Master of Peace and Conflict Studies (MPaCS) - Course List
Information valid for students commencing 2020
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
Students enrolled in the GCPaCS complete:
8 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units for Part A; or
8 units from Part B; or
4 units from Part B and 4 units from Part C.
Note: Students enrolling in the Graduate Certificate should seek advice from the Program Convenor about course selection before enrolling. Students who do not have a degree in the same discipline are recommended to select 8 units from the Part A courses.
Students enrolled in the 16 unit MPaCS complete:
16 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units from Part B; and
8 units from Part C.
Students enrolled in the 24 unit MPaCS complete:
24 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
10 units for Part B; and
4 units from Part C; and
10 units from Part C or Part D or a combination of both.
Students enrolled in the 32 unit MPaCS complete:
32 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units for Part A; and
10 units for Part B; and
4 units from Part C; and
10 units from Part C or Part D or a combination of both.
Students enrolled in the 32 unit program should take all their required Part A courses in their first semester of studies.
Part A
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS7000 | 4 | Writing Politics |
POLS7013 | 2 | Foundations in Political Ideas |
POLS7551 | 2 | Studying Peace and Conflict |
Part B
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS7325 | 2 | Security and Development |
POLS7502 | 2 | Conflict Resolution |
POLS7505 | 2 | Peacebuilding |
POLS7514 | 2 | The Politics and Power of Nonviolence |
POLS7523 | 2 | Gender, Peace and Security in Global and Local Perspective |
Part C
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
CRMD7000 | 4 | Mediation |
POLS7115 | 2 | Politics of Environmental Change |
POLS7190 | 2 | Indigenous Politics within and beyond the state |
POLS7232 | 2 | Humanitarian Emergencies |
POLS7306 | 2 | International Crisis Management |
POLS7503 | 2 | Ethics and Human Rights |
POLS7506 | 2 | Arms Control & Disarmament |
POLS7509 | 2 | Gender and the Global Politics of Development |
POLS7512 | 2 | Contested Peace: Critical Concepts in Peace and Conflict Studies |
POLS7530 | 2 | Preventing War Crimes and Atrocities |
Part D
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ANTH7250 | 2 | Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Health |
COMU7013 | 2 | Participatory Development Communication |
EDUC7111 | 2 | Globalisation, Educational Policy and Change |
HIST7405 | 2 | Genocide in the Modern World |
POLS7101 | 2 | Dynamics of Governance |
POLS7111 | 2 | Dynamics of Public Policy |
POLS7207 | 2 | Independent Study |
POLS7225 | 2 | Foreign Policy and Diplomacy |
POLS7260 | 2 | Politics of International Law |
POLS7302 | 2 | Politics of Development |
POLS7518 | 2 | Specialist Studies in Peace and Conflict |
POLS7521 | 2 | Internship |
PUBH7113 | 2 | Global Health & Development |
SOSC7433 | 2 | Transformative Economics |
SOCY7339 | 2 | Introducing Quantitative Research |
POLS7701 | 2 | Research Methods |
POLS7704 | 4 | Research Report |
POLS7705 | 8 | Research Thesis |
POLS7706 | 8 | Research Thesis |