Postgraduate course information

Applications

Applicants need to lodge an application through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Applicants can be made an offer if they possess a Bachelor's degree, a Master's degree, a Graduate Diploma or a Graduate Certificate. Applicants who do not have one of the listed academic qualifications must submit a Personal Statement and curriculum vitae. Applicants for the Master of Arts in Creative Writing and Master of Arts in Media Arts and Production must submit a Personal Statement, a curriculum vitae and a portfolio of creative work. For further information visit:

Postgraduate coursework

The Faculty offers graduate coursework programs in:

• Information and Knowledge Management
• International Studies
• Journalism
• Media Arts and Production
• Public Communication, and
• Writing.

Within each program, courses may be offered at the level of Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master's degree.

Most programs are articulated so that students can progress through the program at their own pace and more effectively meet their individual study and development needs. This also allows students to enter the program at a point appropriate to their qualifications and experience.

The graduate programs are normally structured as follows:

• Master's degrees – 72 credit points
• Graduate Diplomas – 48 credit points
• Graduate Certificates – 24 credit points.

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 in the more advanced course for completed subjects.

The graduate program generally consists of subjects from 200 to 500 level, with a Master's degree requiring some subjects at 500 level.

All graduate courses are fee-paying courses.

Typical programs

The typical programs provided for each course indicate a suggested pattern of enrolment depending on subject load and semester commencement.

Subject availability

Subjects in the graduate programs are normally offered every semester or every year. Classes proceed in a given semester only when there is sufficient demand. The Faculty reserves the right to cancel a class or a subject if it is not viable.

Electives

Where course requirements allow a free choice of electives, students may select subjects from graduate programs in the Faculty or subjects from other faculties in the University. Students may select subjects beyond the lists of elective subjects for particular courses with the approval of the Graduate Adviser. Not all subjects are available every semester.

Progression rules

Postgraduate students are advised that they may be excluded from a course if they exceed the maximum time allowed for completion of that course (Section 10.5, University Rules).

Postgraduate research

The Faculty Research Office prepares a Faculty Research Degree Information Booklet which contains the selection criteria and details of supplementary information required by the Faculty from course applicants, as well as a list of supervisors, their areas of expertise and their contact details.

The booklet is available from the Research Degrees Administrator in the Faculty Office or online at:

Application forms are available from the University Graduate School or online at:

Applicants should contact potential supervisors to discuss their proposed research project prior to submitting their application.

The deadline for applications for all applicants wanting to commence the following March is the final working day in October. In the event of a mid-year intake the deadline is the last week in May.

Supervision

The Faculty has the capacity to supervise theses in the fields of:

• cultural studies
• media arts
• new media and cultural theory
• digital media and the social sciences
• writing
• social activism
• journalism
• public media
• public communication
• public history, and
• information studies.

Within these broad fields there are specific areas of supervision capacity which change slightly each year.