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Study masters degree humanities & social science online with Macquarie University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Graduates in the Master of Ancient History (OUA) will have specialised knowledge in this discipline and skills for research and further learning. In this course, you will have the opportunity to gain advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of knowledge in a range of relevant disciplines. In addition to the coursework offered through seminars, you will conduct research in your chosen field. You may only enrol in the course as an online student. The course caters for anyone who wishes to further their studies in Ancient History, support specific professional development (eg teachers), or prepare for higher degree research studies.

Understand who we are today by looking into the trials of history. Learn how to critically examine cultures of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds at a postgraduate level.  

Master of Ancient History

With its dual focus on policy analysis and applied social research, the Master of Public and Social policy (OUA) is a unique and innovative course in Australia. Through your studies, you will develop a deep knowledge of how policy is shaped, as well as the skills to help you analyse, design and deliver effective policy solutions to serve the public interest. You will also acquire the knowledge and skills to engage with and undertake research addressing global challenges facing contemporary societies, including sustainable communities, welfare reform, immigration, population health, drugs and alcohol.

Take a dual focus towards policy and social research. Learn how policy is shaped, before gaining skills to design and deliver your own. Use research to address sustainable communities, welfare, immigration, population health and more.

Master of Public and Social Policy

Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Genre and Classic Texts

Dangerous Pleasures: An Introduction to Literary Studies

Academic Writing

Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Sustainability, Climate Change and Economics

Academic and Professional Communications

Drugs in Society

English Language in Use

Ideas about Australian identity have always been expressed and contested in popular culture. These stories of ‘us’ have also meant that some people are seen to belong, and others are excluded from the full exercise of citizenship. This unit will examine Australian history through an examination of 10 key moments when the nation and its citizens were re-imagined in films, songs, novels, poetry, advertisements, sporting contests and plays. Each week we will examine a key turning point in Australian history and the popular culture that was produced to grapple with its consequences. When and why did the bushman become a central figure in the Australian imagination? How did ‘Muriel’s Wedding’ reimagine mateship in the wake of feminist protest? In what ways did advertisements featuring Rhonda and Ketut envisage the relationship between Australia and Asia? Students who complete this unit will develop a critical understanding of the relationship between storytelling and citizenship, master a chronology of the struggles over citizenship that shaped twentieth century Australian political history, and engage widely with the cultural institutions and archives in which our national memory is stored. They will also engage in a wide variety of historical research, classroom debate, and develop an original research topic to investigate. If you have already studied some Australian history, the unit offers a fresh perspective. It will be particularly useful for students who are intending to teach Australian history in schools.

Who the Bloody Hell Are We? Story and Citizenship in Australian History

Social scientists understand that both problems and solutions are unstable objects relating to power, perspective, authority, location, and values. Students will practise the skills required to define problems, conduct critique, and embrace critical and reflexive approaches to qualitative and quantitative information. The unit will consider the influence of perspective and standpoint when analysing, interpreting, designing, presenting, implementing, and critiquing social issues. Using qualitative and quantitative approaches to data analysis, students will explore techniques for drawing associations and analysing facts, ideas, and situations. Students will also learn techniques of presentation and improvisation, as they practise communicating a policy response, change proposal or through community advocacy. Opportunities are provided to respond to feedback on their findings and leverage the results into different narratives. Students will gain comfort with bias, ambiguity, and uncertainty in approaches to social issues. As a result, they will be more discerning users and makers of social research and more flexible as social science practitioners.

Problems, Solutions and Uncertainty

How do people and systems interact in order to influence social change? Using distinctive toolkits and approaches, the social sciences help explain how different societies and the people within them operate, in terms of power, hierarchies, beliefs, identities, governance mechanisms, politics, environments, land use and resources. This unit introduces the key concepts, theories and methods of social sciences through a multi-disciplinary approach. Students will explore the emergence of social sciences and the key disciplines involved. Topics include changes and enduring questions over time related to people, environments, societies, power, agency, structures, and social change. The unit will present key theories and concepts used to understand &#39;the social&#39; and how these apply in the world. The student will be introduced to the tools and techniques (the sciences) which social scientists use to create useable knowledge in robust and ethical ways. On completion of this unit, students will be prepared to further explore, practise and demonstrate mastery of the core concepts and applied tools of the social sciences.

Introduction to Social Sciences

With increasing entrenchment of AI in human affairs, its scientific, moral, political, economic, and other social aspects are becoming a significant issue. For instance, there is a significant concern that machine learning algorithms contribute to the discrimination against members of oppressed groups (e.g., women, people of colour). This unit, co-designed and co-taught by relevant experts in Computing, Philosophy, and cognate disciplines, will present and discuss key theoretical, ethical, and empirical questions about the conditions of explainable, safe, fair, and responsible AI. Furthermore, it will explore scientific, ethical, political, economic, and other social implications of topical issues such as algorithmic decision making, applications of deep learning models, and robot rights. Students will be exposed to ideas such as balancing risks and responsibilities, both in the scientific and moral sense, in the context of the evolving AI technologies.

Rights, Responsibilities, and AI

In this unit, you will explore the Indigenous history, culture, and health in Australia. You will learn about the history of race and settler colonialism in Australia and appreciate the diversity of contemporary Indigenous identities and cultures. In doing so, you will begin to appreciate the importance of decolonising health and increase your awareness of current health trends affecting Indigenous peoples. The unit includes case studies on blending traditional and modern practices, strategies for cultural competency, and ethical considerations in healthcare. You will also examine health policies, advocacy, and community-based health interventions.

Indigenous Peoples' History, Culture and Health

Literature has always been at the forefront of responding to and influencing social change, providing profound insights into what it means to live in challenging times. In this unit students choose one of several different streams of study to explore how particular literary epochs, movements and/or genres challenge political hierarchies, narrate social justice, create empathy for humans and the natural world, and engage with conceptual or technological innovations. Learn how major literary figures grappled with the global issues of their own interconnected worlds through dedication to their craft and the enduring search for freedom and meaning.

Literary Responses to Global Issues

Why are we so fascinated by crime and deviance? What role does the media play in engaging people&#39;s fascination? To what extent can – and does – the media tap into and increase people&#39;s fears about crime? How does the media create subtle biases that inform our perceptions of crime? In addressing such questions, this unit brings together analysis from criminology, sociology, media studies and cultural studies to provide a critical understanding of the relationships that underpin our understanding of crime as a mediated phenomenon. Throughout the course, students will be introduced to the theoretical frameworks that help us understand media influence, examining, amongst other topics, the media&#39;s contrasting approach to children as victims and perpetrators of crime, the often misogynist portrayals of women who offend, the impact of social and mobile media in accelerating sensationalism of news reporting, the changing nature and impact of public surveillance culture as well as the news values that determine which crime events are considered worthy of media attention. Concerned with the ways in which crime is represented and &#39;manufactured&#39; through the media, students will be able to critically evaluate the production, representation and consumption of crime in the media, analysing how these processes, in turn, shape our perceptions of crime, risk and security.

Media, Representation and Crime

What are the origins of the Democracy Sausage and the Halal Snack Pack? Why are there so many roundabouts in Canberra? When did we start taking tents to the beach? This unit focuses on both the utterly ordinary and the unexpectedly surprising aspects of everyday life in contemporary Australia. Anthropology seeks to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar. This unique approach yields important and surprising insights into both the human condition and its local Australian variants, allowing us to better understand our shared humanity and to critically assess unexamined aspects of our quotidian lives from a reflexive perspective. Applying this approach to contemporary Australia, this unit covers topics such as beach etiquette, Anzac Day rituals, and the State of Origin rugby league rivalry. Students will examine their everyday lives with new eyes and learn about anthropology’s distinctive methodologies and theoretical approaches.

Weird Australia

Please note: This subject is available in Macquarie Session 3, which is an intensive semester that spans only 5 intensive teaching weeks, plus a mid-semester recess and an assessment period. Students are advised to enrol in only one or two subjects in Session 3. Students who would prefer to take the unit over 13 teaching weeks should enrol in the Session 1 or Session 2 offering.What do the humanities, arts, and social sciences comprise and how do they benefit society? How do they contribute to the rapidly changing world of work? This unit is an interdisciplinary introduction to the main methods used and issues considered in the study of the humanities, arts, and social sciences, with particular reference to the key transferable skills that you will develop in your learning journey through the Bachelor of Arts. Case studies drawn from a variety of disciplines and real-life situations will be employed to illustrate the ways in which the humanities, arts, and social sciences respond to complex problems and social challenges. In addition, you will develop essential skills and strategies to succeed as a Bachelor of Arts student, which are also applicable to the subject disciplines that constitute the degree.

An introduction to the study of the humanities, arts, and social sciences at university—and a gateway to your arts degree. Open your mind to culture, philosophy, and language. Build transferrable skills in critical thinking, research, and analysis. 

Humanities and the World

The study of the past is constantly evolving and this unit sets out to introduce students to the changing nature of the study of antiquity and the on-going significance of the past in the modern world. This unit also introduces students to the study of primary sources, or evidence from Greek and Roman world, and the evaluation of how history is written through an analysis of a specific historical area. The first section of the unit is focused on the study of ancient sources - what is our evidence and how did authors millennia ago write about major world events - pandemics, war, politics, and so on that continue to be a focus for us today. This section of the unit will give you a thorough understanding of the issues around the use of evidence in Ancient History.The second section of the unit focuses on the writing of ancient history in the modern world. You will study a developing area of recent research and critically evaluate how this research is created, its limitations and its strengths, and its significance for those living in the modern world.The third section introduces students to recent research on the failure of the Roman Republic in the second century BCE with a view to better understanding how a political system can simply cease to function and to understand the relevance of this historical phenomenon for the 21st century.

Explore how universities in today’s modern world research and make meaning of the past. You’ll review evidence of major events in Greek and Roman history. And with a critical eye, you’ll evaluate ancient sources against current principles and processes.

Studying the Past: An Introduction to Ancient History in the 21st Century

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