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Graduate Certificate in Arts - Anthropology
Graduate Certificate in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2017
Graduate Certificate in Arts - Anthropology
Overview
A Graduate Certificate in Arts allows you to complete a comprehensive six-month course of study in Anthropology. It is particularly useful if you are returning to tertiary study after time away from an academic environment.
Intended learning outcomes
Student who complete the Graduate Certificate in Arts in this specialisation should:
- Demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
- Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within complex changing social contexts;
- Act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force;
- Communicate effectively in a variety of written and oral formats;
- Commit to continuous learning; and
- Be proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as the computer and other information technology systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Structure
50 credit points
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- one core subject (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total 50 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Core Subjects
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH40011 | Critical Anthropological Theory | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT50001 | Development, Culture and Conflict | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH40002 | Imagined Societies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20006 | Culture Change and Protest Movements | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
ANTH20007 | Working with Value | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20008 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20012 | Engaging the World in Theory & Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30003 | Society, Politics, and the Sacred | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30004 | Anthropology of Kinship and Family | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH30009 | Anthropology of Nature | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20014 | No longer available |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 4 March 2025