Camperdown, Australia
DURATION
3 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
AUD 45,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for domestic students | 15 January for international student
Key Summary
Introduction
Covering corporate, government, media, investor, community, political and environmental relations, the course offers a critical approach that encourages you to determine your influence as a practitioner and reflect on how you, in turn, are influenced by dominant discourses and meta-narratives.
Ideal Students
A postgraduate qualification aimed at those looking for a career change in the field of public relations, or existing media professionals wishing to enhance their skill set, or upgrade or diversify their expertise in the field.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
International student scholarships
For students from other countries
Whether you are an undergraduate, postgraduate coursework student, or a postgraduate researcher, we have an array of scholarships that could be right for you.
Bachelors and honours
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your time at university and offer a variety of scholarships for international undergraduate students.
Postgraduate coursework
We're eager to help you take the next step in your career and have a wide range of scholarship options to support your postgraduate study.
Postgraduate research – international
We're committed to fostering the best and brightest researchers, and have a wide range of scholarship options to support international research students.
Faculty scholarships
The University of Sydney Business School
Browse scholarship options for international undergraduate students studying business.
Curriculum
What you’ll study
The Master of Strategic Public Relations is a postgraduate coursework degree that will develop the critical, creative and strategic thinking skills required to design, implement and evaluate public relations campaigns for a range of contexts and stakeholders.
You will complete core units of study in:
- Strategy Selection in Corporate PR
- Crisis Communication
- Political Public Relations
- Public Opinion, Policy and Public Sphere.
You will also complete a capstone experience comprising either a semester-long special project or a year-long dissertation. Additionally, you will complete elective units as needed to meet the requirements of the course.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
You will graduate equipped to apply your creativity in practical ways, confident of making your mark in this dynamic and exciting profession.
Our graduates hold positions such as:
- public relations advisers
- media and communications officers
- public affairs consultants
- investment communications managers
- social marketing coordinators
- digital communications strategists
- stakeholder officers.