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Graduate Diploma in Human Rights

GradDipHumRights

80 cp

Minimum duration:   2 years part-time

Available at                     North Sydney Campus

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DIPLOMA

1.1  To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(a)  20 cp from Core units;

(b)  60 cp from Electives.

1.2  An applicant who has completed the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights will be granted credit for all units completed in the Graduate Certificate.

2.    EXIT POINT

A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights may exit from the course with that award.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

CORE UNITS

LEGL507           10         International Human Rights

or

LEGL508           10         Australian Human Rights

and

PHIL507            10         The Philosophy of Human Rights

or

THEL604           10         Catholic Social Thought

 

ELECTIVES

EDAC525          10         Citizenship and Human Rights

HUMA500         10         Professional Development: Special Study

LEGL507           10         International Human Rights

LEGL508           10         Australian Human Rights

LEGL509           10         Human Rights and International NGOs

LEGL510           10         Terrorism and Human Rights

LEGL511           10         International Human Rights Mechanisms

LEGL512           10         Australian Migration Law

LEGL513           10         Legal Research Methods

LEGL514           10         Research Project

LEGL515           10         Applied Study in Human Rights

LEGL516           10         Human Rights in Indigenous Peoples

THEO647          10         Issues in Christian Ethics

THEO658          10         Foundations of Social Justice

THEO684          10         Theology and Reconciliation