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LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
2011 POSTGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS
Humanities, Social Sciences and Communications Why study Humanities, Social Sciences and Communications at La Trobe? The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has an outstanding reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. It has been ranked in the top 150 in the world for Arts and Humanities and in the top 200 in the world for Social Sciences (Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings, 2009). Many of our academics are acknowledged experts in their field with national and international reputations for their work: in 2009, the faculty’s Dr Robert Kenny and Tom Griffiths jointly won the Prime Minister’s prize for Australian History and in a world-first
discovery, graduate researcher Dr Jamin Pelkey and La Trobe linguist Professor David Bradley came across 30 previously unlisted languages, in use, in China. Furthermore, a number of our staff have a prominent role in public discussion regarding cultural, social and political affairs, especially in the national media – Dr Susan Turnbull, Professor Dennis Altman AM and Dr Christopher Scanlon, to name a few. We recognise how important it is for students to connect with employers and gain industry experience as part of their studies. You’ll enjoy a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment, in which you’ll be encouraged to excel in your studies.
“What I love most about my course is the fact that it has created a balance for me in theory and practice which was what I was after in my studies at La Trobe.” Rachel Nyaga - Kenya Master of Community Planning and Development
FOR MORE INFORMATION
latrobe.edu.au/international