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Peace and Conflict Studies

Errata
Item Errata Date
1.

The following unit is on offer in 2019 and sessions have changed. Now available:

PACS6931 Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice Session: Intensive September

22/1/2019
2.

The following unit is not available in 2019:

CISS6018 Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation

13/2/2019
3.

The following unit of study is no longer available in 2019:

ECOP6130 Human Rights and International Development

12/3/2019
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Peace and Conflict Studies

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core or capstone units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of core elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 48 credit points, including a minimum of 18 credit points of core or capstone units of study, a minimum of 18 credit points of core elective units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 72 credit points, including a minimum of 18 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 18 credit points of core elective units of study, a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study which can include an optional specialisation as listed below, and 6 credit points from capstone units of study.

Core units of study

All Peace and Conflict Studies degrees
PACS6902
Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation
6      Intensive May
PACS6921
Peace of Mind: The Psychology of Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Intensive March
PACS6911
Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
6    N SCWK6930
Semester 1
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice
6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2

Core elective units of study

PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
PACS6904
Dissertation Part 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
PACS6905
Dissertation Part 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
PACS6909
Cultures of Violence
6      Semester 2
PACS6912
Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice
6    N SCWK6933
Intensive March
PACS6913
Conflict in Organisations
6      Summer Main
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
6    N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6917
Religion, War and Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
PACS6928
Community Mediation: Theory and Practice
6      Summer Main
PACS6934
Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Intensive May
SCLG6913
Social Justice Vocational Placement
6    P 24 credit points at 6000 level, including SCLG6923

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive December
Intensive February
Intensive January
Intensive July
Intensive November
Semester 1
Semester 1b
Semester 2
Semester 2b
SCLG6923
Social Justice Vocational Project Design
6    N SCLG6914
Semester 1
Semester 2

Online/distance mode of delivery only

PACS6923
The Human Right to Food
6      Semester 2b
PACS6924
Democracy in the Developing World
6      Semester 1
PACS6925
Peace and the Global Compact
6      Semester 2b

Capstone units of study

PACS6931
Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Intensive February
Intensive September

Cross disciplinary elective units of study

Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies may complete up to 12 credit points from electives listed below, or up to 12 credit points from relevant postgraduate programs offered by other departments, subject to the approval of the Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator.
Candidates for the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies may complete up to 24 credit points from electives listed below including up to 12 credit points from relevant postgraduate programs offered by other departments, subject to the approval of the Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator.
ANTH6916
Culture and Development: Key Concepts
6      Semester 1
CISS6002
Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific
6      Semester 1
CISS6004
Health and Security
6      Semester 2
CISS6006
Statebuilding and 'Fragile States'
6      Semester 1
CISS6012
Civil-Military Relations

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6   

Students must not undertake this unit if they took CISS6011 (Special Topic in International Security) when the special topic was Civil-Military Relations
Semester 2
CISS6013
Middle East Conflict and Security
6    N GOVT6154
Semester 1
CISS6018
Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation
6      Semester 1
CISS6019
War and Strategy
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 2
DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 1
DVST6906
Culture, Gender, Health in Development
6      Semester 2
DVST6913
Development Collaboration
6    P 48 credit points from the master of development studies program
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6015
Global Employment and Migration

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing
6      Semester 1
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6108
Economic Management for Sustainability
6      Semester 2
ECOP6130
Human Rights and International Development
6    N SCLG6912


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GEOS5501
Human Rights and the Environment
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2a
GOVT6100
Foundations of Comparative Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6108
Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia
6      Semester 2
GOVT6109
Political Regimes and Regime Transition
6      Semester 2
GOVT6116
International Organisations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6119
International Security
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6121
Northeast Asian Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
6      Semester 1
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6136
Asia Pacific Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
GOVT6147
Foundations of International Relations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6150
Challenges of Democratic Politics
6      Intensive February
GOVT6156
Governance and Civil Society
6      Semester 2
GOVT6159
Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy
6      Semester 1
GOVT6163
Critical Challenges of Governing Cities
6      Semester 2
GOVT6164
The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
GOVT6301
Public Sector Ethics and Corruption
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
GOVT6314
Terrorism and International Security
6      Semester 1
GOVT6316
Policy Making, Power and Politics
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making
6      Semester 2
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6357
International Policy Making
6      Semester 2
GOVT6358
Comparative Migration Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
HRTD6901
Human Rights: Norms and Mechanisms
6      Semester 1
HRTD6903
Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
6      Semester 1
HRTD6916
Human Rights Simulation
6      Semester 2
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6      Semester 2
MECO6901
Media Relations
6      Semester 2
MECO6926
International Media Practice
6      Semester 1
MIPH5008
Travel and Tropical Medicine
2      Intensive October
MIPH5124
Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies
4      Intensive November
MIPH5127
Mental Disorders in Global Context

This unit of study is not available in 2019

2      Intensive September
MIPH5135
Health Systems in Developing Countries
4      Semester 2
SCLG6700
Global and Regional Migration Governance
6      Semester 1
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
SCLG6902
Ethics of Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2
SCLG6916
Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
6      Semester 2
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 2
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
USSC6903
US Foreign and National Security Policy
6      Semester 1
USSC6907
American Exceptionalism

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
USSC6920
US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology
6      Intensive July

Social Research specialisation

12 credit points from the following
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 2
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6      Semester 1
6 credit points from the following
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
SCLG6902
Ethics of Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1