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Human Rights

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Human Rights

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights must complete 24 credit points of core units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Human Rights must complete 48 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points from elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of Human Rights must complete 72 credit points, including 24 credit points from core units of study, 24 credit points from elective units of study, 18 credit points from either the Internship or the Dissertation pathway and a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study.

Core units of study

GEOS5501
Human Rights and the Environment
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2a
HRTD6901
Human Rights: Norms and Mechanisms 1
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
HRTD6903
Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
The Summer Main session is delivered by a collaborating institution in intensive mode as part of the MHRD program only ('Regional Learning Hub'). The Semester 2 session is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
Summer Main
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1

Elective units of study

FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Academic Literacies for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
BETH5103
Biomedicine and Society
6   

If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs.
Semester 2
BETH5203
Ethics and Public Health
6    N BETH5206


Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science; medicine; nursing; allied health sciences; philosophy/ethics; sociology/anthropology; history; or other relevant field; or by special permission.
Semester 2
CISS6006
Statebuilding and 'Fragile States'
6      Semester 2
DVST6901
Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing
6    N SSCP6900


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
DVST6902
Development: Communication and Education
6    N SSCP6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6904
Rethinking Poverty
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 1
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6130
Human Rights and International Development
6    N SCLG6912


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
GOVT6119
International Security
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6210
Special Topics in International Studies

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Winter Main
GOVT6220
The State, Secession, and Civil War
6      Semester 1
HRTD6902
Human Rights/Democratisation Research
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
HRTD6904
Democratisation: Theory and Practices
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
HRTD6906
The Philosophy of Human Rights
6    N PHIL7607


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
PACS6911
Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
6    N SCWK6930
Semester 1
Semester 2
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
   N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice
6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2
PACS6923
The Human Right to Food
6      Semester 2
PACS6927
Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Intensive September
SCLG6902
Doing Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2
SCLG6905
Independent Study and Report
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6910
Social Policy International Perspectives

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    N SCWK6909
Semester 1
SCLG6918
Introductory Quantitative Methods

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
SCWK6910
Working with Communities
6      Semester 1
SCWK6949
Global Social Policy
6      Semester 2

Dissertation pathway

HRTD6909
Dissertation Part 1
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is delivered at one of the partner institutions. Prerequisites: a minimum of 24 credit points completed as part of either the Master of Human Rights (MHR) or Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (MHRD), or by departmental permission
Semester 1
Semester 2
HRTD6911
Dissertation Part 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is delivered at one of the partner institutions. Prerequisites: a minimum of 24 credit points completed as part of either the Master of Human Rights (MHR) or Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (MHRD), or by departmental permission
Semester 1
Semester 2

Internship pathway

MIPH5219
International Health Project Management
6    N : MIPH5220
Semester 2
SCLG6913
Human Rights Internship A

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    P 24 credit points from the Master of Human Rights program or 24 credit points from the Development Studies program

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6914
Social Justice Internship B
6    P 24 credit points from the Master of Human Rights program or 24 credit points from the Development Studies program or 24 credit points from the Peace and Conflict Studies program.
C SCLG6913

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Capstone units of study

HRTD6916
Human Rights Simulation
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1