Areas of study by faculty: Arts

The interdisciplinary minor in African studies complements other areas of study within the Bachelor of Social Science. It aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the African continent in areas such as literature, culture, geography and politics.

Availability

African studies is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a minor.

This specialisation is designed to give students a strong understanding of language structures and use across a variety of languages. In the core units, you will explore the sounds and grammar of Australian English and how these differ from other English varieties and other languages around the world. Students also explore how we use language differently according to context and how language varies between different social groups. In elective units you will have the opportunity to specialise in areas such as literacy, second language acquisition or language and identity.

What does it mean to be Australian in the twenty-first century? How does Australia sit in the region and the world, in terms of society, politics, trade and cultural traditions? The interdisciplinary nature of Australian studies allows students to draw on a range of scholarly traditions for a broader understanding of Australian cultures, lifestyles and societies. Subjects focus on social, cultural, political and economic aspects of the Australian experience within broad regional and global contexts. Individual units focus on Australian cultural history and contemporary popular culture (especially film and television, sport and travel), war and its aftermath, environmental issues, and Australia's connections with its region and the world. This minor builds an understanding of the ways in which the social and cultural spheres intersect with politics and the economy, and how Australia's domestic context interacts with its international connections.

Availability

Australia in the world is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

The minor in Behavioural studies has particular focus on social behaviour. Our minor allows for students to gain understandings of human and social behaviour that complement a range of majors on offer within the Bachelor of Arts. The discipline draws on historical and emerging insights from psychological, philosophical, biological and cultural explanations of human behaviour. The minor also provides students with a strong foundation in social research methods. Many students completing majors in Anthropology, Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International relations benefit from completing a minor in Behavioural studies.

The minor allows graduates to develop skills valued by employers, including interpersonal and communication skills, critical reasoning, and analytical and teamwork skills. Our graduates have developed insight into their own behaviour and motivations and those of others making them socially savvy and interpersonally effective employees.

Availability

Behavioural studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this minor will be able to:

• apply an understanding of key concepts in human and social behaviour to real world issues of importance to contemporary society, and critically assess current approaches
• apply an understanding of knowledge production in behavioural studies in a range of contexts relevant to behavioural studies and the social sciences (e.g. behavioural health interventions and social inclusion programs)
• critically evaluate the psychological and sociocultural mechanisms underpinning behaviour.

Communication processes are integral to human society and culture. Since the 19th century rapid expansion and advances in media technologies have had profound impacts on developments in social, political, cultural and economic fields. In the 21st century, the impact of media technologies is expanding to all spheres of life - from interpersonal communication to professional practice, and enabling global networks of shared interests.

The communication major will enable you to develop a strategic and critical understanding of the role of mediated communication in society. You will explore the workings of the media and develop the skills to describe and analyse the organisation, processes, uses and effects of traditional and new communications. You will learn to critically analyse the media and learn about the structure of communications industries and the relations between media, culture and power in global and local contexts.

You will participate in a range of activities that develop key capabilities: creativity, teamwork, cross-cultural understanding, critical thinking, self-learning, researching and analytical writing skills. These will prepare you to work across the public and private sectors, and a wide range of communications industries.

Availability

Communication is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a major or minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course broadly, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. articulate an advanced understanding of key concepts, theoretical perspectives and scholarly debates in the field of communication and media studies

2. apply research techniques and research skills appropriate to the field of communication and media studies to study problems and evaluate research findings

3. apply core theoretical concepts of communication and media studies to specific debates in contemporary society

This specialisation will provide you with a strategic and analytical understanding of the situated roles and limitations of communication and the media and related fields in local and global contexts. You will extend this expertise in communication and media to include skills in utilising historical, textual and critical approaches to film and television, and related new screen technologies.

This specialisation is designed to meet the growing need for skilled professionals that have competencies in both business and environmental/sustainability management and who understand the nexus between the two. It is vocationally oriented and flexible to accommodate students who have only business or environmental backgrounds, people with significant industry experience and people wishing to move into the field.

This specialisation focuses on the development of theoretical and practical skills that emphasise the creative application of technology within professional music, sound, broadcast, multimedia and research contexts. It prepares you to undertake employment and research opportunities in the music business as well as in the broader creative industries.

This area of study is for students working at the crossroads of culture, economy and government. The cultural economy is a highly diverse sector, characterised by a complex ecosystem in which cultural and economic goals and dynamics combine in ways that transgress traditional disciplinary and policy boundaries. This area provides an overall guide to this cultural economy and the individual road maps needed to achieve different career ambitions within it. This might be work in the independent arts and creative/cultural industries; working in cultural policy, urban regeneration and branding, and community development; and/or seeking to place cultural economies in an historical context, and understand its implications for contemporary practice.

Development studies focus on the role and form of markets, states, and civil society in the amelioration of poverty and the improvement of human well-being in the Global South, in addition to a focus on the global aspects of development problems as well as their local and regional dimensions. The problems of development are social, economic, cultural, and political; they transcend the conventional boundaries of academic disciplines. Thus, the programme involves a blending of knowledge and perspectives from political science, economics, sociology, psychology, communication, health sciences, anthropology, geography, history, and resource and environmental science. The development studies major will be of interest to those who have an interest in public service, private practice and non-profit organisations involved in social, economic and political change and reform, empowerment, gender mainstreaming, the redress of poverty, and development communication, among others.

Availability

Development studies is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a major, extended major or minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. describe the main theories and concepts of development

2. explain the connections between these theories and concepts and selected cases of development

3. demonstrate independent critical thinking based on careful examination of study materials

4. apply lessons learnt to concrete examples of development in the Global South.

This specialisation is for students who wish to broaden and deepen their understanding and experience to enable societal and governmental change to support sustainability, and to enhance their qualifications for careers in environmental policy and analysis, planning, consulting, education, advocacy and management. Core units provide knowledge and skills to critically analyse problems of environmental governance and sustainability and to propose realistic solutions.

Through this specialisation you will develop critical thinking skills about music, including broadening your understanding of the role of music in society, music history, philosophical and aesthetic aspects of music, performance practice, and the music traditions of various cultures.

The specialisation culminates in a major project that may include archival work, the construction of a musical instrument, the preparation of a series of radio programs, the organisation of a music exhibition or the preparation of an academic publication. This specialisation enables you to pursue academic music study in preparation for a career in music research or various music-related vocations, for example, film, television and radio production, music publishing, music journalism, music administration, as well as archival, library and museum work.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

The French studies sequence is designed to enable students to develop communicative competence in the French language in all four basic language skills - speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing.

It also introduces students to Francophone African cultures, providing a medium through which not only the language, but also African societies, their histories (colonial and post-colonial) can be understood within the context of culture. Students explore aspects of Francophone African cultures through literature, film and other cultural texts and develop an understanding of the impact of French colonisation and the complex histories of the post-colonial experience.

Availability

French studies is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a first year sequence.

Gender studies is an exciting interdisciplinary field of inquiry that is informed by the belief that all social processes and institutions are 'gendered'. Studies in this area bring innovative theory and research techniques to understanding the ways in which our bodies are sexed, gendered and sexually oriented, how these relate to contemporary and global debates on sexual and reproductive health and rights and the plurality of sexualities with a dedicated focus on Asia. You will be introduced to a variety of critical models of analysis - feminist and queer - that will assist you in developing a range of methodological skills, including problem-solving skills. You will also develop transferable professional skills through the Workplace Learning Internship unit and an ethos of gender equality and social justice that is transferable to your future career.

Availability

Gender studies is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a minor and a major.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course broadly, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. appreciate and articulate a broad-based and advanced understanding of how genders and sexualities intersect in multidisciplinary fields of study

2. apply core theoretical concepts of gender and sexuality studies to specific and contemporary global debates with a focus on Asia

3. demonstrate an appreciation of diversity and integrate discipline-specific knowledge learned with practical work experiences, e.g. interning with non-governmental organisations, industry and community engagement

This is a new interdisciplinary field that fosters awareness of language as a critical site of cultural interaction and negotiation, conflict and cooperation. Students can take this specialisation with a language focus in Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Spanish.

Compulsory overseas study component

A minimum of 18 points must be chosen for study abroad from the units listed below or an overseas partner institution. For more information go to Arts study abroadArts study abroad (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/).

Global studies is an interdisciplinary area of study that brings to life the issues and events that have shaped, and continue to shape, our world. As the world globalises and states and economies become more integrated, it is important to understand how political, economic, social and cultural developments in different countries affect the world around us, whether states and communities can cooperate to address national, regional and global problems and the possibilities for a more peaceful and just global order. In global studies, you will begin by placing today's world in context: you will examine the history of the 20th century, and then move on to study the issues facing the world in the 21st century, many of which have roots in past political, economic and socio-cultural developments.

Availability

Global studies is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a major or minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad learning outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. demonstrate a deep understanding of a range of major issues and concepts associated with contemporary globalisation and how these are understood differently in a variety of national and cultural contexts

2. identify a range of theoretical tools used by scholars in order to understand and describe key issues and concepts, and have a demonstrated capacity to apply these across national and cultural boundaries

This specialisation will provide you with a strategic and analytical understanding of the situated roles and limitations of communication and the media and related fields in local and global contexts. To this you will add a detailed understanding of how political, economic, social and cultural developments in different countries affect the world around us, whether states and communities can cooperate to address national, regional and global problems and the possibilities for a more peaceful and just global order.

This specialisation provides students with a comprehensive understanding of how power, authority, and participation is managed within and amongst states as well as challenges to this domestically and internationally. Focus is on the practical applications of governance, institutions, the rule of law, and how this works in the contemporary global environment.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

The twentieth century has been called 'the century of genocide' but genocidal violence has continued unabated into the new millennium. This minor asks students to reflect upon why genocides take place and how people come to participate in mass violence. It promotes the study of the Holocaust and its relationship to the broader phenomenon of genocide and mass killing in history. Issues covered on the Holocaust include anti-Semitism, the Nazi state, ghettos and death camps, and the responses of victims, perpetrators and bystanders. Students examine the Holocaust as a symbol of the modern condition, its uniqueness and relationship to other forms of violence and genocide.

This minor also challenges students to grapple with the histories of other genocide beyond the Holocaust, including such case studies as Armenia, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Darfur, as well as questions pertaining to Indigenous populations of the Americas, Africa and Australia, among others. Themes studied across all genocides include trauma and testimony, the limits of representation, the survivor experience across generations and cultures, the role of the law in adjudicating war crimes, media coverage of atrocity, and the failure to prevent genocide.

This minor presents strong overseas unit offerings that enable students to integrate their academic inquiry in Australia with intensive on-site study and hands-on practical work in places including Rwanda and South Africa, as well as European sites of life and destruction associated with the Holocaust.

Availability

Holocaust and genocide studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

It is available to students who have completed at least two gateway units in Arts.

In the era of globalisation, one of the most important concepts in international affairs is human rights. The major in Human rights is interdisciplinary, examining the history and the nature of human rights and addressing basic issues such as: What are human rights? Are human rights culturally relative? How can human rights be justified? You will examine how these issues relate to pressing practical problems, for instance, how an understanding of human rights helps to address issues such as global poverty, unequal access to medicine, refugees, terrorism, warfare, children's rights, humanitarian intervention, torture, surveillance, and more.

The Human Rights major or minor is an excellent complement to studies in law, criminology, journalism, international studies, politics, international relations, philosophy, history, development studies and sustainability. As a student of human rights you will acquire strong analytic abilities and communication skills, and will have expertise in areas that are of relevance to employers in the non-government organisation (NGO) sector, a wide variety of professions and in the federal and state public service and their statutory authorities.

Availability

Human rights is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a major or minor, and A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts at Caulfield and Clayton as a major.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will:

• have a deep understanding of the history, politics and philosophy of human rights
• be able to critically analyse policy proposals which bear on human rights issues, such as global poverty, immigration, and armed conflict.

This specialisation is for students who wish to pursue careers or enhance their professional skills in international development and environmental management. Core units introduce students to comparative perspectives on development and environment, and integrative approaches to management of natural resources and landscapes. The specialisation provides rigorous theoretical and practical training in analysis of international development policies and programs targeting urban and rural environments, climate change, biodiversity conservation, food security, management of rural livelihoods and commons resources, and privatisation of ecosystem services.

International development is an interdisciplinary area of study focused on understanding and addressing the political, economic, cultural and ecological challenges that can lead to extreme poverty, poor health, fragile governance, inequality and environmental vulnerability. Focusing on ideas, theories, and debates in their historical and current context, students will explore issues such as governance, disaster management and resilience, global health, migration and mobility, gender, civil society, gender peace and security, human rights, political institutions, and globalization. The focus is on applying the skills and knowledge gained in the degree in order to develop sustainable solutions to the worlds most pressing problems.

This specialisation will advance your knowledge across international trade, diplomacy, and international law. It is designed for people at the start of their careers as well as people working in the field who want to develop their careers in international public policy, NGOs and government departments such as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

This specialisation looks at how tourism can be compatible with the development of sustainable organisations, urban and rural development/regeneration, natural resource management and wildlife conservation, as well as the diversifying benefits from international and domestic tourism. It facilitates the development of skills and techniques to develop tourism policies and practices in a global setting and to management tourism development and enterprises in the direction of more sustainable practice.

This specialisation will equip you for work in areas where interpreting (i.e. verbal translation) and cross-cultural skills are required such as healthcare, legal, business, court, education but also diplomacy and international meetings and conferences. Training is bi-directional and in two languages and prospective students must be highly proficient and able to fluently converse in both.

Islamic studies provides an introduction to Islamic teachings, history in classical and modern periods, contemporary thought, and comparative studies.

Availability

Islamic studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

Jewish studies equips students with an understanding of Jewish civilisation in its many aspects - language and literature, history, theology, philosophy, rabbinics, law, politics and sociology. The level 1 gateway units will provide students with an understanding of the foundations of Jewish history, followed by more specialised electives across a diverse range of disciplines and areas of study. The minor offers several overseas units based at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy.

Availability

Jewish studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

In a rapidly changing media landscape, the Journalism Studies minor will provide you with the necessary techniques to develop and hone your journalistic skills. It prepares students for a career in several communication disciplines including print, broadcast and online journalism. The program is intended to prepare you for the fast-paced world of multi-media journalism and is founded on the principle that robust, accurate and ethical news-gathering is essential to democratic governance.

These studies will push you to cultivate a passion for the news while also focusing on journalism both as a professional and disciplinary practice. You will explore foundational and contemporary scholarship about the context and practice of journalism in Malaysia and internationally.

Upon successfuly completing this program, you will be able to cover stories across multiple platforms, thus preparing you for appropriate industry employment or postgraduate study if desired.

Availability

Journalism studies is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this minor will:

1. demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary news media

2. understand and apply the basic principles of news-gathering, writing, editing and reporting

3. demonstrate a broad understanding of news production and the media's influence in society

4. demonstrate skills in media production in at least one media platform.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

Through this specialisation you will acquire experience and skills in music composition. The program offers supervision of your compositional projects and encourages work in various media, including acoustic, electronic, and contemporary solo and ensemble combinations. You will also have the opportunity to work with and have your compositions performed by several large and small ensembles in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music.

Students with strong musical aptitude in classical or jazz performance may undertake this specialisation. You will acquire an assured instrumental or vocal technique and demonstrate specific performance practice skills by participating in a variety of ensembles. Throughout the program you will undertake both solo and ensemble work.

The Performance minor provides students with knowledge and practice-based understanding of the elements required in professional theatre-making. The minor is designed to complement the 48 point Theatre major and to build on level 1 study in the Theatre major. The level 2 and level 3 Performance units integrate theoretical study of performance with hands-on instruction in and exploration of acting, technical knowledge, devising and performing theatre, thus providing the professionally relevant knowledge of core skills needed to create work within the performing arts industry.

Availability

Performance is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

This program provides research master's students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge, expertise and skill in their chosen discipline.

Political studies is a broad area of study that tends to overlap with all the other major social science disciplines. It is an excellent discipline for learning about the interrelationships in the human world, and for acquiring a diverse range of interpretive, analytic and synthetic (especially conceptual) skills. The discipline is engaged in critical debates about resource allocation, decision-making, social behaviour and political action, the management or resolution of conflict, power struggles, ideologies and political movements, and the nature of the government and the state, including relations between states. The study of politics is ultimately concerned with important questions about the nature of power and authority, with the relationship between theory and practice, and with trying to understand the nature of social existence and the conditions needed for establishing more desirable forms of human community.

Availability

Political studies is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a major, extended major, or minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. identify, interpret and explain theoretical and ideological paradigms on politics and international relations with regard to key elements including the role of the state, power and political systems, political economy, democracy and freedom and transformation, closed and open political systems

2. critically evaluate and compare multiple perspectives on fundamental political debates concerning power, accountability, freedom and political change domestically, regionally and globally.

3. critically apply political theory to real world examples of key contemporary issues including: human rights and human security, poverty and development, political violence and terrorism, conflict, identity and multiculturalism, and to a range of political institutions and processes including leadership and elections, policy making, political parties and civil society.

This specialisation provides students with a critical engagement with manifestations of political violence, as well as the ideologies and conditions that give rise to political violence. Focus is on understanding terrorism and political extremism, the conditions associated with preventing and combating political violence, and the impacts of these activities on democratic and civil liberties.

Public relations practice will provide you with both an understanding and the application of relevant competencies and skills to meet the challenges of contributing to organisational effectiveness. It will prepare you for careers in managing the strategic corporate communication and public relations functions of an organisation.

An emphasis is placed on skills development in the utilisation of both traditional and new media, publicity and media relations, stakeholder mapping and profiling, integrated strategic planning and the interfaces between marketing, advertising and corporate communication.

The major provides a sound theoretical platform from which the practice is launched and includes case study analysis, the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of strategic communication plans, campaigns and events, and work integrated learning.

Availability

Public relations practice is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a major or minor.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

1. analyse strategic public relations practice in South Africa and emerging markets in Africa and globally;

2. explain the increased responsibility, scrutiny and accountability of organisations in terms of corporate citizenship and social responsibility;

3. develop proactive crisis and issue management plans;

4. develop skills in using both traditional and new media, publicity and media relations, stakeholder mapping and integrated strategic planning; and

5. prepare public relations campaigns and events.

Screen studies involves historical, textual and critical approaches to film and television, and related new screen technologies. The Film and television studies major covers Asian and European national cinemas, a range of directors and genres, early and contemporary cinema, film stardom and popular television genres.

Emphasis is given to a variety of historical, critical and theoretical methods of analysis appropriate to the study of the moving image, including formal, institutional, reception based and cultural studies approaches, consideration of issues relating to the intersection of ideology and culture, the representation of gender, race and class, and questions concerning the relations between film and television and new technologies.

Availability

Film and television studies is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a minor.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the minor, students will be able to:

1. identify and evaluate screen theory and scholarly debates in relation to contemporary and historical screen media examples and methods (review/evaluation of critical debate or literature review)

2. critically reflect on and synthesise screen theoretical approaches and communicate this in written, oral and audio-visual form (research essay and presentations)

3. understand and apply a range of theoretical approaches to contemporary and historical narrative and non-narrative forms of film, television and online screen critically engage with contemporary and historical practices of cinema and television criticism

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

This specialisation provides in-depth knowledge of issues surrounding the teaching and use of English as an international language. It explores issues that relate to the socio-cultural, conceptual, and ideological considerations that relate to the spread of English around the world. It addresses issues such as the speaker's identity, teaching of English as an international language, and the use of English as a lingua franca in international professional contexts.

The Centre for Theatre and Performance at Monash University offers one of the most comprehensive Theatre programs in the country. By studying Theatre at Monash, students can take advantage of world-class facilities, opportunities and hands-on learning. Our Theatre units provide students with the tools to think critically about the field, preparing them for a future where theatre and performance increasingly cross genres, cultures, geographic boundaries, and modes of artistic expression.

The Theatre major addresses the making and analysis of theatre and performance. It is both practical and theoretical and reflects the premise that an understanding of performance processes and an active engagement with them is essential to the reading of dramatic texts or theatre history. The study of the past, present and future of the performance is grounded in both theoretical frameworks and reflective, participatory explorations of key themes and questions. Units cut across a wide range of approaches to theatre and performance and strive to achieve a balance between performance opportunities and a challenging academic program.

The Centre for Theatre and Performance has an enviable reputation for industry placements and offers flagship opportunities through its Monash/Malthouse Theatre partnership. Students can enjoy a diverse range of internship opportunities gaining experience from placements with professional theatre companies, theatre festivals, industry professionals and regional theatre programs.

As a graduate, you will be well informed, reflective, adventurous and creative. You will be equipped with the fundamental skills that all employers today need - namely strong oral and written communication skills - as well as the ability to work collaboratively and to think on your feet. Studying Theatre will provide you with an extra edge to succeed in a wide range of careers including the entertainment industry, public relations, marketing or teaching.

Availability

Theatre is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a major or minor, and A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts at Clayton as a major.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge in the field of theatre and be able to apply such knowledge to specific case studies
• apply their learning to professional work or to advanced studies and be able to demonstrate insight into the breadth and diversity of theatre and its place within the broader scope of the arts and social sciences
• demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of key areas of theatre history, theory and practice within both educational and professional contexts
• draw upon skills in research through performance and be able to apply such skills in a transdisciplinary manner

Honours studies in this area will advance students' knowledge and competencies in the discipline of Theatre and Performance.

Students complete 48 points of study comprising research and two coursework units.

The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the theatre and performance honours coordinator.

This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.

Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.

This program is offered by the Arts Research Graduate School, and is also applicable to students studying externally.

This specialisation will equip you for work in areas where written translation and writing skills are required such as literary and cultural translation, cross-cultural communication, business, law, science and technology, publishing, editing, journalism etc. Students in this specialisation work from their B language into their A language. This stream also focusses on research methodologies for those who want to pursue doctoral studies in translation studies.

The writing major will enable you to gain an understanding of a range of writing practices in the context of communication and media studies, contemporary cultural theory, and analyses of literary and other media forms. Through the study of writing you will become familiar with different kinds of contemporary writing, especially prose forms, and acquire detailed knowledge of a range of techniques associated with contemporary cultural production. Upper-level units offer the opportunity to reflect critically on your own writing practices while developing and applying skills and techniques though individual and collaborative projects. The emphasis throughout the major is on exploring the many forms and possibilities of writing by contextualising writing practice through reflecting on a range of textual histories and cultural theories.

Availability

Writing is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as a minor or major.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course broadly, students successfully completing this major will:

1. Appreciate the symbiotic relationship between the content of writing and the formal features of writing (i.e. generic type, deployment of devices, etc.) during the act of interpretation.

2. Understand the way in which writers negotiate with, represent and address, social, political, cultural and ideological issues through various overt (social criticism, lampoons, parodies etc.) or covert (satires, allegories, etc.) writing styles.

3. Recognize the significance of the target audience's role in determining the motivations and direction underscoring the writing process.