Peace and Conflict Studies

Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies
Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies
Master of Letters (Peace and Conflict Studies)

Candidates for the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 48 credit points, including 6 credit points of core units of study and 42 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 36 credit points, including 6 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies are required to complete 24 credit points, including 6 credit points of core units of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Master of Letters (Peace and Conflict Studies) must complete the two treatise units of study (24 credit points) after completing the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Core Units of Study

Available in semester 1, or in intensive mode in July
PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies

Elective Units of Study

Summer School
PACS6913 Conflict in Organisations
PACS6921 Peace of Mind: Psychology of Peace
PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice

Semester 1
PACS6904 Dissertation Part 1
PACS6905 Dissertation Part 2
PACS6919 Treatise Part 1 (Master of Letters)
PACS6920 Treatise Part 2 (Master of Letters)
PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security
PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media
PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice

Online units starting week 2
PACS6922 Peaceful Conflict Transformation
PACS6923 Human Right to Food
PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World


Winter School
PACS6926 Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia
PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice

Semester 2
PACS6904 Dissertation Part 1
PACS6905 Dissertation Part 2
PACS6919 Treatise Part 1 (Master of Letters)
PACS6920 Treatise Part 2 (Master of Letters)
PACS6907 Gender, Development and Peace
PACS6917 Religion, War and Peace
PACS6927 Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding


Online units starting week 6
PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice
PACS6923 Human Right to Food
PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World
PACS6925 Peace and the Global Compact

Cross-listed Elective Units of Study

Candidates for the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies may undertake up to two electives from the list below or from relevant postgraduate programs offered by other departments, subject to the approval of the coordinator.

Possible cross-listed units include:

Semester 1
ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
DVST6901 Development: Critical Perspectives A
DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty
DVST6905 Development Project Evaluation
GOVT6119 International Security
SCLG6902 Doing Social Research
SCLG6913 Human Rights Internship A
SCLG6914 Human Rights Internship B

Semester 2
ARIS6904 Crisis of Democracy in the Islamic World
ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
CISS6006 Statebuilding and Fragile States
CISS6012 Civil-Military Relations
DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty
ECOP6130 Human Rights & International Development
GEOS5501 Human Rights and the Environment
GOVT6119 International Security
GOVT6220 The State, Secession and Civil War
SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
SCLG6913 Human Rights Internship A
SCLG6914 Human Rights Internship B

Intensive - November
CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security

Summer or Winter School - please contact Summer School directly
CISS6014 Human Security
GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security