Online Arts Education Research Degree :: Accredited Universities

This is a supervised research program. The research of each candidate is conducted under the supervision of a full-time member of the academic staff. Candidates are required to participate in an oral colloquium about one third of the way through candidature in which the proposed research is defended, and will ultimately to submit a thesis embodying the results of their research. The thesis may be a single volume of disciplinary scholarship or a folio consisting of an exegesis and two to four research products relating to professional practice.

MA candidates showing significant promise as research students may be invited to transfer their enrolment to the Doctor of Philosophy program. Areas in which research supervision may be available are provided in the descriptions for these doctoral courses.

Entry Requirements

Applicants require a bachelor degree with good honours (H2B), or a masters degree in education containing a research paper or minor thesis, or other qualifications/ research publications approved as equivalent. All enrolled candidates are required to participate in a Faculty Online Seminar Program.

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Monash is a research intensive university with an international focus, collaborating with many prestigious academic and business partners across the globe. The Master in Adult Education (Global) is a unique, innovative online coursework-only program, offered in collaboration with the University of British Columbia (Canada), Linkoping University (Sweden), and the University of the Western Cape (South Africa).

Students proceed through the two year, 72 credit program as a cohort drawn from the four participating institutions. Participants will work together in various intercontinental groupings, thereby developing strong cohort relationships. Instructors are drawn from the four partner universities. Cohort students will benefit from a truly international experience, engaging with instructional staff and students from four continents within both Northern and Southern hemispheres. Applicants should be internally motivated learners who are interested in cultural differences, communication styles, learning preferences and instructional approaches.

The program is designed so that those with full-time professional responsibilities can participate. The curriculum covers contemporary changes in work and learning; the role adult learning plays in understanding and responding to globalising forces and their impacts on workplaces, communities, economies and the environment; the forms of adult learning found in different cultural contexts and ways of supporting adult learning in conditions of global change.

The program encourages the development of critical perspectives on adult learning and global change and how these are experienced and understood in different parts of the world. Students will draw on their own experience, engage in discussions and work on collaborative projects with students from other countries.

Entry Requirements

An approved three year bachelors degree in a relevant field with a credit average in the final year; or an approved fourth year of study; or an approved four year bachelors degree; or have qualifications or experience that the faculty considers to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for the above.

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The School of Education designs its graduate programs to prepare professional educators and educational leaders who have effective speaking, listening, reading and writing skills; knowledge of and appreciation for the humanities, the pure and social sciences and the arts; understanding of and appreciation for education and its role in developing intellectual and ethical values in a free and pluralistic society; the general and specialized professional knowledge base required of informed practitioners of the education profession; and the ability to apply knowledge and research effectively in the education profession.

The graduate education programs extend the baccalaureate foundation to address more advanced and specialized studies, expand certifications, and augment minor concentrations or new areas that increase the potential for professional contribution.

The School of Education has a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of excellence in preparing education graduates. As such, graduate studies programs focus on providing mastery of professional knowledge, attitudes and skills in focused course credits beyond the baccalaureate.

Entry Requirements

Regular Degree Admission is granted to the student who wishes to pursue a master’s degree and who has a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 3.0 (A=4.0). For regular admission, a student must meet all of the admission requirements of the Office of Graduate Education, as well as any additional requirements for the program of their choice.

Conditional Admission may be authorized, based upon a recommendation from the department or by the Assistant Provost of Graduate Education and Research, for students who do not meet the requirements of regular admission. Conditional admission can be granted to students in their final semester or session of enrollment in an undergraduate program if the academic record is satisfactory, based on the final transcript sent by the student. The conditions for regular admission are recorded on the letter of admission that is sent to the applicant. Students who fail to meet the conditions of their admission by the completion of 12 semester hours of graduate credit are denied further registration. The determining factors for the conditions of admission are the responsibility of the assigned adviser with the endorsement of the appropriate department head and the Assistant Provost of Graduate Education and Research. Students will not be granted regular admission status until all the requirements and conditions for regular admission have been met.

International applicants
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1. Non-native speakers of English must prove an adequate level of English language proficiency for admission into an academic program. English language proficiency for admission can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:

English proficiency tests:

TOEFL Score - minimum score of 79 iBT/213 CBT/550 PBT
IELTS - minimum overall band score of 6.5
MELAB - minimum score of 79

2. Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution of higher education

3. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on 24 or more earned undergraduate level credit hours from a U.S. institution of higher education. Credits must include college level English composition and/or speech.

4. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on 12 or more earned graduate level credit hours from a U.S. institution of higher education.

5. Successful completion of Level 112 in the ELS Language School

6. Other proof of English proficiency may be considered on an individual basis.

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Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human through the lens of cultural diversity. Sociology examines how human actions in modern societies are shaped by social groups and by wider social, economic and political pressures. Both fields share a common interest in the comparative study of human societies in all their historical and contemporary variations.

This major draws upon the combined strengths of the closely related fields of anthropology and sociology to enhance interdisciplinary research and professional practice. You will focus on local and global contexts, particularly in Australia, South Asia, South-East Asia and East Asia and the Pacific.
You will explore how cultural practices, institutions, social groups and everyday life are being transformed in the context of globalised communication, economic, political and environmental change.

You will also learn practical and conceptual skills to respond to global and local change. This major allows you to explore contemporary issues including family, sport, gender relations, media, education, work and economic change, community development, health, crime and human rights.

The anthropology and sociology major is offered as part of the Bachelor of Arts. You can enhance your studies with a secondary major or choose from a range of elective units to support your career goals.

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio. Refer to humanities.curtin.edu.au/portfolio for details.

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Expand on your passion for Asia at Murdoch, home of the renowned Asia Research Centre, and benefit from the academic strengths of staff associated with the most highly regarded Asian research institute in Western Australia.

We are also founders and hosts of the Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) - Australia's most respected Indonesian in-country collaboration involving 22 universities from Australia, New Zealand, Britain and the Netherlands.

Benefit from our close geographic presence to Asia

We sit on the edge of the dynamic region, sharing a unique social, political, economic and environmental interdependence.

This interdependence opens up endless possibilities for adventurous individuals like you who want to live and work in countries like China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, India or East Timor.

Take advantage of our strong Japanese and Indonesian connections

Our lecturers have travelled, lived and researched extensively across the Asian region. And with particularly strong academic and institutional ties with Japan and Indonesia, you will be able to take advantage of a range of fantastic opportunities to study overseas - not to mention links to great job prospects after graduation.

Boost your marketability with a double major. Why not combine your Asian Studies major with another such as Law, Business, Journalism, Education, Tourism, Politics or International Studies, to give you that extra edge?

You could also add a language such as Japanese or Indonesian. But if languages really interest you, make sure you also look at the Indonesian or Japanese majors, as they provides opportunity for a one-year overseas placement to help you really cement those skills.

Entry Requirements

Secondary school results
English competency

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

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