Program Name:   Master of Arts Program in Human and Social Development
                              M.A. (Human and Social Development)

Latest Revision:  Curriculum revised in 2025

Program philosophy
The program aims to organize learning according to the progressivism approach, and aims to produce graduates who have morality, knowledge and understanding of humanity and society in a holistic way. Graduates should have skills in seeking knowledge through research processes in a multicultural society, and able to apply knowledge to develop oneself and the community.

Program objectives

1. To produce graduates who are able to analyze knowledge in human and social development holistically, and apply it to personal and community development within a multicultural social context.

2. Produce graduates who can use research processes to propose new approaches to solving human and social development problems based on a multicultural society and disseminate their work at the national level.

3. Produce graduates who are aware of academic ethics and morality in the pursuit of knowledge and its application to human and social development.

4. Produce graduates who are practitioners of human and social development, taking into account the public interest in a multicultural social context.

Days and Times of Classes

• Regular Program Only

• First Semester: June – October

• Second Semester: November – May

Tuition Fees

• 27,000 baht per semester (Thai students)

• 54,000 baht per semester (International students)

Expected Learning Outcomes (PLOs) 

• PLO 1 - Able to accurately analyze concepts of holistic human and social development within a multicultural society.

• PLO 2 - Able to employ research processes to propose solutions to issues in human and social development.

• PLO 3 - Able to use digital technology to search for, analyze, and present information.

• PLO 4 - Demonstrate behaviors of morality and ethics in academics.

• PLO 5 - Able to analyze social situations to design development plans that consider the public interest.

Additional Information/Details

• Curriculum Management Committee [Regular Program/Special Program]

• TQF2 – Master of Arts Program in Human and Social Development (Revised Curriculum, 2025) [in Thai]

Research Directions / Themes for Thesis and Faculty Research

• Human and social development in the 21st century

• Efficiency and effectiveness of work in the public and private sectors

• Community adaptation for resilience and sustainability

• Processes for creating and developing communities into sustainable networks

• Ethnic, religious, educational, and cultural diversity in relation to human and social development

• Language, literature, arts, and music in relation to human and social development

• History and local history in relation to human and social development

• Tourism and its impact on human and social development

• Psychology and human and social development

• Others