
• film and television studies
• French studies
• geography
• German studies
• history
• Indonesian studies
• international development and environmental analysis
• Italian studies
• Japanese studies
• journalism
• Korean studies
• linguistics
• music
• philosophy
• politics
• psychological studies
• religion and theology
• sociology
• Ukrainian studies
• women's studies

Students who successfully complete this course and achieve at least a distinction in the 24 point research project are eligible to apply for a higher degree by research.

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)