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Peace and Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies is a specialisation taught within the GSIA program, in association with the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. It is taken in conjunction with one of the GSIA degree programs:

Students admitted to this specialisation spend one semester of study in Oslo, Norway, where they complete 24 units of full-time study taught by the staff of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, at the facilities of Bjørknes College.

Students may commence their studies in Norway, or undertake the semester in Oslo during the course of their ongoing studies in the GSIA.

The semester commences in Oslo in late August and concludes in mid-December. Students then travel or return to Canberra to complete their degree if necessary.

Students undertaking the Peace and Conflict Specialisation may not take cross-campus electives while completing the ANU based component of their degree.

Program Requirements
Program requirements for students doing the Peace and Conflict Studies specialisation are as for the degree (eg MIA, MAIR, GDIA) within which the specialisation is being undertaken.

Program Structure
The Peace and Conflict Studies specialisation consists of 24 units of coursework undertaken in Oslo, consisting of:

Winter Session INTR8052 Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
INTR8053 Ethics of Peace and War

INTR8054

Gender and War

In addition to the 24 units of the specialisation undertaken in Oslo, Peace and Conflict Studies students also complete 24 units of coursework in Canberra to round out the requirements of the degree program in which they are enrolled:

one required 12-unit core course - either

Semester 1

INTR8011

International Relations Theory

or

Semester 1

INTR8036

World Politics

and two 6-unit electives from:

Semester 1

INTR8013

International Political Economy 1

Semester 1

INTR8022

Asia Pacific Security

Semester 1

INTR8058

Politics of Islam in Southeast Asia

Semester 1

INTR8064

Gender, War, and Justice in South and Southeast Asia

Semester 1

INTR8043

Post-Colonial Pacific and Global Change

Semester 1

INTR8049

Australia's Global Challenges

Semester 1 INTR8062 Humanitarianism in World Politics

Because Peace and Conflict Studies students in Norway during the period of Second Semester, only part-time students are normally able to take electives in that semester. Below is the list of Semester 2, 2009 courses, for example.

Semester 2

INTR8060

China: Global Engagement & Domestic Transformation

Semester 2

INTR8045

Global Governance 1

Semester 2

INTR8028

Global Environmental Politics

Semester 2 INTR8046 Evolution of International System 1

Semester 2

INTR8050

States, Globalisation & the Movement of Peoples

Semester 2

INTR8057

War and Peace in Asia

Semester 2

INTR8063

War and National Identity: Japan, WW2
Semester 2

INTR8040

Ethnicity and Conflict in Southeast Asia

Admission Criteria
Admissions criteria for the Peace and Conflict Studies specialisation are as for the degree program (GDIA, MIA, MAIR) within which the specialisation is undertaken. However, applications for the specialisation must all submit a written statement as part of the application procedure.

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Tuition Fees
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US applicants should be aware that they may not be able to use US financial aid for the Oslo component of the Peace and Conflict Studies degree.
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