Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Minimum	24 units
Academic Contact	Prof James Raymer
Academic Plan	6892XGCSR
CRICOS Code	061880B
UAC Code	832015(GradCert Social Research) 835015(GradCert Social Research)
Areas of Interest	Social Research

The Graduate Certificate in Social Research is a professional degree designed to provide training in social science research methods. Students have the option of transferring from the Graduate Certificate to the Master of Social Research subject to satisfactory progress.

For Further information please refer to: adsri.study@anu.edu.au

Prerequisites

Applicants should have a three year Bachelor degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Social Research. Adequate skills in mathematics and a proficiancy in English are also required. Pre-course English training can be undertaken via the ANU College.

 

Social Research Preparatory Program

Students enrolling in the Graduate Certificate in Social Research normally commence with the Preparatory Program. The Program is designed to give students a general orientation to the university community and to sharpen academic, computing and statistical skills in preparation for graduate study.

This Program is compulsory for international students. Mathematics for Social Scientists and Computing for Social Scientists are recommended for Australian students needing to learn or refresh maths and computing skills.

Academic Skills for Social Scientists runs for 6 weeks (approximately 20 hours per week) in January/February before first semester and June/July before second semester. Mathematics for Social Scientists (approximately 3 hours per week) and Computing for Social Scientists (approximately 3 hours per week) are run in conjunction with the Academic Skills for Social Scientists in January/February before first semester.

Further details including information about fees can be found on the following website: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/graduate-study/prepcourse.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2013 website applies to the 2013 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2012 website.