This minor provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the causes, prevention and containment of war, and of theoretical and practical approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Particular emphasis is given to the relevance of these issues to Australia, Asia and the Pacific, and the minor emphases both history and the contemporary context.
Students will learn about both larger and smaller conflicts that have shaped our world, region and country, and about both successful and unsuccessful efforts to prevent and resolve such conflicts. The minor is comprehensive in approach, drawing insights from a range of disciplines including anthropology, diplomacy, gender studies, geography, history, international relations, law, peace and conflict studies, political science, security studies, sociology and strategic studies. Students who have completed the minor will be well equipped to pursue advanced research in the field of peace, conflict and war studies, or to develop a career in a wide range of relevant professions, including in non-governmental organisations, international organisations, government and policy bodies.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA1021 | Understanding War and Conflict | 6 |
| ASIA1022 | Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA2053 | Civil Wars and Civil Peace | 6 |
| POLS2123 | Peace and Conflict Studies | 6 |
| ASIA2087 | Conflict Management and Resolution | 6 |
| STST3002 | Australia's Security in the Asian Century | 6 |
| ASIA2047 | Human Security: Conflict, Displacement and Peace Building | 6 |
| ASIA2060 | Southeast Asian Security | 6 |
| ASIA2165 | Islam in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ASIA3030 | The Origins of the International Order in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| POLS2085 | Gendered Politics of War | 6 |
| POLS 2097: Strategy I: Grand Strategy | ||
| POLS 2098: Strategy II | ||
| POLS3001 | Foreign Policy Analysis: Understanding Global and Australian Foreign Policy Decision-Making | 6 |
| HIST2214 | The Great War, 1914-1918 | 6 |
| HIST2136 | World at War, 1939-1945 | 6 |
| HIST2141 | The Cold War: 1945-1989 | 6 |
| STST2002 | Internal security issues in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| STST2001 | International Security issues in the Asia Pacific | 6 |
| STST2003 | Security in the South Pacific: Is it Australia's "Arc of Instability"? | 6 |
| INTR2014 | Indian Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| INTR2010 | International Relations in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| INTR2012 | China's New Approaches to Asia Pacific Security | 6 |
| INTR2016 | US Security Policy in Asia | 6 |
| INTR2018 | Japan's Security Dilemmas | 6 |
| INTR2020 | Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula | 6 |
| INTR2024 | Nuclear Politics in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities | 6 |
| PASI2003 | Environment, Conflict and Development in the Western Pacific | 6 |
| PASI2006 | War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific | 6 |
