Master of Social Research Methods (Advanced)

at Australian National University

Program Structure

The Master of Social Research Methods (Advanced) requires completion of 48 units which must consist of:

6 units from one of the following research projects courses:
 

• SOCR8002 Survey Data Analysis

• SOCR8008 Qualitative data collection

• SOCR8009 Quantitative data collection

 

18 units from completion of Social Research Methods Foundation courses, from any of the following lists:
 

• Quantitative Data Analysis

• DEMO8008 Principles of Population Analysis

• SOCR8002 Survey Data Analysis

• SOCR8009 Quantitative data collection

• SOCR8011 Mixed methods social research

 

Qualitative Data Analysis
 

• POLS8044 Qualitative Research in Politics

• SOCR8003 Qualitative Research Analysis

• SOCR8008 Qualitative data collection

• SOCR8011 Mixed methods social research

 

Social Research Methods Foundation
 

• SOCR8004 Special Topic in Social Research

• SOCR8006 Online Research Methods

 

24 units from completion of Advanced Methods or Discipline courses from any of the following lists:
 

• Advanced Social Research Methods

• DEMO8092   Life Course Analytics

• EMET8014   Advanced Econometrics I

• SOCR8010   Advanced Survey Data Analysis

• SOCR8203   Advanced Techniques in the Creation of Social Science Data

• SOCR8204   Advanced Social Science Approaches to Inform Policy Development and Service Delivery

 

Demographic Analysis
 

• DEMO8024   Population and Society: Theory and Empirical Perspectives

• DEMO8047   International Migration

• DEMO8048   Gender and Population

• DEMO8063   Spatial Population Data Analysis

• DEMO8088   Population, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

• DEMO8090   Population Issues in Asia and their Implications for World Development

• DEMO8091   Population Projections and Dynamics

• DEMO8092   Life Course Analytics

 

Analysing Crime and Justice
 

• CRIM8002   Cyber-security and Cybercrime

• CRIM8003   Transnational and Organised Crime

• CRIM8004   White Collar Crime: Fraud, Money Laundering and Corruption

• HIST6232   Crime and Justice: Historical Dilemmas

• REGN8001   Methods in Crime, Justice and Regulation

• REGN8004   International Criminal Justice

 

Indigenous Research and Policy
 

• HIST8016   Settler Societies and Indigenous Encounters

• INDG8001   Australian Indigenous Development

• INDG8003   Understanding Indigenous Wellbeing: Demographic and Socioeconomic Change

• INDG8004   First Nations Peoples and Public Policy in Australia

 

Policy Analysis
 

• IDEC8003   Issues in Development Policy

• IDEC8026   Quantitative Policy Impact Evaluation

• IDEC8088   Cost-Benefit Analysis: Principles and Practice

• POGO8025   Social Policy Analysis

• POGO8029   Health Policy in a Globalising World

• POGO8055   Case Studies in Decision Making

• POGO8084   Principles of Social Policy

• POGO8210   Case Studies in Economic Policy

• SOCR8202   Using Data to Answer Policy Questions and Evaluate Policy

 

Politics and Society
 

• HIST6240   Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945

• MEAS8111   Drivers of Violent Extremism: The Local and the Global in the Middle East

• MEAS8121   Approaches to the Study of Modern Muslim Societies

• MEAS8124   Islamic Banking: Debates and Development

• MEAS8127   'Sectarianism' in the Middle East: Theology, Politics and Identity

• POLS8019   Democracy and its Discontents

• POLS8027   Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

• POLS8032   Globalisation: the Interaction of Economics and Politics

• POLS8038   Comparative Political Institutions

• POLS8039   Comparative Political Behaviour

• POLS8043   Violence and Political Order

• POLS8046   Interest Groups, Advocacy and Public Policy

 

Analysing the Digital
 

• SOCR8006   Online Research Methods

• SOCY6066   Social Science of the Internet

• SOCY8015   Software Studies and Platform Sociology

• SOCY8016   Qualitative approaches to the digital

 

24 units from completion of THES8103 Thesis

Students must have the written agreement of an identified supervisor in order to enrol in THES8103 Thesis one semester in advance of the start date of the Thesis semester.

Students who do not have the written agreement of an identified supervisor one semester in advance, or whose agreed supervisor either subsequently leaves the university or is on leave from the university, will be transferred to the Master of Social Research.

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.

 

Master Research

This degree has been accredited at AQF Level 9 with a significant component of Research. 

 

Master Research Training

This degree has been accredited at AQF Level 9 with a significant component of Research. 

At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry. 

 

• A cognate Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 6/7, and the approval of an identified supervisor for the research project/thesis.

• A Bachelor degree or international equivalent AND a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a cognate discipline with a minimum GPA of 5/7, and the approval of an identified supervisor for the research project/thesis.

 

In order to enrol in THES8103 Thesis, students must have the written agreement of an identified supervisor three months in advance of the start date of the semester of first enrolment in THES8103. Students who do not have the written agreement of an identified supervisor three months in advance, or whose agreed supervisor either subsequently leaves the university or is on leave from the university, will be transferred to the Master of Social Research.

 

Cognate disciplines

Anthropology, Criminology, Development Studies, Economics, Geography, Marketing, Media and Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Social Policy, Sociology

In line with the university's admissions policy and strategic plan, an assessment for admission may include competitively ranking applicants on the basis of specific academic achievement, English language proficiency and diversity factors. 

 

Academic achievement & English language proficiency

The minimum academic requirement for full entry and enrolment is a Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 6.0/7.0. 

However, applicants will first be ranked on a GPA ('GPA1') that is calculated using all but the last semester (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes. 

If required, ranking may further be confirmed on the basis of: 
 

• a GPA ('GPA2') calculated on the penultimate and antepenultimate semesters (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes; and/or

• demonstrating higher-level English language proficiency. 

 

Prior to enrolment in this ANU program, all students who gain entry will have their Bachelor degree reassessed, to confirm minimum requirements were met.

The annual indicative fee provides an estimate of the program tuition fees for international students and domestic students (where applicable). The annual indicative fee for a program is based on the standard full-time enrolment load of 48 units per year (unless the program duration is less than 48 units). Fees for courses vary by discipline meaning that the fees for a program can vary depending on the courses selected. Course fees are reviewed on an annual basis and typically will increase from year to year. The tuition fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and the courses selected and are subject to increase during the period of study.

 

Annual indicative fee for international students

$46,176