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493 Master's degrees in Social Sciences in Australia

Digital Communication and Culture
The Digital Communication and Culture programme at The University of Sydney is aimed at people pursuing careers in fields where digital media are bringing the greatest changes. These include media, education, museums, web, marketing, publishing, creative industries, social media, mobile media, communications and computer games.
Social Change and Development
The Master of Public Health / Master of Social Change and Development at University of Newcastle offers a comprehensive learning experience. You will gain the skills to navigate and influence the global and population health landscapes.
Coaching Psychology
The Coaching Psychology program at the University of Sydney is an applied positive psychology course and sits at the intersection of counselling, clinical and organisational psychology. This unique course will give you the skills to enhance productivity and quality of life of individuals, organisations and the broader community.
Counselling and Psychotherapy
This Counselling and Psychotherapy course from Adelaide University will shape you into an ethically aware, research-informed and clinically effective counsellor.
Global Securities and Strategy
Global Securities and Strategy from Australian National University examines the nature and interconnectivity of global and regional security challenges.
Social Work (Professional Qualifying)
This specialist Social Work (Professional Qualifying) MSW course from James Cook University is designed to give you valuable opportunities to network and gain practical professional experience in social welfare agencies, both in Australia and overseas.

Social Justice (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Social Justice (Peace and Conflict Studies) from The University of Sydney will explore the intellectual and practical challenges of attaining peace with justice in a programme that you can tailor to suit your personal interests and career aspirations.
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
The Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies program at the Australian National University includes intensive options for busy professionals, and online options* for those based remotely, alongside traditional face-to-face seminars with leading global experts on the Middle East and Central Asia.
Leadership in Aboriginal Education
Developed in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ communities, in the Leadership in Aboriginal Education program at the University of Sydney learn how to identify and disrupt deficit discourses about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and histories by creating deep and real world cultural understandings through your students.
Educational and Developmental Psychology
The Educational and Developmental Psychology program at Monash University focuses on how people develop and learn throughout their lifetime. They work with individuals, families, groups and organisations in a range of settings and have varying roles such as school psychologist, guidance officer, and child and adolescent counsellor.
Counselling
Passionate about helping people navigate their mental health journey? Take the first step in developing professional competence for a career in counselling, or advance your current career with the knowledge from a Graduate Certificate in Counselling from Murdoch University.
Strategic Communication
This Strategic Communication course from Adelaide University equips you with the versatile skillset needed to lead strategic communication planning, management and execution across all key digital and non-digital channels – in any sector, anywhere in the world.
Psychology (Clinical)
This Psychology (Clinical) course from Adelaide University is for those who wish to make a meaningful impact as a registered psychologist.

Suicidology
Suicide prevention in theory and practice. Explore the practical, policy and research issues in the field of suicide prevention in this Suicidology programme from Griffith University.
Globalisation (Advanced)
How do you give your career an edge in an increasingly globalised world? You become an expert in globalisation itself. The Globalisation (Advanced) program at the Australian National University is the only degree in Australia focusing on the rapid pace of economic, cultural, political and social change in the world today and the challenges it brings.
Design Thinking
Take a human-centred approach to redefine problems and identify alternative strategies and solutions to almost any challenge with a Graduate Certificate in Design Thinking from Murdoch University.
Professional Psychology
The Master of Professional Psychology from Bond University will provide selected psychology graduates with a Fifth Year of professional training in psychology.

Human Services
With this Human Services programme from Griffith University you will gain the knowledge and skills you need to be an effective human services professional. Human service professionals are concerned with improving the social, economic, personal and communal well-being of people.
Development Studies
The Development Studies program from University of New South Wales is a flexible and interactive degree that provides specialist studies in international development at local, national and international levels.

Communication (Marketing)
Throughout the Communication (Marketing) 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.