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Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Anthropology // Structure
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Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Anthropology
Structure
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- a 15,000-word thesis (50 points)
- minimum of two core subjects (25 points)
- maximum of one elective subject (12.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis ANTH40009 Anthropology Thesis Part 1 and ANCW40010 Anthropology Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters
Subject Options
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH40001 | Philosophy and Scope of Anthropology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Thesis Subject
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH40009 | Anthropology Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ANTH40010 | Anthropology Thesis Part 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Core Subjects
minimum 25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH40003 | Reading Anthropology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ANTH40011 | Critical Anthropological Theory | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subject
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH90004 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CULS40006 | Cultural Studies in Asia | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| DEVT50001 | Development, Culture and Conflict | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS40001 | Contemporary Political and Social Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH40001 | Theories of Modernity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH40002 | Imagined Societies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH40003 | The Critical Imagination | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 23 November 2025