Peace and Conflict Studies bu coursework

The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies offers postgraduate research and coursework programs.

All coursework programs includes one compulsory core unit: PACS 6911 ‘Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies’, plus units selected from the Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Program. Units generally include 26 hours of teaching, which over the course of a 13-week semester is equivalent to 2 hours per week. Some units may be taught in intensive mode in Summer or Winter School. Assessment methods include a seminar presentation and a 5000 word essay, or equivalent. The MA program includes a supervised dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words, worth two units, and the MLitt program includes a supervised dissertation of 25,000-30,000 words, worth four units.

Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies
Graduate Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
Master of Letters (Peace and Conflict Studies)

Postgraduate coursework program fees

How to apply
For International Students
For Local Students

Entry requirements
Bachelor degree or equivalent

Course structure
Students are required to undertake 4 units of study (24 credit points)

Full-time: 0.5 years. Part-time: up to 2 years.

Entry requirements
Bachelor degree or equivalent

Course structure
Students are required to undertake 6 units of study (36 credit points)

Full-time: 1 year. Part-time: up to 3 years.

Distance learning and intensive face-to-face delivery

This mode of deliver is not CRICOS registered and therefore not available to international students on a student visa who come to Sydney to study on shore. Students wishing to undertake the course in this delivery mode must apply to the Faculty of Arts instead of the International Office. Please consult the Australian High Commission for advice about the appropriate visa to come to Sydney to undertake a unit of study.

The MPACS course is also offered as an onshore course (CRICOS registered) for international students on a student visa who must apply through the International Office for admission.

Entry requirements
Bachelor degree or equivalent

Course structure
Students are required to undertake 8 units of study (48 credit points), which includes a dissertation (2 units: 12,000 – 15,000 words)

Full-time: 1 year. Part-time: 2 - 4 years.

NEW - Masters by supported distance learning
For the first time, we are offering the chance to study for our Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies by a combination of supported distance learning and two short trips - to Sydney and London, or twice to Sydney - for intensive on-site learning. Your chance to obtain this internationally renowned qualification, studying with world authorities in their respective fields, while maintaining home, career and salary.

From 2008, the following units of study are available on-line:

PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice
PACS6922 Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means
PACS6923 The Human Right to Food
PACS6924 The Democratisation of the Developing World
PACS6925 Peace and the Global Compact

In 2008, the following units of study are being taught in short, intensive format at Summer and Winter Schools:

PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
PACS6914 Conflict-resolving Media
PACS6903 Peace and the Environment
PACS6910 Peace through Tourism
PACS6912 Nonviolence and Social Change

All our distance learning courses are enhanced by the use of up-to-date techniques for meeting online and for sharing audio and visual material. In addition, you will write a dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words (PACS6904 and 6905) while being distance-supervised and supported by staff in Sydney.

MA units at the London Summer School
CPACS Director, Associate Professor Jake Lynch, will teach two of our units in July 2008 at the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), part of London University. They will be PACS6911, with Dr Wendy Lambourne, 'Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies', and PACS6914, with Annabel McGoldrick, 'Conflict-resolving Media'. This is to allow students taking our MPACS via supported distance learning to complete two intensive on-site units in two weeks, without having to travel to Sydney. Written work in each case will be submitted via email after the end of the course.

Entry requirements
Bachelor degree or equivalent with appropriate major in the social sciences with a good credit average or Honours result.

Course structure
Students are required to complete 12 units of study (72 credit points), which includes a treatise (4 units: 25,000 – 30,000 words)

Full-time: 1.5 – 3 years. Part-time: 3 – 6 years.

International students
$2460 per unit of study (6 credit points) in 2008.
Please check the website of the University of Sydney International Office for more information: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/io/

Local students
$1590 per unit of study (6 credit points) in 2008. Merit Scholarships may be available.
Equity HECS/PELS places are available for local students.

International students
The University of Sydney has specific requirements for international students wishing to enrol in a course of postgraduate study. For example, if English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate language proficiency by a TOEFL score of at least 575 (computer based score 233) plus Test of Written English (TWE) of 4.5, or IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall with a minimum 6.0 in each band.

Please contact the International Office for an application form and information:
The International Office
University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Email:
Tel: + 61 2 9351 4079/4161
Fax: + 61 2 9351 4013

More information on the application process, scholarships, fees, etc can be found on the website http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/io/. You can also download an application form from this website.

Local students
Please contact the Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Section for an application form and information:
Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Enquiries
Quadrangle, A14
University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
Tel: 02 9351 4807
Fax: 02 9351 2045
Email:

Distance learning students
Please contact the Faculty of Arts to request an application pack:

More information on the application process, fees, etc can be found on the website http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/
More information on scholarships can be found on the website
http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/reschols/