Master of Peace and Conflict Studies (MPaCS) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2016

Master of Peace and Conflict Studies

Students enrolled in the GCPaCS complete:

#8 from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A; or
#4 from Part A and #4 from Part B; or
#8 from Part D

Note: Students enrolling in the Graduate Certificate should seek advice from the Program Director about course selection before enrolling.


Students enrolled in the #16 MPaCS complete:

#16 from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A; and
#8 from Part B.

Note: Part B courses are grouped in study areas. Students can complete #8 from one study area, however this will not appear on your testamur.


Students enrolled in the #24 MPaCS complete:

#24 from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A; and
#6 from Part B; and
#10 from Part B and/or Part C.

Note: Part B courses are grouped in study areas. Students can complete #8 from one study area, however this will not appear on your testamur.


Students enrolled in the #32 MPaCS complete:

#32 from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
#8 for Part A; and
#6 from Part B; and
#8 for Part D; and
#10 from Part B and/or Part C

Note: Part B courses are grouped in study areas. Students can complete #8 from one study area, however this will not appear on your testamur.

Part A

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7502 2 Conflict Resolution
POLS7505 2 Peacebuilding
POLS7512 2 Contested Peace: Critical Concepts in Peace and Conflict Studies
POLS7550 2 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

Part B

Conflict Resolution

Course Code Units Course Title
CRMD7000 4 Mediation
POLS7510 2 Culture, Conflict and Reconciliation
POLS7513 2 Conflict Analysis and Prevention

Peacebuilding

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7190 2 Indigenous Politics within and beyond the state
POLS7514 2 Philosophies and Practice of Nonviolence
POLS7515 2 Hybridity, Local Peace and Governance
POLS7523 2 Gender, Peace and Security in Global and Local Perspective

Human Protection

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7503 2 Ethics and Human Rights
POLS7504 2 Contemporary Peacekeeping
POLS7524 2 Preventing Sexual and Gender Based Violence
POLS7530 2 Introduction to the Responsibility to Protect

Part C

Course Code Units Course Title
ANTH7260 2 Applied Anthropology: Native Title and Indigenous Peoples
COMU7012 2 Communication and Social Movements
HIST7405 2 Genocide in the Modern World
POLS7101 2 Dynamics of Governance
POLS7111 2 Dynamics of Public Policy
POLS7207 2 Independent Study
POLS7306 2 International Crisis Management
POLS7506 2 Arms Control & Disarmament
POLS7518 2 Specialist Studies in Peace and Conflict
POLS7521 2 Applied Fieldwork Experience
PUBH7645 2 Global Health Policy
SOCY7339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research
POLS7701 2 Research Methods
POLS7704 4 Research Report
POLS7705 8 Research Thesis
POLS7706 8 Research Thesis

Part D

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS7000 4 Writing Politics
POLS7001 2 Researching Politics
POLS7551 2 Studying Peace and Conflict