Social Justice (Peace and Conflict Studies)
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Unit of study table
Master of Social Justice (Peace and Conflict Studies) |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study; | |||
| (b) a minimum of 18 credit points from selective units of study for the same stream; | |||
| (c) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study or selectives from another stream; | |||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Social Justice (Peace and Conflict Studies) |
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| Students complete 48 credit points including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 18 credit points of core units of study, including PACS6911; | |||
| (b) a minimum of 18 credit points from selective units of study from the same stream; and | |||
| (c) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units of study |
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| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 | |
| DVST6908 Social Change in the Anthropocene |
6 | |
| HRTD6901 Human Rights and the Human Rights System |
6 | |
| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
Stream selective units of study |
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| ANTH6916 The Social in Justice |
6 | |
| DVST6901 The Global Politics of Development |
6 | N SSCP6900 |
| DVST6902 Development: Communication and Education |
6 | N SSCP6901 |
| HRTD6903 Dynamics of Human Rights Violations |
6 | |
| HRTD6916 Human Rights Simulation |
6 | |
| PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security |
6 | |
| PACS6909 Cultures of Violence |
6 | |
| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
| PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice |
6 | N SCWK6941 |
| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice |
6 | |
| SCLG6700 Global and Regional Migration |
6 | |
| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 |
| SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues |
6 | |
Elective units of study |
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| CISS6002 Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific |
6 | |
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | |
| ECOP6017 Global Inequality |
6 | |
| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing |
6 | |
| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development |
6 | |
| GCST5211 Girls and Boys: Gendered Forms of Youth |
6 | |
| GCST6905 Gender in Cultural Theory |
6 | |
| GCST6907 Sexuality, Gender and Social Relations |
6 | |
| GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health |
6 | N MIPH5131 or MIPH5132 |
| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | |
| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6150 Challenges of Democratic Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6159 Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy |
6 | |
| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | |
| JCTC6100 Sites of Trauma, Landscapes of Genocide |
6 | |
| LNGS7509 Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice |
6 | |
| SCLG6910 Comparative Welfare States |
6 | N SCWK6909 |
| SCWK6910 Working with Communities |
6 | |
| SCWK6949 Global Social Policy |
6 | |
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6004 Social Research Ethics |
6 | N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003 |
| SSPS6008 Universal Basic Income |
6 | |
Capstone units of study |
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| Students completing a Master of Social Justice are required to complete at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study. Students must complete either the dissertation project option or the placement program or the independent study option. Students wishing to complete the year-long dissertation project should first complete SSPS6001, SSPS6002 or SSPS6004 |
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Dissertation Project units of study |
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| SOJU6901 Social Justice Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | N HRTD6908 or DVST6911 or PACS6904 or SCLG6906 Departmental permission is required. |
| SOJU6902 Social Justice Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P SOJU6901 N HRTD6909 or DVST6912 or PACS6905 or SCLG6907 Departmental permission is required. |
Independent Research Project unit of study |
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| SCLG6905 Independent Research Project |
6 | |
Placement Program units of study |
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| SSPS6003 Vocational Placement |
6 | Where appropriate, prior professional experience will be taken into account when assessing eligibility for this unit. |
| SCLG6923 Social Justice Vocational Project Design |
6 | N SCLG6914 |
