PhD in Arts and Social sciences

An extensive, independent research project in your chosen field is required for this PhD program, under the guidance of at least two academic supervisors. The research thesis that emerges from your investigation will add significantly to the corpus of knowledge or comprehension in your discipline. This program is ideal for those interested in the ways that the different peoples, communities, states, regions, institutions, and organisations that make up this world interact and influence the national, regional, and international dynamics that we currently face. By comprehending the factors that influence our lives, graduates can learn the ways to address the significant problems and make positive changes.

Applicants must have completed at least one of the following:

• A bachelor’s degree requiring at least four years of full-time study in a relevant field, which normally includes a research component in the fourth year, leading to an honours 1 or 2A in a relevant field.
• A course leading to a level rated by the University as equivalent to an honours 1 or 2A in a relevant field.
• A master’s degree that entails work, normally including a significant research component, including at least 25% of one full-time equivalent year of work, including a thesis. It is normally expected that a grade of Honours 2A has been obtained for the research thesis or project. Where ungraded, the examiner’s reports will be taken into account.
• Qualifications which, in the opinion of the Graduate Research Committee and Monash Graduate Research Office, are deemed equivalent.

English Language Requirements:

• IELTS (Academic)/IELTS One Skill Retake (Academic)/IELTS Online:
  • Overall score: 6.5
  • Listening score: 6.0
  • Reading score: 6.0
  • Writing score: 6.0
  • Speaking score: 6.0
• TOEFL iBT/TOEFL iBT Paper Edition:
  • Total Score: 79
  • Listening score: 12
  • Reading score: 13
  • Writing score: 21
  • Speaking score: 18
• PTE Academic:
  • Overall score: 58
  • Listening score: 50
  • Reading score: 50
  • Writing score: 50
  • Speaking score: 50
• C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency:
  • Overall score: 176
  • Listening score: 169
  • Reading score: 169
  • Writing score: 169
  • Speaking score: 169

Areas of Research:

• Anthropology (visual and urban)
• Climate change
• Communications
• Critical Asian studies
• Cultural studies
• Development studies
• Film and television studies
• Gender and sexuality studies
• History
• Human geography
• International political economy
• International relations
• Internet studies
• Literary studies
• Media studies
• Migration studies
• Politics/political science
• Religious studies
• Sociology
• Theology
• Urban studies