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Masters ofInternational Relations / Peace and Conflict Studies

Program and course requirements

Complete 32 units comprising:

MIR/MPaCS Core Courses

Complete 18 units for ALL of the following:

POLS71072 units
Globalisation, International Political Economy and Development
POLS72112 units
International Security
POLS72162 units
Evolution of the International System
POLS72512 units
Theories in International Relations
POLS73252 units
Security and Development
POLS75022 units
Conflict Resolution
POLS75052 units
Peacebuilding
POLS75142 units
The Politics and Power of Nonviolence
POLS75232 units
Gender, Peace and Security in Global and Local Perspective

MIR/MPaCS Flexible Core Courses

Complete 8 units comprising:

  • 2 units from MIR/MPaCS Flexible Core Courses (Section 1), and
  • 4 units from MIR/MPaCS Flexible Core Courses (Section 2), and
  • 2 units from MIR/MPaCS Flexible Core Courses (Section 3)

Complete exactly 2 units from the following:

POLS71152 units
Politics of Environmental Change
POLS71902 units
Indigenous Politics within and beyond the state
POLS73062 units
International Crisis Management
POLS75032 units
Ethics and Human Rights

Complete exactly 4 units from the following:

POLS72082 units
International Relations of the Asia- Pacific
POLS72282 units
Strategic Studies
POLS72292 units
Global Governance: Origins, Challenges and Trajectories
POLS73022 units
Politics of Development

Complete exactly 2 units from the following:

POLS72252 units
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
POLS75122 units
Contested Peace: Critical Concepts in Peace and Conflict Studies

MIR/MPaCS Program Elective Courses

Complete exactly 6 units from the following:

POLS72072 units
Independent Study
POLS75092 units
Gender and the Global Politics of Development
POLS75212 units
Internship
POLS77012 units
Research Methods
POLS77044 units
Research Report

Additional Rules

1. Concurrent enrolment

A student must maintain concurrent enrolment in both constituent degree programs.

Note: A dual degree is a single program of study leading to the award of two degrees. A student is not permitted to graduate with one degree and continue enrolment in the program.