Postgraduate Study in Human Services
The research Masters of Arts in Human Services (Thesis only) is a research-only degree focussed on social work and human services, where the student engages in a significant piece of independent research to build specialist knowledge on their selected topic area. The primary aim of the programme is to develop the skills needed to identify a topic design and implement an extended piece of research, and present the findings in a form acceptable to scholarly conventions, including implications for social work and human services practice.
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Honours, Master’s, PhDs, and other advanced degrees for graduates. Just one additional year of study will earn you a valuable postgraduate degree. Or perhaps you want the depth of a full year of research-only time during a Master’s or to step up to a PhD.
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Professor Emily Keddell
Social and Community Work
Email socialwork@otago.ac.nz
Social and Community Work
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