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Cultural Studies

Contact

Dr Guy Redden
Phone: + 61 2 9351 8495
Email: guy.redden@sydney.edu.au

Requirements
Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies

4 units of study = 24 credit points

Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies

6 units of study = 36 credit points

Master of Cultural Studies

8 units of study = 48 credit points

A Bachelor degree with a major in a relevant field in the humanities or social sciences. Candidates who do not hold a Bachelor degree may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate if they have completed courses of study at a satisfactory level, which may be deemed to be equivalent.

Candidates may choose to structure their course of study on pathways and should contact the coordinator for advice about unit of study selection.

Cultural studies in gender

Media, society and culture

Culture, diversity and difference

Cultural studies in religion

Asian cultural studies

Units of study
Cores
  • GCST6903 Debates in Cultural Studies
  • GCST5909 Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies
and at least three units of study from
  • GCST5904 Youth: Idea, Image, Culture
  • GCST5905 Identity Place and Culture
  • GCST6905 Philosophy in the Feminine
  • WMST6902 Arguing the Point
  • WMST6903 Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
  • WMST6904 Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture
  • WMST6922 Dissertation Part 1*
  • WMST6923 Dissertation Part 2*
  • GCST5906 Cultural Studies Internship Placement (#)
  • GCST5907 Cultural Studies Internship Project (#)
Electives
  • ANTH5901 Anthropology of the Nation State
  • ARHT6930 Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture
  • ARIN6903 Exploring Digital Cultures
  • ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
  • ASNS6905 Asian Popular Culture
  • ASNS6908 Media Industries in East Asia
  • HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights
  • HSTY6987 Writing the Past
  • LNGS7006 Cross-cultural Communication
  • MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine
  • MUSM7035 Ethics of Cultural Property
  • PACS6915 Human Rights: Peace and Justice
  • PHIL5921 Cosmopolitanism and Community
  • RLST6951 Spirituality, Consumerism and Health
  • SCLG6902 Doing Social Research
  • SPAN7001 Citizenship and Belonging in Latino USA
  • USSC6914 Key Issues in American Culture

*Department permission required - available to Master of Cultural Studies candidates only. Please discuss your proposed topic for the dissertation with the postgraduate coordinator prior to enrolling in these units of study. WMST6902 Arguing the Point is a co-requisite.
(#) Department permission required - available to Master of Cultural Studies and Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies candidates only. Please discuss with the postgraduate coordinator prior to enrolling in these units of study.
Candidates may choose other elective units of study from the postgraduate program in the Faculty of Arts, subject to approval.

Course rules

 

Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies

Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies

Master of Cultural Studies


These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended) and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.

Course resolutions

1 Course codes

Code

Course title

DG030

Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies

DF034

Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies

DC057

Master of Cultural Studies

2 Attendance pattern

The attendance pattern for these courses is full time or part time according to candidate choice.

3 Master's type

The master's degree in these resolutions is an advanced learning master's course, as defined by the Coursework Rule.

4 Embedded courses in this sequence

(1)
The embedded courses in this sequence are:
(a)
the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies
(b)
the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies
(c)
the Master of Cultural Studies
(2)
A candidate for the graduate certificate or graduate diploma may apply to progress to a longer course in this sequence, providing the candidate meets the admission requirements for that course. Only the longest award completed will be conferred.

5 Admission to candidature

(1)
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admissions criteria. In exceptional circumstances the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications but whose evidence of experience and achievement is deemed by the Dean to be equivalent.
(2)
Admission to candidature for the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies requires a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification.
(3)
Admission to candidature for the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies requires:
(a)
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney with a minimum credit (65%) average, including a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification.
(4)
Admission to candidature for the Master of Cultural Studies requires:
(a)
a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit (65%) average, from the University of Sydney, including a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
completion of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification.

6 Requirements for award

(1)
The units of study that may be taken for these courses are set out in the Postgraduate Table of Units of Study for the Cultural Studies subject area.
(2)
To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies a candidate must complete 24 credit points of units of study, including:
(a)
18 credit points of core elective units of study; and
(b)
6 credit points from elective units of study.
(3)
To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies a candidate must complete 36 credit points of units of study, including:
(a)
6 credit points of core units of study; and
(b)
18 credit points from core elective units of study; and
(c)
12 credit points from elective units of study.
(4)
To qualify for the award of the Masters of Cultural Studies a candidate must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a)
12 credit points of core units of study; and
(b)
18 credit points from core elective units of study; and
(c)
18 credit points from elective units of study.

7 Cross-institutional Study

Cross-institutional study is not permitted in the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies.

8 Course transfer

A candidate for the master's degree or graduate diploma may elect to discontinue study and graduate with a shorter award from this sequence, with the approval of the Dean, and provided the requirements of the shorter award have been met.

9 Transitional provisions

(1)
These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January 2011.
(2)
Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January 2011 will complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January 2016. The Faculty may specify a later date for completion or specify alternative requirements for completion of candidatures that extend beyond this time.