Master in Regional and Community Development (New for 2009)

Further information

Regional and Community Development course brochure (pdf 1.18MB)

For further information, please contact: Administrative Officer, Student Services, Faculty of Education, Gippsland
Ph: +61 3 990 26367
gippslandcourseinfo@education.monash.edu.au

Course Structure

The Master in Regional and Community Development is a three year part-time course where students study through the Gippsland campus via flexible off-campus mode.

Applicants must hold a minimum three year bachelors degree and preferably be working in a field relevant to the content of the course; or applicants who do not have a degree may be eligible to enter a Faculty Certificate program if they have five years relevant experience, and submit a CV with two referees and an accompanying 1000 word statement as to why they wish to enter the course. This program will not be offered to international students in 2009.

What will I learn?

The Master in Regional and Community Development embodies an explicit commitment to people and place, to social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment. The course will equip students with the skills required to understand governance issues and undertake participatory planning and research in local, state, national and international public and private sector organisations. The educational approach and outcomes from this program will contribute to increased participation in the formation of socially and ecologically sustainable communities and places through an understanding of the strategic importance of community and place to public and private sector organisations. The Master in Regional and Community Development is designed to suit those working in the public and private social sector in areas such as community development, health, education, social welfare, community arts, criminal justice, and the environment, and specifically those in place-based management and in roles which require or invite community engagement and a knowledge and understanding of the politics of community and place.

Students may alternatively choose to complete either the Graduate Diploma in Regional and Community Development which is successful completion of four units over 2 years (part-time) duration or the Graduate Certificate in Regional and Community Development after successful completion of two units taken from those offered in the Masters program, which is completed in one year (part-time).

The Graduate Diploma in Regional and Community Development will provide students with a general understanding of governance issues and of planning and research in state, national and international public and private organisations. Students will gain knowledge in the historical, ecological, contested and subjective meanings of place and community and be able to analyse the interconnections between community and place, and their relevance to the organisational context in which individuals live and work.