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Combined Arts/Social Sciences - 8224

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Contact: arts@unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 2 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 96

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Program Description

The following information applies to students commencing in 2015. If you commenced prior to 2015, please click here.

This program provides postgraduate students with the opportunity to study two complementary programs offered in UNSW Arts and Social Sciences to create a combined two year Masters program in professional and interdisciplinary areas.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The Combined Masters degree program offers students an interdisciplinary combination of programs that will substantially extend and deepen their existing skills, knowledge and understanding in professionally relevant areas of study and teach advanced skills in analytical thinking and research.

Program Structure

Students need to complete 96 units of credit (UOC) to satisfy requirements for the award of the degree. They must enrol in at least one course per semester.

The combined degree may be constituted by a combination of any two of the following postgraduate programs offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences with the exception of the combination of those listed in the exclusion list.

Students who combine two Masters of Education specialisations, need only do one research methodology and research project in their second Masters stream and can take any two additional MEd elective courses in their other stream, including additional research methodology courses.

Students who combine a Masters of Education (TESOL) specialisation with a Master of Applied Linguistics, need only to take two LING electives in their MEd, not four, and can take any two additional MEd elective courses, including a research methodology course and/or EDST5888 Research Project.

Exclusions

The following combination is excluded:

Master of Development Studies in International Development / Master of Development Studies in Refugees and Displacement

ARTS5503 Academic Writing (6 UOC)
This course can be taken as an additional course for students wishing to develop their academic writing skills. It will not count towards the program requirements. Click here for further details about the course.

Academic Rules

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Fees

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Entry Requirements

A recognised Bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) and requirements specific to the individual Master (one year, 48 UOC) programs chosen.
A maximum of 18 UOC (three courses) for each stream may be credited from previous postgraduate study.

Exit Strategy

A student may exit the program with only one of the constituent degrees if the requirements for that program have been met but may not then take out the combined degree at a later date.

Area(s) of Specialisation