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493 Master's degrees in Social Sciences in Australia
Counselling
Develop the professional skills to understand mental health practices and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives with Counselling from Murdoch University.
Counselling
The Graduate Certificate of Counselling at University of Canberra is designed to introduce students to the essential knowledge and skills that will prepare them for a helping career or expand on their current understanding and practice to improve their skills for their current work situations.

Mental Health Practice
The Mental Health Practice programme from Griffith University is focused on a rapidly evolving healthcare area, you will acquire specialised knowledge and understanding of how to work effectively with people with a mental illness, their carers and family members.
Arts (Research)
The Master of Arts (Research) at Swinburne University of Technology offers students the opportunity to undertake supervised research in the related discipline of their choice. Their chosen discipline may include, for example, cultural studies, human society, media and communications, philosophy, politics, psychology or statistics.

Social Justice and Community Practice
The Social Justice and Community Practice programme from Griffith University equips you with the knowledge, skills and ethical frameworks to support diverse populations, promote equity and address systemic social and economic disadvantage.
Information and Communications Technology
The Information and Communications Technology programme from Western Sydney University, Sydney City Campus concentrates on developing and extending your knowledge needed for ICT roles within the fast-growing ICT industry and other relevant industry sectors.

Economic Analysis
The Economic Analysis programme at The University of Sydney is designed for both recent graduates and professionals seeking high-level training for career progression or a career change. It is suitable for those with a strong background in economics and quantitative methods and may serve as a pathway to a PhD.
Master of Law, Policy and Government
This Master of Law, Policy and Government from The University of Western Australia is available to law and non-law graduates seeking an advanced understanding of socio-legal theory, policy development and the skills required to work in or with government.
Applied Economics, Banking and Finance
The Applied Economics, Banking and Finance program offered by Macquarie University places significant importance on context and the application of theory to solving real-world problems; and provides an opportunity for you to undertake interdisciplinary studies, recognising that applied economists work in increasingly diverse fields that cross traditional discipline boundaries.
Regulation and Governance
The Master of Regulation and Governance (MREGG) at the Australian National University is a unique degree that equips students and their organisations to navigate environments where complexity, catastrophic risk, and transformative technologies are reshaping the ways in which we govern and regulate.

Communication (Organisational Communication)
Throughout the Communication (Organisational Communication) degree from Charles Sturt University you will develop your knowledge of contemporary communication practice and theory, including multi-platform communication and digital media, or build your skills in public relations.

Master of Business Administration (Social Impact)
Learn how to apply the principles of social impact to social innovation, service and system design, people-centred solutions, community place-based approaches, social entrepreneurship and governance with the Master of Business Administration (Social Impact) from Flinders University
Counselling and Psychotherapy
The Graduate Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy from The Cairnmillar Institute provides students with training in key therapeutic modalities and interventions.

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing programme from Charles Sturt University provides students working in the field with the opportunity to conduct research and contribute to knowledge and practice in their discipline.
International Relations
The International Relations program at Monash University offers you a window into the diverse and dynamic world of politics in the 21st century.

Political Economy
The Political Economy from The University of Sydney focuses on how economic life is shaped by political, institutional, social, cultural and historical factors, and explores different theoretical traditions to ask a variety of questions about markets, the state and households.
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
Delivered online, the Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing from the University of Melbourne will provide you with the latest knowledge of adolescent health and development, prevention frameworks and skills to work more effectively with individuals and populations in schools and communities, and within health services.

International Education
Are you passionate about the International Baccalaureate (IB) and international schooling? Take your career global with the International Education program at Murdoch University.
Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development (Advanced)
The Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development (Advanced) program at the Australian National University will give you the practical and analytic skills you need to make a difference, and also the theory to assess your impact.
Master of Applied Human Performance Science
The Master of Applied Human Performance Science programme at The University of Western Australia uses an interdisciplinary approach, covering fields of advanced exercise physiology, performance psychology, human movement and ergonomics, energy metabolism (nutrition), exercise programming and prescription, load monitoring and analytics among others.