Enrolment and Fees

If you think that MAAPD program will fill your postgraduate education needs, please submit an online expression of interest.

Admission

Admission to MAAPD Degree candidature

Students can commence MAAPD in the first or second semester of any year.

Students can be enrolled directly into the Masters program if they have have obtained a Bachelor degree from an approved tertiary education institution, with passes at least at credit level in six courses other than first year courses.

Applications for Semester 1, 2009 are now being accepted. Australian students application can be made direct to the University using the form at http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms/sas24local.pdf until September, after which they apply through the Universities Admissions Centre at: http://www.uac.edu.au/postgraduate.html. The closing date for enrolments is December 30, but late enrolments will be accepted.

Re-enrolling students in MAAPD must enter semester 1 and 2 courses on the ANU ISIS system: http://isis.anu.edu.au/login.asp

MAAPD's Program code is 7101XMAAPD, the Program Code for MAAPD (Gender) is 7101SGENDEV, for MAAPD (Indigenous) 7101SINDPOL, and MAAPD (Conflict) 7101SCONFL. The ANU's CRICOS Provider no. is 00120C.

International Students

Applications from international students are welcome and they can be enrolled if they have a Bachelor's degree from an approved tertiary institution. Applications for First Semester 2008 are now being accepted. International students' application can be made direct to the University using the on line application by going to http://students.anu.edu.au/apply_online.asp and use 'Master of Applied Anthropology' as the search term to find the relevant program. Applications will be accepted up until November 30 but please note that you should allow up to one month to get your study visa.

Candidates from the USA require a GPA of 3.2 or above. The ANU is also a FAFSA Title 4 eligible institution for loans to students from the USA.

Candidates with relevant work experience in development or in developing countries but may not have met the academic requirements, can also gain entry after satisfactory completion of the Graduate Diploma in Public Administration offered by the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the ANU.

English language requirements

To study the Master degree, all international students, unless exempt, should have a satisfactory English language test score-either the International English Language Test (IELTS) or the American Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), including the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). The MAAPD entrance requirements in these tests are:

IELTS overall band score of 6.5 with minimum of 6.0 in any component.

Not more than two years should elapse between achieving an appropriate English language test score and application for admission. If you take a TOEFL test, you may have the results sent directly to the University by using the ANU TOEFL institutional code #0506.

Fees

MAAPD is offered on a full fee basis only. For 2008 the tuition fees for the complete program are AUD$13,200 for Australian and New Zealand students; and AUD$21,120 (approx. US$17,000 or €12,500 - see currency convertor) for international students. There may be small variation if elective subjects are taken outside the School. For detailed information regarding the ANU's fee structure for 2007.

Distance Learning

All of the required subjects for MAAPD and for MAAPD (Gender) and MAAPD (Society and Environment) are offered in distance format. For Indigenous Policy and Conflict and Development, the core courses are available on-campus only. For the distance students, as well as others all resources, lecture notes, reading materials and lectures are made available through an interactive web environment, WebCT, that also enables audio streaming. The lecturer is available for consultation through online forums as well as email.

Progress requirements and assessment

Assessment for MAAPD program will be on the basis of essays, assignments, seminars, workshop participation. A university-wide standardized scale of assessment is applied.

That assessment scale is:

High Distinction 80 per cent or more
Distinction 70-79 per cent
Credit 60-69 per cent
Pass 50-59 per cent
Fail less than 50 per cent.