About the School of Applied Media & Social Sciences
The School of Applied Media & Social Sciences (SAMSS) is located on the beautiful Monash Gippsland Campus in the Latrobe Valley township of Churchill about 140km east of the University’s Clayton Campus.
Our wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses allows our students to choose a program of study suited to their specific interests, needs and career goals. Course options range from broad, generalist degrees like the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences to more specifically vocational programs such as the Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling, and the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism). In addition we deliver the Diploma of Tertiary Studies – Monash’s highly successful pathway program for secondary school students wishing to study at university.
The School embraces the Monash University flexible learning culture by offering some of our academic programs at Berwick and Peninsula campuses and, because we are committed to offering the same academic opportunities to students who, for a variety of reasons, cannot participate at university as on-campus students, we also provide top quality distance education through the Monash Gippsland Off-Campus Learning Centre.
We invite you to explore our School through this website to find out more about SAMSS, our dynamic research areas and our flexible teaching programs.
For further information, please contact us.
Key School contacts:
Head of School
Assoc Professor Joy Chia
Building 1E Room 220
+61 3 990 26575
joy.chia@monash.edu
Deputy Head of School
Dr Susan Yell
Building 1E Room 229
+61 3 990 26442
sue.yell@monash.edu
Undergraduate Studies Coordinator
Dr Susan Yell
Building 1E Room 229
+61 3 990 26442
sue.yell@monash.edu
Honours Coordinator
Dr Graham Jones
Building 2W Room 279
+61 3 990 27452
graham.jones@monash.edu
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Dr Mark Symmons
Building 1E Room 117
+61 3 990 26747
mark.symmons@monash.edu
Director of Research
Dr David Baker
Building 1E Room 228
+61 3 990 26387
david.baker@monash.edu