Master of Asian Studies - Masters International Development and Environment (double Degree)
The School of Geography & Environmental Science and the Monash Asia Institute are pleased to announce the establishment of a new double master coursework program, in Asian Studies and International Development and Environmental Analysis (MAS-M.IDEA).
Students enrolling in the new course will be able to receive two Master degrees in two and a half years of full-time study, or five years of half-time study - a savings of one semester full-time study or two semesters half-time, compared with taking the two courses separately.
There are already many dynamic links between the IDEA and Asian Studies Programs within the Faculty of Arts, as students in each program enrol in units and electives available in the other program. On the one hand, many, if not most, IDEA students are particularly interested in development in the Asia-Pacific region, while most Asian Studies students at Monash are concerned with development issues in one form or another. Both groups are concerned with social and cultural change in the context of globalisation. Thus, the proposed M.IDEA-MAS double degree presents an opportunity to combine the strengths of the two programs and offer postgraduate students a chance to considerably enhance their skills, knowledge and qualifications in a course tailored to their interests but in less time than it would usually take to gain two masters degrees.
Requirements
- MAS-M.IDEA students will be required to complete 120 points: 60 points in the M.IDEA program and 60 points in the MAS program.
- Each of these courses includes a 12-point final project.
- Students undertaking the double degree course will combine two final project units, usually combining the Internship-based client project (IDA 5310, 12 pts), a core unit of the M.IDEA program, with the Supervised Research Project (AST 5110, 12 pts), a core unit of the Asian Studies Program.
- The two final projects should relate to one another, in effect comprising a larger applied research project in Asian Development.
- Alternately, students could undertake a combination of AST 5110 and Supervised Research in International Development and Environmental Analysis (IDA 5400, 12 pts), producing a two-part pure research project.
The MAS-M.IDEA double Master course will commence in Semester 1 2006.
Details about each degree
Enquiries
Professor Marika Vicziany, Director,
Monash Asia Institute (
marika.vicziany@adm.
monash.edu.au ) or
Dr Craig Thorburn, School
of Geography & Environmental Science,
Craig.Thorburn@arts.monash.edu.au