Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies
The information on this page applies to future students. Current students should refer to their faculty handbooks for course information.
The Sydney Master of Cultural Studies allows candidates to engage critically with the changing meanings of culture in our everyday world. You will learn how to analyse cultural forms while debating their significance in relation to socio-historical contexts.
The Sydney Master of Cultural Studies allows candidates to engage critically with the changing meanings of culture in our everyday world. You will learn how to analyse cultural forms while debating their significance in relation to socio-historical contexts.
In covering topics such as popular culture, media, gender, sexuality, globalisation and consumer culture, the program raises questions around identity, community, representation, power, values and the practice of everyday life.
Understanding cultural processes is key in many fields of work, from government and community sectors through to the arts, education and communication industries. One of the study options is an internship that enables students to undertake a research project with a relevant organisation upon departmental approval.
As well as the core and core elective units run by the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, a range of electives from other departments in the faculty are offered. A dissertation option is available for those seeking to undertake research into culture.
The program does not presume pre‐existing knowledge of cultural studies. However for those with a background in the field it presents an opportunity to deepen and extend this knowledge.
Some of the units of study available in this degree include Debates in Cultural Studies; Identity, Place and Culture; Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies; Gender, Media and Consumer Societies; and Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture.
Units of study
Full units of study list
- ARHT6925 - Cinematographic Performance
- ARHT6930 - Film Theory: Art,Industry,Culture
- ARHT6937 - Curating Asian Art
- ARIN6901 - Network Society
- ARIN6902 - Internet Cultures and Governance
- ARIN6914 - Remixable Media
- ARIN6920 - Dissertation Part 1
- ARIN6921 - Dissertation Part 2
- ARTS7000 - Academic Communication for Postgraduates
- ASNS6905 - Asian Popular Culture
- GCST5902 - Natures and Cultures of Bodies
- GCST5905 - Identity Place and Culture
- GCST5909 - Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies
- GCST6903 - Debates in Cultural Studies
- GCST6905 - Philosophy in the Feminine
- GOVT6117 - International Politics of Human Rights
- HRTG6901 - The Idea of Heritage
- HSTY6987 - Writing the Past
- HSTY6994 - Globalism,Internationalism and the UN
- LNGS7006 - Cross-Cultural Communication
- MECO6902 - Legal & Ethical Issues in Media Practice
- MECO6926 - International Media Practice
- MECO6929 - Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts
- MUSM7035 - Ethics of Cultural Property
- PACS6907 - Gender and the Development of Peace
- PACS6909 - Cultures of Violence
- PACS6915 - Human Rights,Peace and Justice
- SCLG6902 - Doing Social Research
- SCLG6903 - New Debates in Social Theory
- SCLG6910 - Social Policy International Perspectives
- USSC6919 - American Film and Hollywood
- USSC6920 - News in the USA: The Objectivity Norm
- WMST6902 - Arguing the Point
- WMST6903 - Gender,Media and Consumer Societies
- WMST6904 - Modernism,Modernity and Modern Culture
- WMST6922 - Dissertation Part 1
- WMST6923 - Dissertation Part 2
Further course information
Study plan
The Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies requires the satisfactory completion of 4 units of study (24 credit points) (cp), including 2 core elective units of study (12cp), plus 2 units of study (12cp) taken from a list of electives.
Graduate opportunities
Understanding cultural processes is key in many fields of work, from government and community sectors through to the arts, education and communication industries. One of the study options is an internship that enables students to undertake a research project with a relevant organisation upon departmental approval.
How to apply
Domestic students
How to apply
Australian citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens, and holders of a permanent humanitarian visa, must apply through UAC.
http://www.uac.edu.au/
Please note: not all courses are offered in the July semester intake.
Admission requirements
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.
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the 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. For the admissions criteria see section 5, Admission to candidature, of the course resolutions
International students
How to apply
Overseas applicants may apply:
(i) directly to the University via the International Office. Further information on applications and English language requirements and support services for international students is available on the International Office website; or
(ii) through a University overseas representative (education agent).
Note: International students are required to enrol on a full-time basis.
Admission requirements
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.
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the 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. For the admissions criteria see section 5, Admission to candidature, of the course resolutions
Fee disclaimer
Domestic students
*(1)Indicative Postgraduate Student Contribution Amount
*(1)Indicative Postgraduate Student Contribution Amount not available for Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies.
Annual review
Annual review not available for Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies.
*(2)Postgraduate Domestic Tuition Fee
This 2012 tuition fee for a domestic postgraduate student represents the fee that is payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2012 for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load is more or less than the 1.0 EFSTL your fee will differ.
Annual review
Importantly, tuition fees are subject to annual review by the University, and are likely to increase each year of your period of study, effective at the start of each calendar year.
Additional incidental fees
For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the student contribution and/or course fee. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing and equipment. For further information about these additional incidental fees, please visit the University's Future Student's online webpage at http://sydney.edu.au/future_students
Potential for inaccuracy
Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to include correct and up to date information in this prospectus, you are also advised to consult directly with the Student Centre for domestic students or the International Office for international students so that they can provide you with specific and up to date information about those fees.
The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Faculty Handbook and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents
International students
International tuition fees for postgraduate students
This 2012 tuition fee for international postgraduate students represents the fees that are payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2012 for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load is more or less than the 1.0 EFSTL your fee will differ.
Annual review
Importantly, tuition fees are subject to annual review, and are likely to increase each year of your period of study, effective at the start of each calendar year.
Additional incidental fees and health insurance
For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the tuition fees. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing, and equipment. For further information about these additional incidental fees, please visit the University's Future Student's online webpage at http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_coursework or http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research
In addition to the fees indicated here for the course of study, International Students studying on an Australian Student Visa must have appropriate health insurance for the duration of their studies on a Student Visa through an approved provider of the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) scheme. This is a requirement of the Australian Government, unless otherwise exempted by the Government.
Potential for inaccuracy
Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to include correct and up to date information here, you are also advised to consult directly with the Student Centre for domestic students or the International Office for international students so that they can provide you with specific and up to date information about those fees.