2013POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK INTERNATIONAL ...

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN FOOD WRITING
Duration: 0.5 years
Campus: North Terrace for one week of intensive
classes, the rest of the program is taught online
over a 12 week period*.
Indicative Tuition Fee:
A$12,750 (for one semester’s full-time study)
Intake: February
Prerequisites/entry criteria:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent, or
relevant professional experience.
Extra admission requirements: Applicants
are required to submit an excellent portfolio of
creative or journalistic writing.
Applications: Students apply directly to the
Program Co-ordinator in the School of History
and Politics. Please contact foodwriting@
adelaide.edu.au for further details.
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences
MASTER OF ARTS (FOOD STUDIES)
Duration: 1.5 years
Campus: North Terrace
Indicative Annual Tuition Fee: A$25,500
Intake: February
Prerequisites/entry criteria:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent: students
without an undergraduate degree must
achieve a result of 65% (GPA 5.0) or more
in order to progress beyond the award of
Professional Certificate.
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences
School: History and Politics
Website:
www.adelaide.edu.au/food-studies/
Online enquiry form:
www.international.adelaide.edu.au/enquiries
Program overview:
Food Studies is dedicated to understanding the
history and culture of food and drink and their
relevance and relationship to contemporary
customs and practices.
The program encompasses history,
anthropology, sociology and geography and
provides new approaches to the study of food
and drink in a variety of contexts. It is a globally
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School: History and Politics
Website:
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/food-studies/writing/
Online enquiry form:
www.international.adelaide.edu.au/enquiries
Program overview: Food writing, from
restaurant reviews and cookbooks to memoir and
social history, is a dimension of both professional
and creative writing, recognised in its own right
and in conjunction with other kinds of writing,
from travel articles to fiction and poetry.
This program, taught by both academics
and practising writers and editors, is the first
in Australia.
The Graduate Certificate in Food Writing aims
to develop professional expertise and encourage
creative experiment in food writing; to promote
an awareness of the various forms of
contemporary food writing; to promote
appreciation of the craft of writing; and to
recognised discipline.
Those who undertake Food Studies have a
passion for food and drink. Students are often
already established in food related careers.
The Masters program would also be attractive
to those interested in pursuing more in depth
knowledge of particular Food Studies areas
such as: culinary history, food choice and
ethics, food systems, globalisation and
industrialisation or urban foodways and their
relationship to agriculture.
Electives are available in wine and food
marketing, food writing, global agriculture
and food business and tourism. It is suited
to people who would like to build on their
foundation skills and acquire new knowledge to
apply to areas such as education, hospitality,
media, tourism, research or marketing with a
food and drink-related focus.
Assessment: Essays, tutorial presentations, and
structured tasks such as journal, portfolio, food
map, or personal reflection/narrative.
Likely careers: Graduates are likely to have
careers in many different fields including
education, media, hospitality and tourism.
Independent research opportunities allow
students to focus on topics that can be relevant
to their chosen career direction.
produce graduates with skills that are directly
transferable to the workplace.
Assessment: Written assignments, both free
choice and in response to set topics, for different
purposes and readers, and of varying lengths.
Likely careers: Journalism, publishing, media
and public relations. Graduates may continue
study towards a Graduate Diploma in Food
Studies or a Master of Arts (Food Studies).
CORE COURSE
Food Writing: Intensive
Food Writing: Essentials
International students may therefore enter
Australia on an ordinary tourist visa.
* Students are only required to attend classes on
campus for the first week of this program.
Likely careers could include: food industry
worker, food marketer, food journalist, food critic,
tourism, hospitality, wine marketing or writer.
CORE COURSE
Food Choices and Food Ethics
Celebrating Food
Recipes’ Reasons: Researching Culinary History
Food in the City
From Hunter-gathers to the Blue Revolution:
The Culture of Agriculture in a Global Context
ELECTIVE COURSE
For a full list of elective courses please refer to:
www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/2012/
mfs_mfoodst.html
RESEARCH
Research project in Food Studies
ALSO AVAILABLE
Professional Certificate in Food Studies
Graduate Certificate in food Studies
Graduate Diploma in Food Studies