C04204v2 Master of Arts in Social Inquiry

Overview

The Graduate Program in Social Inquiry aims to critically engage with questions of social change, combining theory and practice and deliberately crossing disciplinary divides.

Course aims

Students completing this course are able to: draw on a conceptual base spanning sociology, politics and cultural studies that is academically rigorous and socially relevant; bring together social research and advocacy through qualitative methodology, action research and collaborative social inquiry; and develop rigorous and systematic approaches to social practice, with a focus on advocacy and communication.

Career options

Career options include researcher, policy analyst, political adviser, media researcher, new media writer, social advocate, political campaigner, academic and more.

Articulation

This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Public History (C11072), the Graduate Certificate in Social Inquiry (C11187), the Graduate Certificate in Cross-Border Studies (C11188), the Graduate Diploma in Social Inquiry (C07106), and the Master of Arts in Social Inquiry.

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma and who are admitted to a more advanced-level course in the program are eligible for recognition of prior learning for completed subjects in the more advanced course.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants must demonstrate a very strong level of education, background and capability. It is expected that applicants will have an undergraduate degree and/or professional experience in the field and that they will have demonstrated a high level of interest and knowledge in the area of social inquiry.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Students who have successfully completed a course in the Public History program or the Social Inquiry program and who are admitted to this course are eligible for recognition of prior learning for completed subjects.

Course duration and attendance

This course is offered on a one-and-a-half-year full-time, or equivalent part-time basis.

Course structure

The Master of Arts in Social Inquiry comprises 72 credit points of study. Students complete three compulsory subjects equivalent to 24 credit points, plus a Master's project equivalent to 16 credit points. In addition, students choose four electives equivalent to 32 credit points from a bank of available subjects.

Full-time students undertake 24 credit points per semester. Part-time students undertake at least 8 credit points per semester.

Course completion requirements

Course program

Typical course programs are shown below for both full-time and part-time students, commencing in both Autumn and Spring semesters.

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