ADSRI offers a range of post-graduate courses that are attractive to students studying across the social sciences. Students may apply for individual courses or to do a Master of Social Research.

Courses available

Semester 2

DEMO8014 - Survey Data Analysis (This course has pre-requisites)
Learn the skills needed to analyse large survey data sets to answer research and policy questions.

DEMO8079 - Health Demography
Develop an understanding of health issues in the contemporary world and become familiar with the concepts and methods of health demography.

DEMO8082 - Social Research Practice (This course has pre-requisites)
This course aims to provide the conceptual framework to help students develop and manage their own research projects (for post-graduate research or for use in the workplace) or to be able to commission or manage research by others.

DEMO8087 - Online Research Methods
The World Wide Web is only around 20 years old, but it has transformed the way we work, collaborate, engage in commerce, participate in the politics and interact socially. Develop skills in online research methods for social science Internet research.

DEMO8088 - Population, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
This course examines the link between population and the physical environment, and the way these links impact on, positively or negatively, human well-being, climate change and other aspects of sustainable development.

Winter session

DEMO8020 - Qualitative Research Analysis (This course has pre-requisites)
This advanced course equips participants with the necessary skills to analyse and interpret qualitative data to answer research and policy questions.

DEMO8047 - International Migration
International migration is examined from both theoretical and empirical perspectives to provide students with an understanding of the factors behind current trends in international population movements and their impacts on the migrants themselves and the countries of origin and destination.

DEMO8048 - Gender and Population
Understand how gender relations structure a society's social institutions and how this affects the population's development goals. Also, sharpen analytical skills for examining gender-related obstacles and opportunities in a range of development contexts.

More information on the Master of Social Research and individual courses can be found on our website.