Social Justice (Human Rights)
GDip.
Overview
About this course
Gain a critical understanding of the roots of human rights violations and the tools and mechanisms deployed to promote and protect them, while developing key skills in research, analysis, communication and advocacy that can be applied in domestic, regional and international contexts.
Who is it for?
The course is aimed at students who wish to take up, or already occupy, career positions in humanitarian and not-for-profit organisations and looking to enhance their professional prospects.
Structure
What you’ll study
Obtain vital knowledge of international and regional human rights systems and investigate the roots of human rights violations. Principles drawn from many disciplines and a range of geographically diverse case studies will inform your thinking.
This stream has a domestic, regional, and global outlook, exploring the political, social, legal, and cultural contexts of human rights challenges in Australia, in the Asia-Pacific region, and in the world. Students practice advocacy skills in a compelling and intensive simulated human rights exercise.
You will complete:
- 3 units (18 credit points) of core units of study;
- 3 units (18 credit points) from selective units of study in the Human Rights stream; and,
- 2 units (12 credit points) from elective units of study.
Costs
Tuition
HK$248,819.83
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to candidature for the Graduate Diploma in Social Justice (Human Rights) requires:
- a bachelor's degree with a minimum 60 percent average calculated over the whole degree, from the University of Sydney, with a major in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent level of performance in an equivalent qualification; or
- completion of the Graduate Certificate in Social Justice (Human Rights) with a minimum credit (65 percent) average, or an equivalent qualification.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
Language requirements
IELTS
6.5
A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band
TOEFL
85
A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing
PTE
61
A minimum result of 61 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band