Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies (GCPaCS) - Course List
Information valid for students commencing 2018
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
4 units from Part A and 4 units from Part B; or
8 units from Part D
Note: Students enrolling in the Graduate Certificate should seek advice from the Program Director 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 D courses.
Students enrolled in the 16 unit MPaCS complete:
16 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units for Part A; and
8 units from Part B.
Students enrolled in the 24 unit MPaCS complete:
24 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units for Part A; and
6 units from Part B; and
10 units from Part B and/or Part C.
Students enrolled in the 32 unit MPaCS complete:
32 units from the MPaCS Course List below, consisting of:
8 units for Part A; and
6 units from Part B; and
8 units for Part D; and
10 units from Part B and/or Part C
Students enrolled in the 32 unit program should take all their required Part D courses in their first semester of studies.
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
Students may choose any combination of courses from the study areas in Part B.
Conflict Resolution
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
CRMD7000 | 4 | Mediation |
POLS7306 | 2 | International Crisis Management |
POLS7506 | 2 | Arms Control & Disarmament |
POLS7510 | 2 | Culture, Conflict and Reconciliation |
Peacebuilding
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS7190 | 2 | Indigenous Politics within and beyond the state |
POLS7504 | 2 | Contemporary Peacekeeping |
POLS7514 | 2 | The Politics and Power 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 |
POLS7524 | 2 | Preventing Sexual and Gender Based Violence |
POLS7530 | 2 | Introduction to the Responsibility to Protect |
POLS7531 | 2 | Early Warning and Atrocity Prevention |
POLS7532 | 2 | Practices of Atrocity Prevention |
Part C
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
HIST7405 | 2 | Genocide in the Modern World |
POLS7101 | 2 | Dynamics of Governance |
POLS7111 | 2 | Dynamics of Public Policy |
POLS7207 | 2 | Independent Study |
POLS7325 | 2 | Security and Development |
POLS7509 | 2 | Gender and the Global Politics of Development |
POLS7518 | 2 | Specialist Studies in Peace and Conflict |
POLS7521 | 2 | Applied Fieldwork Experience |
SOCY7339 | 2 | Introducing Quantitative Research |
POLS7701 | 2 | Research Methods |
POLS7704 | 4 | Research Report |
POLS7705 | 8 | Research Thesis |
POLS7706 | 8 | Research Thesis |