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Domestic Students

Former or current domestic UNE students apply to study on or off campus directly to UNE.

International Students

1. Admission to Candidature
A candidate shall:
(a) hold a bachelor degree of a recognised university where a candidate elects to complete one of the following Majors: Ancient History; Asian Studies; Communication Studies; Criminology and Social Justice; Defence Studies; Geography; Heritage Studies; Indigenous Studies; Islamic Studies; Linguistics; Peace Studies; Philosophy; Political and International Studies; Public Policy; Regional Change Management; Sociology; Studies in Religion; Writing; or
(b) hold a bachelor degree of a recognised university including a major in the relevant language, or approval of the Head of School, where a candidate elects to complete one of the following Majors: Chinese; French; German; Italian; or
(c) hold a bachelor degree of a recognised university including relevant discipline studies as follows where a candidate elects to complete one of the following Majors: Archaeology (24 credit points in ARPA units or equivalent); English (an undergraduate major in English or approval of the Head of School); Gender Studies (30 credit points in undergraduate Gender Studies with units with a Distinction Grade Point Average (GPA) or equivalent); History (un undergraduate major in History or equivalent).

2. Course Requirements
2.1. To qualify for the award of Master of Arts a candidate shall pass units to the value of 48 credit points at 400 level or above as set out in Schedule A or other units in respect to 2.3 and 2.4.

2.2. Candidates must include units to the value of at least 24 credit points from units listed within a major as set out in Schedule A. With the approval of the relevant head of school, WORK500 may substitute for one of the units in a Major.

2.3. Candidates may include units as set out in Schedule B. These units do not contribute to the requirement of the Major.

2.4. With the approval of the course coordinator candidates may include any other 400-level or above units from other areas of the University, to the value of not more than 18 credit points.

2.5. A candidate may change their nominated Major at any time, providing they meet the admission requirements as set out in Admission to Candidature Rule 1 and can achieve Course Requirements 2.2. and 2.6.

2.6. A candidate may include dissertation units where listed within the Major, to the value of not more than 24 credit points. When enrolling in any 12 credit point dissertation unit a candidate must have achieved a Distinction GPA either in 24 credit points at 300-level within the same area of study as the intended research or 12 credit points at 400/500 level within the same area of study as the intended research, or permission of the relevant head of school.

2.7. A candidate may include reading course units, listed within the Major. When enrolling in any reading course unit a candidate must have achieved a Credit GPA either in 24 credit points at 300-level within the same area of study as the intended reading course or 12 credit points at 400/500 level within the same area of study as the intended reading course, or permission of the relevant head of school.

2.8. Dissertation and reading course units may only be undertaken within the same area of study as the nominated Major.

3. Period of Candidature
3.1. (a) The expected period of candidature for full-time candidates to complete requirements is two semesters.
(b) Part-time candidates shall complete requirements in not more than eight semesters.

3.2. Where a candidate has been granted advanced standing towards the degree, the course coordinator may reduce proportionately the period of candidature.

4. Advanced Standing
Maximum of 24 credit points, providing units passed have reasonable correspondence to units of coursework available toward the degree and were not part of the degree on which admission to the Master of Arts was based.

5. Exit Pathways
Students can exit with the Graduate Certificate in Arts upon successful completion of 24 credit points.

7. Award of Master of Arts
Graduating students in the Master of Arts who have successfully completed at least 30 credit points in one major as defined in Schedule A of the Master of Arts will have that Major appear on their testamur.

Candidates studying Full-Time = 48 cps per year or 24 cps per semester. This equates to a workload of approximately 40-48 hours per week.
Candidates studying Part-Time = 24 cps per year or 12 cps per semester. This equates to a workload of approximately 20-24 hours per week.