Human Rights
Contact
Dr Danielle Celermajer
Phone: + 61 2 9351 7641
Email: danielle.celermajer@sydney.edu.au
Requirements
Graduate Certificate in Human Rights
4 units of study = 24 credit points
Graduate Diploma in Human Rights
6 units of study = 36 credit points
Master of Human Rights
8 units of study = 48 credit points
A Bachelor's degree in the Social Sciences, the Humanities or Law. Candidates who do not hold a Bachelor's degree may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights if deemed by the Faculty to have equivalent professional experience, usually three years recent full time employment in the field. These applicants should provide a full resume and an employer reference in support of their application.
Units of study
Cores
All students must take 4 core units during their degree. These must include both:
- HRTD6901 Human rights: Norms and Mechanisms 1
- HRTD6903 Human Rights Violations
The other 2 cores can be drawn from one of the following units of study:
- ECOP6130 Human Rights & International Development
- GEOS5501 Human Rights and the Environment
- GOVT6117 International Politics of Human Rights
- HSTY7001 The History of Human Rights
- SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
- HRTD6906 Philosophy of Human Rights
Electives
Students then complete 4 units of study as electives, which may be drawn from the above list (you may do more than 4 cores listed above), or 4 of the following:
- ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
- BETH5103 Biomedicine and Society
- BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health
- DVST6901 Development: Critical Perspectives A
- DVST6902 Development: Critical Perspectives B
- DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty
- ECOP6019 Political Economy of Conflict & Peace
- EDPB5016 Global Poverty, Social Policy and Ed
- HRTD6902 Human Rights/Democratisation Research
- HRTD6904 Democratisation: Theory and Practices
- HSTY6991 Terror in Historical Perspective
- PACS6901 UN and International Conflict Resolution
- PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media
- PACS6923 The Human Right to Food
- PHIL5921 Cosmopolitan and Community
- SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
- SCLG6902 Doing Social Research
- SCLG6905 Independent Study and Report*
- SCLG6906 Dissertation Part 1*
- SCLG6907 Dissertation Part 2*
- SCLG6913 Human Rights Internship A*
- SCLG6914 Human Rights Internship B*
- SCWK6949 Global Social Policy
*Department permission required. Students wishing to take the dissertation or internship units should contact the degree director before enrolling in them.
Students may apply to the degree director to undertake other units as electives, including units from Law, with the permission of the Faculty of Law.
Course rules
Master of Human Rights
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended) and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
Course Resolutions
1 Course codes
| Code | Course title |
|---|---|
| DG029 | Graduate Certificate in Human Rights |
| DF033 | Graduate Diploma in Human Rights |
| DC055 | Master of Human Rights |
2 Attendance pattern
0.
The attendance pattern for these courses is full time or part time according to candidate choice.
3 Master's type
0.
The master's degree in these resolutions is an advanced learning master's course, as defined by the Coursework Rule.
4 Embedded courses in this sequence
(2)
A candidate for the graduate certificate or graduate diploma may apply to progress to a longer course in this sequence, providing the candidate meets the admission requirements for that course. Only the longest award completed will be conferred.
5 Admission to candidature
(1)
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admissions criteria. In exceptional circumstances the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications but whose evidence of experience and achievement is deemed by the Dean to be equivalent.
(a)
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification; or
(c)
evidence of a minimum of three years' recent, relevant, professional experience in the field deemed by the Dean to be equivalent to the academic admission requirements.
(a)
a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit (65%) average, from the University of Sydney, including a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
a Bachelor of Laws degree with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification; or
(c)
completion of the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification.
(a)
a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit (65%) average, from the University of Sydney, including a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b)
a Bachelor of Laws degree with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification; or
(c)
completion of the Graduate Diploma in Human Rights with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification.
6 Requirements for award
(1)
The units of study that may be taken for these courses are set out in the Postgraduate Table of Units of Study for the Human Rights subject area.
(2)
Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights are required to complete 24 credit points including:
(3)
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Human Rights are required to complete 36 credit points including:
7 Cross-institutional Study
8 Credit transfer policy
0.
A maximum of one unit of study may be credited towards the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights and only if:
(b)
the study was through the University's Summer or Winter School or Centre for Continuing Education; and
(c)
it is for a unit of study being offered to candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights.
9 Course transfer
0.
A candidate for the master's degree or graduate diploma may elect to discontinue study and graduate with a shorter award from this sequence, with the approval of the Dean, and provided the requirements of the shorter award have been met.
10 Transitional provisions
(2)
Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January 2011 will complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January 2016. The Faculty may specify a later date for completion or specify alternative requirements for completion of candidatures that extend beyond this time.