Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies

The only Cultural Studies degree on offer in Australia, this program covers diverse topics of popular culture, media, gender, sexuality, globalisation and consumer culture.

Using real-world examples, you will learn to analyse cultural forms and debate their significance in context.Through this degree, you will also engage critically with culture in its manifest expressions and gain insight into identity, self-expression and embodiment.Our degree is taught by world-renowned scholars, including Professor Elspeth Probyn and Professor Catherine Driscoll within the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, who draw upon cutting-edge research in this interdisciplinary field.

Engage with a dynamic postgraduate community and undertake cultural research as part of a well- established internship program, in a business, government or not-for-profit body.

The course includes a dissertation pathway for students interested in pursuing a higher degree by research after completion.

Admission requirement

Admission to candidature for the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies requires:

• a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification.

Relevant, recent professional qualifications and experience may be assessed as suitable for admission by the Dean under the provision for exceptional circumstances outlined in the Coursework Rule. Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the admissions criteria.

In exceptional circumstances the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications but whose evidence of experience and achievement is deemed by the Dean to be equivalent.

What you'll study