Master of Arts (MA) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2011

Master of Arts

Ancient History

Please note that this program is designed for students with little or no prior background in the field. Some of the courses listed in this field are delivered jointly to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

#24 comprising -

Part A

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
ANCH7900 2 Research Methods
ANCH7910 4 Applied Research Methods
ANCH7920 2 Historians of Greece & Rome

Part B

#8 from courses listed below, or #6 from courses listed below and #2 from any LATN or GREK course

Course Code Units Course Title
ANCH7030 2 Myth, The Occult & the Divine in the Ancient World
ANCH7130 2 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Monarchy
ANCH7230 2 Rise of the Roman Empire
ANCH7270 2 The Art of Rome
ANCH7290 2 The Art of Greece
ANCH7300 2 City Centres of Greece & Rome
ANCH7961 4 Problems in the Ancient World A

Part C

and #8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ANCH7980 8 Dissertation
[ or
[ ANCH7981 8 Dissertation

Or other electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.

Ethics

Please note that this program is designed for students with little or no prior background in the field. Some of the courses listed in this field are delivered jointly to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

#24, comprising #2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PHIL7113 2 Introduction to Ethics

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Course Code Units Course Title
HIST7601 2 Ghosts from the Past: Problems of Revenge & Reconciliation in History
MGTS7607 2 Ethical Issues in Management
PHIL7213 2 The Nature of Moral Values
PHIL7214 2 Social Ethics
PHIL7221 2 Environmental Philosophy
PHIL7228 2 Bioethics
PHIL7230 2 Phenomenology & Existentialism
PHIL7233 2 Political Philosophy
PHIL7275 2 Social & Economic Justice
PHIL7285 2 Crime & Punishment: Issues in Legal Justice

and #8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PHIL7990 4 Masters Thesis I
PHIL7991 4 Masters Thesis II

Or other electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.

History

Please note that this program is designed for students with little or no prior background in the field. Some of the courses listed in this field are delivered jointly to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

#24, comprising #16 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
HIST7000 2 America in the Nuclear Age
HIST7102 2 The Emergence of Modern Indonesia
HIST7103 2 Problems in Modern Asian History
HIST7203 2 Heritage in Context
HIST7247 2 Australia since Federation: Society & Culture from 1901
HIST7249 2 War and Australian Society
HIST7300 4 Major Local & Applied History Project
HIST7400 2 European Radical Right & Fascism
HIST7401 2 Industry and Empire: Britain 1780-1880
HIST7404 2 Europe in the High Middle Ages
HIST7601 2 Ghosts from the Past: Problems of Revenge & Reconciliation in History
HIST7603 2 Special Studies in History
HIST7606 2 Research Methods for Historians
HIST7800 4 Problems in History

and #8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
HIST7801 8 Thesis
HIST7802 8 History Thesis
HIST7803 8 History Thesis

Or other electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.

Humanities

#24 consisting of the following courses and courses listed in the GCArts, GDipArts and MA Lists. Program plan to be approved by the Associate Dean, Academic.

Course Code Units Course Title
AUST6100 2 Issues in Australian Studies
AUST6120 2 Nation & Culture

Linguistics

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Course Code Units Course Title
LING6100 2 Introduction to Linguistics: Syntax, Morphology & Semantics
LING6105 2 Introduction to Linguistics: Phonetics and Phonology
LING6110 2 English: History, Change & Variation
LING6115 2 Special Topics in Linguistics A
LING6120 2 Special Topics in Linguistics B
LING7100 2 Topics in Semantics
LING7105 2 Issues in Phonetics
LING7110 2 Issues in Phonology
LING7120 2 Linguistics and Readings
LING7125 2 Study of an Aboriginal Language
LING7130 2 Mind and Language: Cognitive Approaches to Grammar and Meaning
LING7135 2 Sociolinguistics Perspectives on Communication
LING7140 2 Linguistic Typology & Morphological Theory
LING7145 2 Topics in Generative Syntax
LING7150 2 Special Topics in Linguistics C
LING7155 2 Special Topics in Linguistics D
LING7165 2 Topics in Pragmatics
LING7195 4 Short Dissertation
SLAT7805 2 Second Language Acquisition
SLAT7806 2 Research Methods

Philosophy

Please note that this program is designed for students with little or no prior background in the field. Some of the courses listed in this field are delivered jointly to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

#24, comprising #16 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PHIL7100 2 Introductory Philosophy
PHIL7102 2 Introduction to Logic (Graduate)
PHIL7111 2 Critical Reasoning (Graduate)
PHIL7113 2 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL7121 2 Environment and Culture
PHIL7140 2 Philosophy, Sexuality & Self
PHIL7200 2 Epistemology & Metaphysics (Graduate)
PHIL7201 2 Representation & Reality: The Philosophy of Language
PHIL7202 2 Paradoxes
PHIL7205 2 Consciousness, Rationality & the Emotions: The Philosophy of Mind
PHIL7207 2 Chance, Coincidence & Chaos
PHIL7210 2 Worlds, Possible & Impossible: An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic
PHIL7213 2 The Nature of Moral Values
PHIL7214 2 Social Ethics
PHIL7215 2 Philosophy of the Life Sciences
PHIL7216 2 Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Science
PHIL7218 2 The Rise of Modern Philosophy
PHIL7219 2 Women,Reason,Desire: Feminisim &Western Philosophy
PHIL7220 2 Time Travel
PHIL7221 2 Environmental Philosophy
PHIL7222 2 Kant & European Philosophy
PHIL7228 2 Bioethics
PHIL7230 2 Phenomenology & Existentialism
PHIL7231 2 The Political in French Philosophy (Graduate)
PHIL7233 2 Political Philosophy
PHIL7234 2 Postmodernism & Philosophy
PHIL7250 2 Philosophy & Art
PHIL7260 2 Greek Philosophy
PHIL7275 2 Social & Economic Justice
PHIL7285 2 Crime & Punishment: Issues in Legal Justice
PHIL7330 2 Special Topic in Philosophy A
PHIL7362 2 Contemporary European Philosophy (Graduate)
PHIL7363 2 Advanced Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy
PHIL7700 2 Philosophy & Classroom Inquiry: Integrating curriculum, teaching & learning.

and #8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PHIL7990 4 Masters Thesis I
PHIL7991 4 Masters Thesis II

Or other electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.

Studies in Religion

Please note that this program is designed for students with little or no prior background in the field. Some of the courses listed in this field are delivered jointly to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

#24 comprising -

Part A

#16 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
RELN7010 2 Religion, Spirituality, Nature
RELN7011 2 Religion in Media, Film and Music
RELN7100 2 Jung on Religion
RELN7101 2 Psychology & Religion
RELN7110 2 Trance, Shamanism & Alternative Spiritualities
RELN7113 2 Spirituality and the Everyday
RELN7118 2 Spirituality & Sport
RELN7300 2 Rituals, Priests & Kings: A History of Hinduism
RELN7301 2 Buddhism in India & East Asia
RELN7307 2 Contemporary Islam
RELN7310 2 Violence and Religion

Part B

#8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ RELN7600 8 Masters Thesis
[ or
[ RELN7601 8 Coursework Masters Thesis

Or electives as approved by the Program Coordinator.

Writing, Editing & Publishing

#24, comprising #12 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
WRIT6030 2 Professional Communication
WRIT7015 2 Issues in Contemporary Publishing
WRIT7025 2 Academic & Corporate Editing
WRIT7050 2 Research for Fiction
WRIT7060 2 Writing about the Arts
WRIT7070 2 Editing the Manuscript

#4 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
JOUR7500 2 Communication and Accountability
JOUR7511 2 Principles of Reporting
JOUR7540 2 Features & Freelance Journalism
WRIT6100 2 Writing The Poem
WRIT6110 2 Writing the Story
WRIT6120 2 Writing the Film Script
WRIT7001 2 Grammar in Texts
WRIT7040 2 Individual Project/Fieldwork
WRIT7080 4 Special Research Topic in Writing, Editing & Publishing

or other postgraduate courses approved by the Coordinator.

and #8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ WRIT7000 8 Dissertation
[ or
[ WRIT7010 8 Dissertation

or

Or #8 for other postgraduate courses approved by the coordinator.