Degrees

Graduate Diploma

This degree is for those who do not have an Honours year or equivalent research training. Students take two courses in the Health, Sexuality and Culture program, undertake their own research project and write a thesis of approximately 15,000 words. Completing the degree takes one year full-time or two years part-time. To gain entry, students must have a Bachelor degree with a Credit average. Students who complete the degree with a mark of 75 or above can upgrade to the MA by Research and obtain exemptions for the courses they have completed in the Graduate Diploma. Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma incur a HECS fee.

Master of Arts by Research

Our MA by Research aims to provide students with the conceptual, practical and critical skills necessary for advanced work in the fields of sex, drugs, body politics and health. The program requires students to take the 6 Units of Credit (UOC) course ‘Bodies, Habits and Pleasures’, and one of the 6 UOC courses in qualitative or quantitative research methods. They can make up the remaining UOC from courses offered elsewhere in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Medicine.

The MA by Research is completed in two years full time or four years part time. To gain entry, students must have a good Bachelor degree in arts or social sciences with an Honours year or equivalent research/professional experience. Those who do not meet these prerequisites should consider the Graduate Diploma. Candidates can apply to upgrade from the MA by Research to a PhD subject to satisfactory progress. No HECS fees are payable for the Master of Arts by Research.

PhD

A PhD involves an intensive and in-depth piece of research, where the student becomes an expert in his or her chosen area of research. Candidates are expected to produce a thesis of around 70,000 to 100,000 words. A PhD is completed in three years full time or six years part time. PhD students may undertake Health, Sexuality and Culture theory and methods courses according to their needs and interests. No HECS fees apply.