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