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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

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.

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 cannot take any LING electives in their MEd.

ARTS5503 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC)
ARTS5505 Personalised English Language Enhancement (6 UOC)

These courses, ARTS5503 and ARTS5505, can be taken as additional courses but will not count towards your program.

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.

Credit Transfer

If you are seeking credit transfer you must submit documentary evidence of courses completed at the time of initial enrolment. The Faculty will then determine the number of units to be granted. The maximum credit transfer for a Masters is 50% of the stream, that is, up to 24 UOC for each stream. Credit transfer will not be granted for courses completed more than 10 years previously.

Award with Excellence

You are eligible for the award of a degree "with Excellence" if you achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 80 in all courses and complete at least 50% of the requirements of your award at UNSW.

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