EXECUTIVE MASTER OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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EXECUTIVE

MASTER OF ARTS

AND SOCIAL

SCIENCES

FACULTY OF ARTS

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SCIENCES

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An exciting and innovative pathway for humanities and social sciences enthusiasts, this degree offers students displaying executive potential an enriched tertiary

experience that equips them with a highly transferable and flexible skillset.

From administration to teaching and policy design and implementation to project management, EMASS suits a range of professionals in an array of positions.

A qualification with a strong emphasis on fostering imaginative, courageous and sensitive leadership, the EMASS encapsulates a focus on creative problem solving, cultural awareness, effective communication, ethical reasoning and critical analysis. You will enjoy a truly cross-disciplinary learning experience and be able to study subjects from a wide variety of fields including cultural studies, economics, media, the law, political science, creative writing, history and education and social work. Under the supervision of the course coordinator, the program can be individually tailored, appealing to both personal interest and professional development needs. In particular, the EMASS can be customised to suit interests in communication strategy, culture and change management, public and social policy leadership, international commerce, non-government organisation, not-for-profit leadership and cultural policy leadership, among other areas.

Furthermore, there are opportunities for industry

placements within the current workplace or desired industry of each student.

THE SYDNEY ADVANTAGE

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Australia’s first faculty for the humanities, draws from more than 160 years of history. The faculty’s long tradition of excellence is matched by its innovation, reflected in five schools for teaching and research:

– School of Letters, Arts and Media

– School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry – School of Languages and Cultures

– School of Social and Political Sciences – School of Economics.

As a student of the EMASS, you will have the opportunity to draw upon the expertise of each of these schools. UNIQUE CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

What makes the EMASS different is that it’s one of the world’s only cross-disciplinary executive leadership master’s qualifications in humanities and social sciences.

It enables you to engage across all disciplines within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and permits you to add units from a selection of faculties at the University of Sydney, including the:

– Faculty of Education and Social Work

– Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies – Faculty of Science

– Sydney Law School.

The capacity to study units across a variety of select faculties is a world first for a master’s by coursework degree in humanities and social sciences, a feature that benefits students from all academic and professional backgrounds.

DEDICATED INTERNSHIP

The EMASS internship is a project-based industry placement of 20 days minimum in an appropriate

organisation in Sydney, elsewhere in Australia or overseas. Internships invite critical reflection on concepts learned during the coursework component, foster the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills (including strategic skills) and greatly enhance students’ employment prospects. Projects are supervised by a professional from the host institution.

Do you want to make a difference and inspire those around you to do likewise? To use

your problem-solving skills and newly acquired knowledge in a leadership role? The

Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences (EMASS) is a new and unique master’s by

coursework degree designed to meet the needs of those seeking to take their careers

further and lead within their industries.

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF

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EXECUTIVE MASTER OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Program director statement

I am delighted to commend the new Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences (EMASS) to you.

The EMASS is a unique degree that has been designed after significant consultation with employers and students. The result is an innovative, cross-disciplinary program

based on the idea that human relationships lie at the heart of successful leadership. This focus is what makes the EMASS so special – and different.

The EMASS vision is to produce sensitive, broad-minded, empathetic and creative leaders whose effective decision-making is based on a thorough appreciation of: public policy, historical context, cultural nuances, human diversity in all its forms, the complexities inherent in social interaction, and the physical and ethical constraints imposed by nature and society.

Led by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the EMASS also involves a number of faculties at the University of Sydney. It combines traditional humanities and social sciences strengths (public policy analysis, cultural awareness and sensitivity, ethical reasoning and critical analysis) with professional skills in problem solving, leadership and project management as well as legal and communication strategy. Moreover, and for the first time, it makes it possible to fully exploit the University’s broad and internationally recognised strengths in humanities and social sciences training.

At the heart of the EMASS is the idea that in order to be effective, a leader needs to understand who their stakeholders are, how they think, what they think and why they think the way they do. In other words, an EMASS leader can empathise with their stakeholders; recognising their desires and respecting their fears, identifying the behavioural constraints they face, understanding their motivations, and acknowledging their philosophical outlook. The EMASS aims to produce a particular kind of leader;

one who places people at the centre of every decision they make.

In addition, it recognises that a crucial part of

leadership involves leading by example; defining a vision, communicating it and educating those responsible for implementing it. An EMASS leader, therefore, is part decision-maker and part educator.

During your EMASS study program you will, for example, be able to choose from subjects in cultural studies,

economics, political science, law, media and communication, history, English and creative writing, development studies, environmental sustainability, education and social work and organisational culture.

You will, in this way, be able to tailor your study program to your own specific intellectual interests and professional circumstances.

You will also have the opportunity to round out your study with an industry placement that will allow you to apply in the real world the disciplinary insights and professional skills you have acquired while studying with us. The EMASS provides you with a truly flexible and practical learning experience.

In short, if you aspire to positions of leadership in which you can make a significant difference while also inspiring those around you to do likewise, then I urge you to seriously consider the EMASS as the means by which you realise your dreams and fulfil your goals.

I wish you the best of luck with your postgraduate studies.

Dr Mark Melatos

Associate Dean, Postgraduate Coursework Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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PUBLIC AND SOCIAL POLICY LEADERSHIP

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2

GOVT6319: governance and public policy making

GCT6901: cultural policy EDPA6018: social policy process

ENGL6946: writing in digital contexts ECOP6101: core concepts in

political economy

SUST5005: policy and sustainability

ECON5001:

microeconomic theory

MECO6934: social marketing

GOVT6316: policy making, power and politics

ECOP6108: economic management for sustainability

ECON5002:

macroeconomic theory

PMGT5872: people and leadership LAWS6985: indigenous

peoples and criminal justice

CISS6008: population and security GOVT6311: issues in public policy Internship or group researchproject COMMUNICATION STRATEGY

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

MECO6908: strategy selection in corporate PR

ARIN6903: exploring digital cultures

MECO6901: dealing with the media

ENGL6946: writing in digital contexts ARHT6940: editing the

moving image

ARIN6914: remixable media LNGS7006: cross-cultural communication

MECO6934: social marketing GOVT6336: media politics ASNS6906: communicating

in Asian contexts

ARIN6901: network society PMGT5872: people and leadership LNGS7274: media discourse ASNS6908: media industries

in East Asia

ENGL6970: Australian magazine and print cultures

Internship or group research project

CULTURE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

LAWS6071: labour law GOVT6123: globalisation and governance ECON5001: microeconomic theory MECO6927: organisational communication LAWS6039: discrimination in the workplace GOVT6331: public

management and governance

LAWS6222: corporate governance

MECO6909: PR management and conflict resolution EDPE6016: adult learning

and development

GOVT6301: public sector ethics and corruption

EDPA5001: organisational theory, management and admin

PMGT5872: people and leadership

EDPC5024: learning and change – a systems view

ARIN6902: internet cultures and governance

EDPA5011: organisational culture and change

DEVELOPED FOR INDUSTRY

– TAILORED FOR YOU

YOUR EMASS JOURNEY

Within this brochure, you will find a selection of pathways listed under disciplinary themes that illustrates how you can tailor your EMASS journey.

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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

GOVT6116:

international organisations

LAWS6945: doing business in emerging markets ECON5001: microeconomic theory LNGS7006: cross-cultural communication GOVT6119: international security

CISS6011: cybersecurity ECON5002:

macroeconomic theory

MECO6909: PR management and conflict resolution LAWS6037: international import/export laws LAWS6997: cross border deals CISS6003: business and security PMGT5872: people and leadership ECOP6016: China in the

world economy

ECOP: finance and economic change

GOVT6313: leadership in theory and practice

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION/NOT-FOR-PROFIT LEADERSHIP

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

ECOP6018: economic development – growth and wellbeing

DVST6901: development critical perspectives A

LAWS6846: human rights and the global economy

EDPA6018: social policy process

ECOP6130: human rights and international development

DVST6904: rethinking poverty LNGS7006: cross-cultural communication

MECO6909: PR management and conflict resolution GOVT6108: democracy and

development in South East Asia

LAWS6985: indigenous peoples and criminal justice

LAWS6977: law of international institutions

PMGT5872: people and leadership

GOVT6304: development and world politics

LNGS7109: language and identity

GOVT6313: leadership in theory and practice

CULTURAL POLICY LEADERSHIP

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO

ANHS6901: Ancient Rome – space and power

EUST6901: european cinema and cultural identities

MECO6901: dealing with the media

EDPA5001: organisational theory, management, admin ANHS6917: the world

of Herodotus

ARHT6935: the art museum – past, present and future

LNGS7006: cross-cultural communication

GOVT6331: public

management and governance ARHT6914: art

and curatorship

GCT6901: cultural policy MECO6908: Strategy Selection in Corporate PR

PMGT5872: people and leadership ARHT5908: the business

of art

ENGL6937: major movements in contemporary prose

GOVT6319: issues in public policy

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GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of the EMASS are well placed to take up leadership positions in fields such as:

– administrative leadership

– public policy design and implementation – cultural policy design and implementation

– communication strategy design and implementation – education and project management.

The EMASS graduate is also eligible to take on positions responsible for culture and change management in organisations, implementing internationalisation initiatives, non-government organisation (NGO) management and strategy, and not-for-profit organisation management and strategy.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The degree is structured in modules, combining traditional arts and humanities strengths in public policy analysis, cultural awareness and sensitivity, ethical reasoning and critical analysis (elective module), with a skillset appropriate for managing resources and strategic planning (professional and applied modules). The professional and applied modules include units in areas such as project management, ethics, professional communication, law, governance, management and leadership.

The EMASS requires the satisfactory completion of:

(a) a maximum of 48 credit points of units of study from the elective module table of units and

(b) a maximum of 36 credit points from the professional module table of units and

(c) a maximum of 12 credit points from the applied module table of units.

The above course structure is based on the two-year program (96 credit points).

A maximum of 12 credit points of units of study may be completed from outside the list of prescribed units, in addition to any already listed, with the permission of the degree director.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission to the EMASS requires: a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent, with a minimum credit (60 percent) average calculated over the whole degree. You can fast track your EMASS degree with recognition for prior learning, as shown below:

DURATION

One to two years full time or up to six years part time.* *International students are required to enrol on a

full-time basis. HOW TO APPLY

sydney.edu.au/courses/executive–master–of–arts–and– social–sciences

APPLICATIONS CLOSE

For Semester One, 2015 commencement – 31 January 2015 For Semester Two, 2015 commencement – 30 June 2015

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