master of arts – rules variation summary

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Rules Variation Summary for 2014 Master of Arts

Summary of Changes for 2014 Implications for current Master of Arts students There have been major changes to the Master of Arts for 2014.

• The course credit points have changed from 48 cps to 96 cps •

There are now three levels of admission within the Program of Study: Candidates admitted under Rule (a): 96 cps to complete Candidates admitted under Rule (b): 24 cps Block Advanced Standing plus 72 cps to complete Candidates admitted under Rule (c): 48 cps Block Advanced Standing plus 48 cps to complete

• The following Majors have been withdrawn: French, Gender Studies,

German, Heritage Studies, Japanese • The following majors have been renamed: Chinese Major renamed

Chinese Studies Major; Indonesian Major renamed Indonesian Studies Major; Italian Major renamed Italian Studies Major

• Details of units in the 2014 majors can be found in course information for 2014 at http://www.une.edu.au/courses/2014/courses/MA

• The following units have been withdrawn: ANCH514, EACL430,

ENGL574, GEPL580

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2014 course rules Note change to course credit points Note Course Requirement changes Note withdrawn and renamed Majors Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course Subject to meeting new admission requirements, current students may complete under their current course rules or apply to transfer to the new rules from 2014


Summary of Changes for 2013 Implications for current Master of Arts students Ancient History Major

• ANCH512 title changed to Rome of the Caesars Note the unit title change

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Archaeology Major • ARPA581 title changed to Prehistory of SE Asia

Note the unit title change

Asian Studies Major • PAIS561 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption


Chinese Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire


English Major • ABEN573 code changed to ENGL574 Australian Literature: Black and

White • ECT503 code changed to ENCO503 Research in Writing • ENCO507 and ENGL505 have been withdrawn • ENGL581 has been added

Note the unit changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

French Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire


Gender Studies Major • ANCH512 title changed to Rome of the Caesars • COMM588 title changed to Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre • IDIG500 title changed to First Peoples of Australia: Analysing Policy

Issues • PAIS561 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption

Note the unit title changes

Geography Major • GEPL590 has been added

Note unit change

German Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire

Note unit title change

Heritage Studies Major • HIST538 has been withdrawn

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

History Major • HIST516, HIST593 and HIST594 have been added • HIST538 has been withdrawn


Indigenous Studies Major • IDIG500 title changed to First Peoples of Australia: Analysing Policy

Issues

Note the unit and/or title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

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• IDIG506 title changed to Indigenous Health • ABEN573 code changed to ENGL574 Australian Literature: Black and

White • IDIG503 title changed to Principles of Indigenous Community

Development • IDIG504 has been added • IDIG508 has been withdrawn

Indonesian Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire


Islamic Studies Major • There are no changes for 2013

Nil

Italian Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire


Japanese Major • EACL430 title changed to Literature of Desire • JAPN455 title changed to Manga and Anime in Japanese Popular

Culture

Note unit title changes

Linguistics Major • LING572 has been added

Note the unit change

Media and Communications • COMM523 title changed to Digital and Social Media • COMM588 title changed to Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre • ECT503 code changed to ENCO503 Research in Writing • ENCO501 code changed to COMM501 Film and Media in the Digital

Age

Note the unit and/or title changes

Peace Studies Major • There are no changes for 2013

Nil

Philosophy Major • PHIL504 and RELS595 have been added • PHIL505 and RELS582 have been withdrawn


Political and International Studies Major • PAIS561 title changed to Sex, Crime and Corruption • PAIS575 title changed to Mass Media and Politics

Note the title changes

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Regional Change Management Major • IDIG503 title changed to Principles of Indigenous Community

Development


Studies in Religion Major • RELS582 has been withdrawn • RELS595 has been added


Writing Major • ECT503 code changed to ENCO503 Research in Writing • ENGL505 has been withdrawn



Summary of Changes for 2012 Implications for current Master of Arts students Ancient History Major

• ANCH510 title changed to The Art of Roman Government • ANCH551 title changed to Warfare in the Ancient World • ANCH515 has been added


Archaeology Major • ANCH515 has been added

Note unit change

Asian Studies Major • PAIS562 has been withdrawn • PAIS590 has been added • PAIS580 title changed to Dragon in Chains? Contemporary Chinese

Politics

Note the unit and/or title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Chinese Major • PAIS580 title changed to Dragon in Chains? Contemporary Chinese

Politics


English Major • ENGL542 has been added • ENGL575 has been withdrawn


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French Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Gender Studies Major • COMM527 title changed to Popular and Creative Culture • RELS585 title changed to Women, Gender and the World’s Religions • ENGL575 has been withdrawn

Note the unit title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Geography Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

German Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Heritage Studies Major • There a no changes for 2012

Nil

History Major • HIST510 has been added been added • HIST568 has been withdrawn


Indigenous Studies Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Indonesian Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Islamic Studies Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Italian Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Japanese Major • JAPN311 and JAPN312 have been added

Note unit changes

Linguistics Major • LING563 title changed to Bilingualism


Media and Communications • COMM532 title changed to News and Current Affairs • ENCO501 has been added


Peace Studies Major • PEAC504 title changed to Environmental Security and Peaceful

Futures

Note the unit and/or title change

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• PEAC555 has been added Philosophy Major

• RELS582 has been added Note the unit changes

Political and International Studies Major • PAIS562 has been withdrawn • PAIS590 has been added • PAIS580 title changed to Dragon in Chains? Contemporary Chinese

Politics

Note the unit and/or changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Regional Change Management Major • There are no changes for 2012

Nil

Studies in Religion Major • RELS582 title changed to Philosophy of Religion: East and West • RELS585 title changed to Women, Gender and the World’s Religions


Writing Major • COMM532 title changed to News and Current Affairs



Summary of Changes for 2011 Implications for current Master of Arts students

• The following majors are available under the 2011 rules where a candidate holds a bachelor degree of a recognised university and elects to complete one of the following Majors: Ancient History, Asian Studies, Media and Communications, Geography, Heritage Studies, Indigenous Studies, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Peace Studies, Philosophy, Political and International Studies, Regional Change Management, Studies in Religion or Writing.

• The following majors are available under the 2011 rules where a candidate holds a bachelor degree of a recognised university including a major in the relevant language, or approval of the Head of School, and elects to complete one of the following Majors: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian or Japanese.


The course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules


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Ancient History Major • ANCH505 title changed to Greek Democracy and its Enemies


Archaeology Major • There are no changes for 2011

Nil

Asian Studies Major • ISLM568 has been withdrawn • ISLM573 and RELS581 have been added • LING480 code changed to LING580 The Languages of Asia • PAIS563 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia • SOCY419 code changed to SOCY519 Globalisation, Development

and Social Change

Note the unit/code/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

Chinese Major • ARTS501, EACL430, PAIS580, RELS581 and RELS586 have been

added • HUMS506, HUMS507 and HUMS508 have been withdrawn

Note the unit changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Media and Communications Major • ARTS501 and ENCO509 have been added • COMM486, ENCO408, HUMS505, HUMS506, HUMS507 and

HUMS508 have been withdrawn • COMM415 code changed to COMM515 Children’s Media • COMM421 code changed to COMM521 Advertising: Communication

and Information • COMM423 code changed to COMM523 Digital Media and Interactive

Entertainment • COMM425 code changed to COMM525 Television Studies • COMM427 code changed to COMM527 Reading Popular Culture • COMM483 code changed to COMM583 Film Genre • COMM485 code change to COMM585 Australian Film • COMM488 code changed to COMM588 Visual Pleasures: Feminism

Goes to the Movies • ECT403 code changed to ECT503 Research in Writing

Note Major title change from Communication Studies to Media and Communications Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

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• ENCO406 code changed to ENCO506 Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts

• ENCO410 code changed to ENCO510 Children’s Literature: Picture Books and Fantasy

• ENGL404 code changed to ENGL504 Critical and Creative Writing Through Literature

Criminology and Social Justice Major • Major has been withdrawn

• BCSS495 code changed to BCSS595 BCSS Reading Unit 3 • BCSS496 code changed to BCSS596 BCSS Reading Unit 4 • CRIM464 has been withdrawn • SOCY410 code changed to SOCY510 Criminology Research Report • SOCY413 code changed to SOCY513 Social Policy • SOCY441 code changed to SOCY541 Survey Methods • SOCY444 code changed to CRIM544 Criminology and Justice

Systems • SOCY454 code changed to SOCY554 The Sociology of Youth and

Delinquency • SOCY482 code changed to SOCY582 Sociology of Sex and

Sexuality • SOCY490 code changed to CRIM590 Crime in Rural Communities

Note this Major has been withdrawn Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Defence Studies Major • Major has been withdrawn

• DEFS503, HIST552 and HIST553 have been withdrawn • PAIS516 title changed to Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific

Note this Major has been withdrawn Note unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

English Major • ARTS501 and ENCO509 have been added • COMM427, COMM488, ENCO408, HUMS505, HUMS506, HUMS507

Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

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and HUMS508 have been withdrawn • ABEN473 code changed to ABEN573 Australian Literature: Black and

White • ECT403 code changed to ECT503 Research in Writing • ENCO406 code changed to ENCO506 Writing for Work: Styles and

Contexts • ENCO407 code changed to ENCO507 Australian Folklore and Folk

Speech • ENCO410 code changed to ENCO510 Children’s Literature: Picture

Books and Fantasy • ENCO426 code changed to ENCO526 Persuading the Public:

Rhetoric in Public Affairs • ENCO428 code changed to ENCO528 Journalism and Literature:

Realism and Writing Reality • ENCO429 code changed to ENCO529 Publishing and Editing • ENGL404 code changed to ENGL504 Critical and Creative Writing

Through Literature • ENGL441 code changed to ENGL541 Renaissance Matters • ENGL451 code changed to ENGL551 Victorian Literature and Culture • ENGL472 code changed to ENGL572 Australian Literature: 1930 to

the Present • ENGL475 code change to ENGL575 Feminism and Literature • ENGL490 code changed to ENGL590 Contemporary Literacy

Criticism: Theory and Practice

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

French Major • ARTS501 and EACL430 have been added • FGIR401, HUMS506, HUMS507 and HUMS508 have been withdrawn • FREN406 title changed to Women in French Texts

Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Gender Studies Major Prescribed Units:

• GNST501 and HUMS508 have been withdrawn Listed Units:


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• Credit points changes from 6 cps to 24 cps • ITAL408 has been added • COMM427 code changed to COMM527 Reading Popular Culture • COMM588 code changed to COMM588 Visual Pleasures: Feminism

Goes to the Movies • ENGL475 code changed to ENGL575 Feminism and Literature • PAIS563 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Geography Major • GEPL401 code changed to GEPL501 Economic Change and Urban

Development • GEPL402 code changed to GEPL502 Architecture and Urban Design • GEPL404 code changed to GEPL504 Cyberspace • GEPL405 code changed to GEPL505 Coastal Environments and

Climate Change • GEPL421 code changed to GEPL521 Population, Health and

Environment • GEPL430 code changed to GEPL530 Special Reading Unit in

Geography • GEPL441 code changed to GEPL541 Environmental Biogeography • GEPL444 code changed to GEPL544 Leisure, Recreation and

Tourism • GEPL445 code changed to GEPL545 Regional Development:

Processes and Policy • GEPL450 code changed to GEPL550 Access and Mobility • GEPL452 code changed to GEPL542 Changing Communities:

Development Planning • GEPL480 code changed to GEPL580 Understanding Rural

Communities • GEPL538 title changed to Applied Research Methods

Note the unit/title changes

German Major • ARTS501 and EACL430 have been added • FGIR401, HUMS506, HUMS507 and HUMS508 have been withdrawn


Heritage Studies Major Note the unit/title changes

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Prescribed Units: • HIST556 title change to Public History

Listed Units: • ARPA580 has been withdrawn • GEPL402 code changed to GEPL502 Architecture and Urban Design • GEPL444 code changed to GEPL544 Leisure, Recreation and

Tourism • GEPL538 title changed to Applied Research Methods


History Major • HIST561, HIST568 and RELS581 have been added • HIST548, HIST552 and HIST553 have been withdrawn • HIST556 title changed to Public History


Indigenous Studies Major Listed Units:

• ABEN573 and IDIG508 have been added • IDIG512 has been withdrawn

Note unit changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course

New – Indonesian Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in Indonesian or approval of head of school • Complete at least 24 cps from the following units: • ARTS501 Arts Research and Professional Practice • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit • EACL430 Narrative and Desire: Sexuality in Contemporary Literature • HUMS505 Reading Unit A • HUMS506 Reading Unit B • INDN430 A History of Indonesian and its Role in Society • INDN431 Reading Islamic Texts: State, Religion and Conflicts • INDN441 Contemporary Issues in Indonesian Culture and Society • ISLM563 Women in Islam • Note: Students require a minimum of 30 credit points for this Major to

appear on their testamur

Note New Major

Islamic Studies Major • ISLM573 has been added

Note the unit change

Italian Major Note the unit changes

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• ARTS501 and EACL430 have been added • FGIR401, HUMS506, HUMS507 and HUMS508 have been withdrawn


New – Japanese Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in Japanese or approval of head of school • Complete at least 24 cps from the following units: • ARTS501 Arts Research and Professional Practice • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit • EACL430 Narrative and Desire: Sexuality in Contemporary Literature • HUMS505 Reading Unit A • JAPN421 Japanese Language 5A • JAPN422 Advanced Japanese Reading Unit • JAPN425 Japanese Culture through Anime, Manga and Music • JAPN455 Special Topics in Japanese Popular Culture • RELS581 Chinese and Japanese Religion: A History • Note: Students require a minimum of 30 credit points for this Major to

appear on their testamur

Note New Major

Linguistics Major • LING405 code changed to LING505 Meaning in Language • LING450 code changed to LING550 The Design of Language • LING451 code changed to LING551 Issues in Applied Linguistics • LING452 code changed to LING552 Intercultural Communication • LING453 code changed to LING553 The English Language • LING461 code changed to LING561 Research Methods in Second

Language Acquisition • LING462 code changed to LING562 Second Language Acquisition • LING463 code changed to LING563 Bilingualism. Education and

Society • LING464 code changed to LING564 First Language and Literacy

Acquisition • LING465 code changed to LING565 Phonetics and Phonology • LING466 code changed to LING566 Australia’s Indigenous

Languages


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• LING467 and LING490 have been withdrawn • LING469 code changed to LING569 Morphology and Syntax • LING571 has been added • LING480 code changed to LING580 The Languages of Asia

Peace Studies Major • PEAC573 title changed to Globalisation: As If People and

Ecosystems Matter


Philosophy Major • PHIL505 title changed to Time and Other Metaphysical Topics • HUMS505 and HUMS508 have been added


Political and International Studies Major • PAIS506 title changed to Avoid Economic Deception: Study Political

Economy • PAIS516 title changed to Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific • PAIS551 title changed to Federations: Challenges, Debates and

Trends • PAIS563 title changed to Women, Family and the State in Asia • PAIS565 title changed to Politics and the Environment: Intersecting

Crises


Public Policy Major • Major has been withdrawn

• CRIM464 has been withdrawn • SOCY413 code changed to SOCY513 Social Policy • SOCY444 code changed to CRIM544 Criminology and Justice

Systems • GEPL445 code changed to GEPL545 Regional Development:

Processes and Policies

Note Major has been withdrawn Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Regional Change Management Major • GEPL445 code changed to GEPL545 Regional Development:

Processes and Policies • GEPL404, GEPL430 and HIST554 have been withdrawn • GEPL521, GEPL580 and IDIG503 have been added • GEPL450 code changed to GEPL550 Access and Mobility

Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer

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• HIST556 title changed to Public History • PAIS516 title changed to Paradise Lost? Governance in the Pacific • SOCY413 code changed to SOCY513 Social Policy

to 2011 course rules

Sociology Major • Major has been withdrawn

• BCSS495 code changed to BCSS595 BCSS Reading Unit 3 • BCSS496 code changed to BCSS596 BCSS Reading Unit 4 • CRIM464 has been withdrawn • SOCY410 code changed to SOCY510 Criminology Research Project • SOCY413 code changed to SOCY513 Social Policy • SOCY419 code changed to SOCY519 Globalisation, Development

and Social Change • SOCY441 code changed to SOCY541 Survey Methods • SOCY444 code changed to CRIM544 Criminology and Justice

Systems • SOCY454 code changed to SOCY554 The Sociology of Youth and

Delinquency • SOCY456 code changed to SOCY546 Political Sociology • SOCY482 code changed to SOCY582 Sociology of Sex and

Sexuality • SOCY490 code changed to CRIM590 Crime in Rural Communities

Note Major has been withdrawn Note the unit/title changes These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

Studies in Religion Major • RELS581 and RELS582 have been added

Note the unit changes

Writing Major Prescribed Units:

• Credit points changed from 30 cps to complete at 12-24 cps - • COMM423 code changed to COMM523 Digital Media and Interactive

Entertainment • ECT403 code changed to ECT503 Research in Writing • ENCO406 code changed to ENCO506 Writing for Work: Styles and

Contexts • ENCO509 has been added • ENCO429 code changed to ENCO529 Publishing and Editing

Note the unit/title changes Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2011 course rules

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• ENGL404 code changed to ENGL504 Critical and Creative Writing Through Literature

Listed Units: Complete not more than 12 cps - • ARTS501 has been added • COMM486, ENCO408, HUMS505, HUMS506, HUMS507 and

HUMS508 have been withdrawn • ENCO410 code changed to ENCO510 Children’s Literature: Picture

Books and Fantasy • ENCO426 code changed to ENCO526 Persuading the Public:

Rhetoric in Public Affairs • ENCO428 code changed to ENCO528 Journalism and Literature • ENGL472 code changed to ENGL572 Australian Literature: 1930 to

the Present Non-Major Units The following units may be included as part of course requirements but do not contribute to the Major:

• INDN441 title changed to Contemporary Issues in Indonesian Culture and Society

• JAPN422 title changed to Advanced Japanese Reading Unit



Summary of Changes for 2010 Implications for current Master of Arts students

• The following majors are available under the 2010 rules where a candidate holds a bachelor degree of a recognised university and elects to complete one of the following Majors: Ancient History, Asian Studies, Communication Studies, Criminology, Defence Studies, Geography, Heritage Studies, Indigenous Studies, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Peace Studies, Philosophy, Political and International Studies, Public Policy, Regional Change Management, Sociology, Sociology, Studies in Religion or Writing.

• The following majors are available under the 2010 rules where a candidate holds a bachelor degree of a recognised university

The course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2010 course rules

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including a major in the relevant language, or approval of the Head of School, and elects to complete one of the following Majors: Chinese, French, German or Italian.

• The following majors are available under the 2010 rules where a candidate holds a bachelor degree of a recognised university including relevant discipline studies and elects to complete one of the following Majors: Archaeology, English, Gender Studies or History.


Ancient History Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • Prescribed unit HIST595 moved to Listed units – No Prescribed units

listed for this Major anymore • Listed Units: Credit points changed from 18 cps to 24 cps • ANCH510 title change to Politics and Leadership in the Roman

Republic • ANCH512 Rome of the Caesars 31BC-AD193 has been added • HUMS505 Reading Unit A has been added • RELS584 Religions of the Ancient Near East has been added • RELS587 Earliest Christianity: Social Context and Sacred Text has

been added • RELS588 The Pagan Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome has

been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit

points for this Major to appear on their testamur

Note the unit/title/credit point changes

Archaeology Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and completion of 24

cps in ARPA units or equivalent • Prescribed units added: Credit points changed from 0 cps to 12 cps:

ARPA552 Public Archaeology and Management (moved from Listed units) WORK500 Professional Skills Development

• Listed Units: Credit points changed from 24 cps to 12 cps • ARPA580 has been withdrawn

Note the unit/title/credit point changes


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• HUMS505 Reading Unit A has been added • HUMS506 Reading Unit B has been added • HUMS507 Minor Research Project has been added • HUMS508 Major Research Project has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit

points for this Major to appear on their testamur Asian Studies Major

• Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • HIST586 is now RELS586 Buddhism: A History • HUMS505 Reading Unit A has been added • HUMS506 Reading Unit B has been added • HUMS507 Minor Research Project has been added • HUMS508 Major Research Project has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Chinese Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in Chinese or approval of head of school • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Communication Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit has been added • WGCO427 is now COMM427 Reading Popular Culture • WGCO488 is now COMM488 Visual Pleasures: Feminism Goes to

the Movies • COMM421 title change to Advertising: Communication and

Information • COMM425 title change to Popular Television Genres • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Criminology and Social Justice Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Note changes

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• Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit points for this Major to appear on their testamur

Defence Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • Prescribed units ANCH551, HIST529, HIST552, HIST553, HIST595

moved to Listed units – No Prescribed units listed for this Major anymore

• Listed Units: Credit points changed from nothing listed to 24 cps • PAIS514 21st Century International Relations has been added • PAIS515 Contemporary Challenges to Global Security has been

added • PAIS516 Pacific Politics has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit


Note changes

English Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in English or approval of the head of school • ECTW402 is now ARTS502 Dissertation Unit • WGCO427 is now COMM427 Reading Popular Culture • WGCO488 is now COMM488 Visual Pleasures: Feminism Goes to

the Movies • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



French Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in French or approval of the head of school • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit has been added • FREN407 title change to Writing the Self • FGIR401 title change to French, German or Italian Reading Unit • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Geography Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • GEPL416 is now GEPL516 Urban Living


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• GEPL420 is now GEPL520 Principles of Development Control • GEPL435 is now GEPL535 Environmental Planning and

Administration • GEPL438 is now GEPL538 Understanding Research • GEPL441 title change to Environmental Biogeography • GEPL470 is now GEPL570 Your Place or Mine? People and Power in

Place • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit

points for this Major to appear on their testamur Gender Studies Major

• Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent including 30 credit points in an undergraduate Gender Studies major with a Distinction GPA or equivalent

Prescribed units: Credit point change from 0 cps to 18 cps • GNST501 Research in Gender Studies has been added • HUMS508 Major Research Project (12 cps) has been added

Listed units: Credit point change from 24 cps to 6 cps • ANCH512 Rome of the Caesars 31BC-AD193 has been added • COMM427 Reading Popular Culture has been added • COMM488 Visual Pleasures: Feminism Goes to the Movies has been

added • EDCX446 Sociology of Education has been added • HIST505 Byzantine History AD330-1056 has been added • HIST585 is now RELS585 Women and Religion • IDIG500 Analysing Indigenous Australian Policy Issues has been

added • IDIG501 Analysing Change in Indigenous Societies has been added • ISLM563 Women in Islam has been added • PAIS552 International Human Rights has been added • PAIS561 Sex, Crime and Corruption in Asia has been added • PEAC503 Active Resistance: Contemporary Nonviolence has been

added • PEAC528 title change to Peacemaking • WGST420 and WGST425 have been withdrawn

Note Major title change from Women’s and Gender Studies to Gender Studies Note the unit/title changes

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German Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in German or approval of the head of school • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit has been added • FGIR401 title change to French, German or Italian Reading Unit • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Heritage Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Prescribed units: • ARPA552 title change to Public Archaeology and Management • HIST556 title change to Public History at Work

Listed units: • GEPL438 is now GEPL538 Understanding Research • GEPL470 is now GEPL570 Your Place or Mine? People and Power in

Place • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



History Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

History major • HIST556 title change to Public History at Work • HIST586 is now RELS586 Buddhism: A History • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



New – Indigenous Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Prescribed Units: Complete 18 cps from the following units • ARPA552 Public Archaeology and Management • IDIG500 Analysing Indigenous Australian Policy Issues • IDIG501 Analysing Change in Indigenous Societies • IDIG506 Aboriginal Health

Note new Major

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Listed Units: Complete 6 cps from the following units • ARPA543 Archaeological Field Methods • ARPA556 Methods in Archaeological Practice • ARPA570 Forensic Archaeology • ARPA581 Prehistory of SE Asia and the Pacific • HUMS507 Minor Research Project • HUMS508 Major Research Project • IDIG503 Principles of Aboriginal Community Development • IDIG512 Comparing Indigenous Communities and Ethnic Minorities • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit

points for this Major to appear on their testamur Islamic Studies Major

• Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit


Note changes

Italian Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent and an undergraduate

major in Italian or approval of the head of school • ARTS502 Dissertation Unit has been added • FGIR401 title change to French, German or Italian Reading Unit • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Linguistics Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • LING461 title change to Research Methods in Second Language

Acquisition • LING468 has been withdrawn • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Peace Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • PDPS433 has been withdrawn • PEAC503 title change to Active Resistance: Contemporary

Nonviolence


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• PEAC528 title change to Peacemaking • HUMS508 Major Research Project has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit

points for this Major to appear on their testamur Philosophy Major

• Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • PHIL513 has been withdrawn • PHIL542 title change to Ethical Theory • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Political and International Studies Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • PAIS551 title change to Comparative Federalism: Australia, USA and

Canada • HUMS505 Reading Unit A has been added • HUMS506 Reading Unit B has been added • HUMS507 Minor Research Project has been added • HUMS508 Major Research Project has been added • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Public Policy Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit


Note changes

Regional Change Management Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • ARPA552 title change to Public Archaeology and Management • GEPL470 is now GEPL570 Your Place or Mine? People and Power in

Place • HIST556 is title change to Public History at Work • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Sociology Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Note changes

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Studies in Religion Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Prescribed Units: Complete 6 cps • RELS580 World Religions: An Introductory Overview

Listed Units: Credit points changed from 24 cps to 18 cps • ANCH522 Bronze Age Greece and the Aegean has been added • ANCH524 Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids has been added • ANCH525 New Kingdom Egypt has been added • HIST584 is now RELS584 Religions of the Ancient Near East • HIST585 is now RELS585 Women and Religion • HIST586 is now RELS586 Buddhism: A History • HIST587 is now RELS587 Earliest Christianity: Social Context and

Sacred Text • HIST588 is now RELS588 The Pagan Religions of Ancient Greece

and Rome • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Writing Major • Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree or equivalent • ECTW402 is now ARTS502 Dissertation Unit • Note added: Please note that students require a minimum of 30 credit



Non-Major Units The following units may be included as part of course requirements but do not contribute to the Major:

• INDN431 title change to Reading Islamic Texts: State, Religion and Conflicts

• INDN441 Advanced Reading and Research in Indonesian • ANCH525 New Kingdom Egypt has been added


Rules Variation Summary for 2009

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Master of Arts Summary of Changes for 2009 Implications for current Master of Arts students Note the following course changes for 2009:

• Under the 2009 rules, students must include 24 cps from units in a major. Graduating students who have completed at least 30 cps in a single major will have that major appear on their testamur

• Students will be able to include up to 24 cps from dissertation units • The revised rules include 'major's rather than 'subjects' • The following majors are available under the 2009 rules:

School of Arts - Communication Studies, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Writing; School of Humanities - Ancient History, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Defence Studies, Heritage Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Peace Studies, Philosophy, Political and International Studies, Studies in religion, Women's and Gender Studies; School of Behavioural and Cognitive Social Science - Criminology and Social Justice, Geography, Linguistics, Public Policy, Regional Change Management. Details of units in the 2009 majors can be found in course information for 2009.at http://www.une.edu.au/courses/2009/courses/MA

• Note that many units previously offered at 400 level have been recoded to 500 level for 2009 (eg ANCH451 in 2009 is coded ANCH551)

Students beginning the course in 2009 will come under the new rules. Students who began the course in 2008 or earlier may transfer to the new rules or may continue under existing rules Note the unit changes

Continuing students who wish to continue under pre 2009 course rules should note the following changes for 2009. Defence Studies

• All units have been recoded to 500 level Criminology and Social Justice

• APPS495 and APPS496 have been recoded as BCSS495 and BCSS496

Women's and Gender Studies

Students who began the course in 2008 or earlier may transfer to the new rules or may continue under existing rules. Note the unit changes


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• HIST485 and PAIS463 recoded to 500 level • PDPS429 recoded as s PEAC528

Early Christianity area of study

• HIST496 has been withdrawn, new HUMS reading units ( HUMS 505, 506, 507 and 508) have been introduced for 2009

• HIST481 has been withdrawn • HIST484, 487 and 488 have been recoded to 500 level

Heritage Studies area of study

• ARPA452, HIST456, ARPA480 recoded to 500 level • HIST498 withdrawn and new unit HUMS508 introduced • ARPA456, HIST438, HIST454 and HIST495 recoded to 500 level

Public Policy

• PAIS418, PAIS452, PAIS461 recoded to 500 level Regional Change Management

• ARPA452, HIST454, HIST456, PAIS416, PAIS418 recoded to 500 level

• PAIS417 and SOCY431 are no longer offered. Studies in Religion

• HIST483 has been withdrawn • HIST484, HIST485, HIST486, HIST487, HIST488 recoded to 500

level • HIST496, HIST497, HIST498 withdrawn and replaced by new units

HUMS505, HUMS506, HUMS507 and HUMS508 Writing

• Add new units COMM532, COMM581 and ENGL505 to listed units Peace Studies

• All units have been recoded as PEAC • PDPS recoded as PEAC as follows: PDPS401 as PEAC503;

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PDPS402 as PEAC504; PDPS451 as PEAC552; PDPS454 as PEAC554; PDPS473 as PEAC573; PDPS429 as PEAC528

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