Master of Arts
Griffith University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00233E
A Master of Arts at Griffith University offers you a unique opportunity to enhance your skills and and expand your potential as a researcher and knowledge-creator in the humanities and social sciences. The School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University fosters the latest research and best practice in teaching across a wide range of subject areas. By studying this degree you will have the opportunity to search, to study, and to learn alongside world-leading researchers who can offer you the insights, support, and encouragement that comes from being at the cutting edge of their fields of knowledge. Above all, our Program enables you to combine different ways of studying, and to learn from different fields of knowledge, to equip you with distinctive skills, refined abilities, and unique perspectives to make your own contribution as informed global citizens.The suite of courses in our Master of Arts program is designed for students seeking new opportunities, not only to add value to their previous studies, but to engage with issues that matter: to question how we understand humanity through multiple sources, by combining the best insights from science, the arts, history and literature; to ask where the unfolding social and cultural changes of our time are leading us; to explore the multiple dimensions of global problems of war, poverty and climate change; to seek new solutions - reshaping the way we comprehend and communicate meaning, and reflect on truth in the digital age.Our Master of Arts Program offers a combination of traditional and emerging study areas relevant to an ever-changing global environment that continually challenges what we think we know, and prompts us to think differently. At the heart of our Master of Arts Program is the development of advanced writing and presentation skills, and the ability to conduct your own research in pursuit of your own projects. Whether you are looking for a career in management, community development, journalism or communications, or whether you are looking for a chance to hone your research, communicative and analytical skills, this degree will help you achieve your goals.DurationThe Master of Arts offers a range of different durations depending on your previous studies:#qualTable, #qualTable td, #qualTable th{padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;border: 1px solid #ccc;}#qualTable{border-collapse: collapse;}
Subjects
- A Post-Secular Age? Religion, the State and Global Society
- Advanced Independent Research Study 1
- Advanced Independent Research Study 2
- Advanced Public Writing
- Advanced Research in Creative Writing
- Communication in Crises and Disasters
- Discourse Analysis
- Environmental Communication
- Foundations of Safety Science
- Future Studies
- Globalisation
- Independent Research Study
- International Reporting
- Listed electives and/or Free-choice electives
- Media, Power and Decision-making
- Principles of Research
- Professional Experience
- Research Methods
- Social Media Law and Risk Management
- Writing Contemporary Fiction
- Writing Creative Nonfiction: Places, People and Journey
Standard entry requirements
Any Bachelor degree or higher
Recognition
Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website: https://www.griffith.edu.au/apply/credit-transfer Credit transfer Griffith's innovative Credit Precedent Database allows you to find out what credit decisions have been made in the past. These precedents will give you an idea of what you can expect. https://app.griffith.edu.au/credit-precedent/credit_result.php?ngpc=5719&-SortField=Linked%20Institution%20Name&-noresultserror=error.html&-search View credit precedents for this program
Study pathways
For students interested in undertaking doctoral studies, this program provides a pathway to the /Program/5633/Overview Master of Arts Research (5633) and onto the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program.
