Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences
Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences |
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| Students complete 96 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 18 credit points of applied module units of study; and | |||
| (b) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study, and | |||
| (c) a maximum of 72 credit points of elective module units of study. | |||
| (i) with the permission of the degree director a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units can be taken from outside those listed in the Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences unit of study table, including units offered outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. | |||
Applied module units |
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| FASS5001 Innovation: Past, Present, Future |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHIL6251 Ethics and Leadership This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PMGT5872 People and Leadership |
6 | N PMGT6872 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GCST5905 Identity Place and Culture This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Capstone units |
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| FASS7003 Group Project |
6 | P 48 credit points of units Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS7006 Dissertation 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS7007 Dissertation 2 |
6 | P FASS7006 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS7004 Industry Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points of units N FASS7003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective module units |
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| ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5040 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON5002 Macroeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5003 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOP6016 China in the World Economy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6101 Core Concepts in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| EDPA5011 Organisational Culture and Change |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| EDPA6018 Social Policy Process |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGG5812 Project Delivery Approaches |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6102 Approaches to Critical Reading |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6927 Organisational Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PMGT5876 Strategic Delivery of Change |
6 | N WORK6026 |
Semester 2 |
| PMGT5891 Project Risk Management |
6 | N PMGT6891 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PMGT6872 Project Leadership and Communications |
6 | N PMGT5872 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6903 New Debates in Social Theory |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ANHS6901 Ancient Rome: Space and Power This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
May be taken concurrently with ANHS6902. |
Intensive January |
| ARHT5902 Art Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ARHT5908 The Business of Art |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARHT6914 Art and Curatorship |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ARHT6920 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must also enrol in ARHT6921 the following semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARHT6921 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P ARHT6920 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARHT6930 Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ARHT6935 The Art Museum: Past, Present and Future |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARIN6902 Internet Cultures and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARIN6912 Digital Research and Publishing This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6905 Asian Popular Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6908 Media Industries in East Asia |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 If an insufficient number of students opt to attend intensives on campus, the coordinator may choose to teach this unit of study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6001 New Security Challenges |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6002 Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security |
6 | N GOVT6154 |
Semester 1 |
| CISS6015 Alliances and Coalition Warfare This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6016 Chinese Foreign and Security Policy This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6019 War and Strategy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6901 Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing |
6 | N SSCP6900 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2 |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6130 Human Rights and International Development |
6 | N SCLG6912 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| ECOP6901 Finance and Economic Change This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPB5002 Globalisation and Education |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| EDPB6013 Internationalisation of Education |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPC5024 Systems, Change and Learning |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPE5002 Human Development in Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPE5011 Motivation for Learning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPE6013 Learning and Teaching Thinking Skills |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPE6016 Adult Learning and Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6107 Sentiment and Sensation This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6108 Modern Australian Poetry and Poetics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6115 Reading Suburbia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6929 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | N ENGL6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENGL6930 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P ENGL6929 N ENGL6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENGL6937 Literary Movements |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6985 Shakespeare and his Contemporaries |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6108 Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6111 Chinese Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6116 International Organisations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6119 International Security |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6121 Northeast Asian Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6147 Foundations of International Relations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6159 Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6304 Development and World Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6336 Media Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6358 Comparative Migration Policy This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6901 Human Rights and the Human Rights System |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HRTD6903 Dynamics of Human Rights Violations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N PHIL7607 |
Semester 2 |
| IDEA9103 Design Programming |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| IDEA9105 Interface Design |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| IDEA9106 Design Thinking |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6001 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
12 | A undergraduate law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction or LAWS6252 N LAWS6857 or LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 or LAWS5368 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit is not available to students who have completed a law degree in the People's Republic of China. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit conditional on (i) students must write an essay that focuses on a development topic and (ii) that topic being pre-approved by the Unit Coordinator. Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive December |
| LAWS6039 Discrimination in the Workplace |
6 |
MLLR students may enrol in this unit before completing LAWS6071 Labour Law, but must have either completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction N LAWS3430 or LAWS5130 Students who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before undertaking the environmental law units. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6059 International Business Law |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit. N LAWS3438 or LAWS5138 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6071 Labour Law |
6 | A MLLR students must either have a law degree or completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (core) as well as this unit before undertaking the labour law elective units N LAWS5146 The unit is compulsory for students enrolled in the MLLR. However, the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the student can demonstrate proficiency in the unit objectives gained through completing a recent undergraduate law unit in labour law or work experience. Credit will not be granted for WORK6116 Employment and the Law and completion of this unit will not be sufficient to obtain an exemption from this MLLR compulsory unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 | A LAWS6243 Compulsory core unit for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who commenced prior to 1 January 2019. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6198 Refugee Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6243 International Law I |
6 | N LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken during the first semester of candidature. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March Semester 2 |
| LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139 or LAWS6042 or LAWS6113 or LAWS6984 or LAWS3447 or LAWS5147 Core unit for MALP students. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6308 Philosophy of Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March Intensive September |
| LAWS6827 Legal Responsibility and Philosophy of Mind This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5178 or LAWS3478 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/cpd/ |
Intensive July |
| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6974 Development, Law and Human Rights |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students cannot enrol directly into this unit in Sydney Student. Enrolment instructions will be provided upon successful registration. See https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/experiential-learning-offshore-study. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. |
Intensive February |
| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LNGS7109 Language and Identity |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LNGS7274 Media Discourse This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6912 Political Public Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6913 Public Opinion, Policy and Public Sphere |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6916 Editing and Proofreading |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6930 Publication Design |
6 | Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6934 Social Issues Marketing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6938 The Interview |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| MHST6901 Museum and Heritage: History and Theory |
6 | N MUSM7033 |
Semester 1 |
| PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
Semester 1 |
| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCWK6941 |
Semester 2 |
| PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice |
6 | Intensive April |
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| PMGT5875 Project Innovation Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PMGT5888 Global Project Management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PMGT5898 Complex Project Leadership |
6 | N WORK6130 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6902 Ethics of Social Research This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
| SUST5005 Law, Policy and Sustainability |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Intensive October |
| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| WMST6902 Arguing the Point |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |