A Master of Arts at Griffith University offers you a unique opportunity to enhance your skills and expand your potential as a researcher and knowledge-creator in the humanities and social sciences. The School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University fosters the latest research and best practice in teaching across a wide range of subject areas. By studying this degree you will have the opportunity to search, to study, and to learn alongside world-leading researchers who can offer you the insights, support, and encouragement that comes from being at the cutting edge of their fields of knowledge. Above all, our Program enables you to combine different ways of studying, and to learn from different fields of knowledge, to equip you with distinctive skills, refined abilities, and unique perspectives to make your own contribution as informed global citizens. The suite of courses in our Master of Arts program is designed for students seeking new opportunities, not only to add value to their previous studies, but to engage with issues that matter: to question how we understand humanity through multiple sources, by combining the best insights from science, the arts, history and literature; to ask where the unfolding social and cultural changes of our time are leading us; to explore the multiple dimensions of global problems of war, poverty and climate change; to seek new solutions - reshaping the way we comprehend and communicate meaning, and reflect on truth in the digital age. Our Master of Arts Program offers a combination of traditional and emerging study areas relevant to an ever-changing global environment that continually challenges what we think we know, and prompts us to think differently. At the heart of our Master of Arts Program is the development of advanced writing and presentation skills, and the ability to conduct your own research in pursuit of your own projects. Whether you are looking for a career in management, community development, journalism or communications, or whether you are looking for a chance to hone your research, communicative and analytical skills, this degree will help you achieve your goals. My career opportunities This program will prepare you for any profession in which advanced skills in strategic communication in relation to global issues and contexts is required. This includes government and non-government policy, migration and communities, information dissemination, Public Relations and the media. This program is ideal for those interested in working as media and communications officers, PR consultants, journalists, administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, community advocates and those seeking careers in an international policy arena. This program also offers a research study pathway for those seeking to advance their professional and academic careers. Pathways to further study For students interested in undertaking doctoral studies, this program provides a pathway to the Master of Arts Research (5633) and onto the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program.