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Welcome to the Master of Diplomacy. This section will help you to choose which courses you should enrol in for your first semester as well as general information to assist you throughout your degree. Aside from personal interest, a student’s enrolment will depend primarily on whether or not they have received credit on admission, and whether they are studying full time or part time. The following guidelines are based on the assumption you are studying full time:

Students are to follow the degree requirements for the year they commenced their studies. If you would like to undertake a course that is not listed in your degree requirements, you will need to seek approval by sending an email to apcd@anu.edu.au

Enrolment is managed through the Interactive Student Information System (ISIS) while the online learning platform is known as Wattle. These two websites will be some of the most common sites used throughout your degree. It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with them as soon as possible.

 

What courses should I enrol in? I have not received any credit.

If you have not received any credit for previous study and you are commencing in Semester 1, you will enrol in the following courses:

DIPL8001 Transnational Diplomacy (12 units)

INTR8069 Writing International Relations (12 units)

 

If you have not received any credit for previous study and you are commencing in Semester 2, you will enrol in the following courses:

DIPL8002 Contemporary Challenges in Diplomacy (12 units)

INTR8069 Writing International Relations (12 Units)

 

 

What courses should I enrol in? I have received 24 units of credit.

If you have received 24 units of credit you are exempt from the following courses:

DIPL8002 – Contemporary Challenges in Diplomacy, and

INTR8069 – Writing International Relations

You may still choose to enrol in DIPL8002 as an elective.

 

If you are commencing in semester 1, you must enrol in the following courses:

DIPL8001 – Transnational Diplomacy

DIPL8004 – Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

If you are commencing in semester 2 as a full-time student, we suggest you enrol in the following course:

DIPL8009 – Diplomacy in a Globalising World

Then, select a further 18 units of course electives from the degree options for that semester.

 

What courses should I enrol in? I have received 48 units of credit

If you have received 48 units of credit you are exempt from the following courses:

DIPL8002 – Contemporary Challenges in Diplomacy, and

INTR8069 – Writing International Relations

However, you may still choose to enrol in DIPL8002 as an elective.

You have also received credit for 24 units of unspecified electives.

 

If you are commencing in semester 1, you should enrol in the following courses:

DIPL8001 – Transnational Diplomacy

DIPL8004 – Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Then select a further 24 units of elective courses from your semester 2 options

 

If you are commencing in semester 2, you should enrol in the following course:

DIPL8009 – Diplomacy in a Globalising World

Then, select a further 18 units of course electives from the degree options for that semester.

Your semester 1 courses the following year will then be:

DIPL8001 – Transnational Diplomacy

DIPL8004 – Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

 

Transfers

If you are considering applying to transfer to the Master of Diplomacy (Advanced), you will need to maintain a GPA of 6/7 in the Master of Diplomacy (ANU courses only, credit will not be included in this calculation) and have completed at least 24 units of study. You should also ensure that you undertake the elective DIPL8000 Research Methods in Diplomacy as this is a compulsory course in the Advanced Program. Please be aware that you will need to maintain an 80% average to be eligible to enrol in the Thesis component of the Advanced program. Failure to do so will require you to transfer back to the Master of Diplomacy (to graduate or complete your degree with a further 24 units of coursework).

A GPA of 6/7 is equivalent to a Distinction average. See GPA website for more information.

Applications to transfer generally close 31 May for a semester 2 transfer and 31 October for a transfer to semester 1 the following year. This means that you have to apply before you have received your final results. However, the application will only be processed once all grades are finalised.

For more information, please see the following websites:

Master of Diplomacy (Advanced)

Transferring between degrees

 

If you have any queries regarding your degree, courses or enrolments, please feel free to contact the Student Engagement Team at apcd@anu.edu.au  

We look forward to assisting you through your degree and your time here at ANU with the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs and the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy