Graduate
Master of Arts
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
About this program
The Master of Arts (Coursework) at Charles Darwin University is a flexible, unit-based course that offers opportunities to develop competencies in a range of fields, enhance career progression, update skills, and pursue interests in arts and social sciences. It also prepares students for a pathway into higher degree by research programs. Students specialise in one of social sciences, Indigenous knowledges and engagement, Indigenous languages and contemporary social issues, Indigenous research practice, or creative arts, and can select a research option to develop research skills alongside coursework.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Core Units (2 units): Advocacy and Social Action
- Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing
Capstone/Research Units (2-4 units)
- Independent Study (moved from core to capstone from 2026)
- 20cpResearch Methods 1
- Research Methods 2
- Master Thesis A
- 20cpResearch Methods for the Creative Arts
- 20cpResearch Methods 1
- Masters Exegesis A
- 20cpMasters Exegesis B
Arts Specialisation Specialist Elective Units (3 - 4 units)
- 20cpCreative Project
- Workshop in Short Stories and Poetry
- Artists
- Art Works and Art Movements
- Composing and Arranging Music
- Location Sound Recording and Design
- Curatorial and Museum Studies
- Environmental Justice
- Waste and Society
- China and International Relations
- Advanced Sociology of Crime and Deviance (new title 2026)
- Indigenous Philosophies and The West
- Neocolonialism
- Advocacy and Critique of Development
- Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics
- Indigenous Knowledges
- Property Rights and Economic Participation
- Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies
- Partnerships and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management
- Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia
- Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation
- Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts
- Yolngu Languages and Culture 1
- Yolngu Languages and Culture 2
- Indigenous Language Project
- Representing and Recording Country
- Yolngu Literature
- Yolngu Conversation 1
- Yolngu Conversation 2
- Language
- Crime
- Forensic Linguistics
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Morphology and Syntax
- Principles of Research in Indigenous Contexts
- Indigenous Research Methodologies
- Indigenous Research Project
- Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia
- Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts
- Healthy Country
- Healthy People
Admissions
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a related field
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