If you're fascinated by the Middle East and Central Asia, transform your passion into a specialised qualification at Australia's premier institute for international studies. Through this program, you'll gain a deep regional grounding from multiple interdisciplinary perspectives, including contemporary politics, international relations, modern history, political economy, development studies, sociology, and religious and cultural studies. The degree includes intensive options for busy professionals, and online options for those based remotely, alongside traditional face-to-face seminars, culminating in an original research thesis where you work on- on-one with a leading global expert on the Middle East and Central Asia.
Note that student visa holders [subclass 500] cannot study more than one-third of this program online.
Learning Outcomes
conduct detailed, sophisticated research on the Middle East and/or Central Asia, synthesize research material and explain the findings clearly and succinctly, and present these findings both in writing and orally; discuss, explain and analyse major modern events, characteristics and dynamics related to the Middle East and/or Central Asia; explain and assess the dynamics that shape and influence Middle East and/or Central Asia, including one or more of: the roles of key actors in these regions' politics, international relations, and political economies; the impacts on the region of modern historical events; and the impacts of societal and cultural forces; engage critically with key scholarly debates and controversies related to the study of the Middle East and/or Central Asia, including those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries; anddemonstrate the ability to complete a major piece of scholarly research in the field of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, presenting the findings and arguments of this work in a scholarly/thesis format.
Career Options
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