Master of Social Justice (Human Rights)

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of the Master of Social Justice, students will be able to:

No. Course learning outcome
1 Have an expert understanding of recent disciplinary and practice developments that inform human rights, development, peace and conflict and justice thinking and discourse.
2 Know about, evaluate and apply the applicable research principles and methods including project evaluation, and contemporary research.
3 Evaluate complex ideas including understanding the contestation of ideas in the field and being open to new ideas, methods and ways of thinking.
4 Reflect critically on theoretical knowledge and communicate these ideas in a variety of forms including the essay, oral presentation and policy brief.
5 Have the skills to design, apply, evaluate and theorise about scholarly developments that contribute to professional practice including problem solving. 
6 Plan and execute a research-based (professional) project capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship.
7 Have the communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret findings and conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences. 
8 Develop collaboration skills that orient students to a work-based practical application of concepts, practices and policies they are engaging with in the course.