Major - Peace and Development Studies
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1020.1
Related Courses
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1667.2
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Bachelor of Social Science
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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
The Peace and Development Studies major is concerned with methods for promoting peace, human rights and sustainability. It involves a critical analysis of inequalities of power and opportunity that lead to international and local conflict, social dislocation and environmental degradation. Students will examine the structural causes of racist and gendered violence, environmental crises, forced migration, poverty, resource conflict, and inter-generational inequity. The inter-related network of solutions includes empowerment and self-determination, sustainable living, constructive development, peace making and peace building. These require understanding of the theories and method for identifying, measuring and resolving conflict and environmental degradation. The assumptions and failings of traditional development practice are critically assessed. Students will engage social theory within an interdisciplinary and applied framework, at local, national and international levels. The major is comprised of three fields: 1) structural inequality, social justice & human rights; 2) development and sustainability; 3) peace and humanitarian responses/actions.
Major
Structure
Students must complete 80 credit points as follows
Autumn session
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101573
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Human Rights, Peace and Development
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101331
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Issues in World Development: Rich World, Poor World
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101574
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Marginalisation, Empowerment and Self-Determination
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Spring session
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101570
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Alternatives to Violence
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101572
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Development and Sustainability
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101571
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Peace & Development Project
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101575
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Peace-Making and Peace-Building
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