Master of Dispute Resolution

The course consists of four core subjects in the Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution:

HRM540 Theories of Conflict Resolution
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods & Results
LAW517 Mediation: Processes & Uses

Students can then elect to continue on to the Graduate Diploma of Dispute Resolution, consisting of:
HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
JST534 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing
JST517 Violence in Society: Interpersonal to International Perspectives
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System

Students who have completed the Graduate Diploma of Dispute Resolution can then continue into the Master of Dispute Resolution and complete an additional four restricted electives from the following list.

Students will complete 32 points of restricted electives from the following areas. Students may elect to complete subjects in one specific area or take subjects from across the offerings.

Corporate Governance:

MGT533 Applied Business Ethics
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics, Leadership and Accountability
MGT547 Ethics of Corporate Governance
MGT548 Regulation, Governance and Accountability

Family Dispute Resolution:

Students may select from a range of units offered by AIRS (Australian Institute for Relationship Studies - Relationships Australia NSW) focussing on family dispute resolution. Subjects chosen must be approved by the course coordinator prior to enrolment to ensure that credit can be granted for these studies in the Master of Dispute Resolution.

Human Services:

ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
HCS513 Understanding Children from Adversity
HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16)
HCS531 Leading Service Development in Human Services Organisations
SSC502 Ethics, Law and Medical Science
WEL407 Child and Adolescent Welfare in Aboriginal Communities
WEL409 Grief and Loss
WEL418 Case Management
WEL522 Addiction Studies

Industrial Relations:

HRM523 Advanced Studies in Industrial Relations
INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR502 Industrial Relations System and Issues
INR503 Industrial Relations Practice
INR504 Industrial Law
LAW515 Law of Employment

Justice Studies:

JST440 Criminological Practice
JST444 Deviance and Control
JST520 Theories of Crime & Deviance
PHL403 Social Justice
PHL409 Theories of Justice

Juvenile Justice:

JST532 Juvenile Justice 1 - context
JST533 Juvenile Justice 2 - Practice
JST535 Crime Prevention and Young People
WEL420 Working in Child Protection

Law:

LAW502 Law of International Business
LAW503 Administrative Law
LAW511 Commercial Law
LAW515 Law of Employment
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
PHL502 Law, Ethics and Human Rights

Leisure and Health:

LES501 Issues in Leisure and Health
LES510 Project Management in Community Leisure and Health (16)

Management:

HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
HRM531 Organisational Politics and Culture and Change Management
HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
MGT540 Management of Change
MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics

Pastoral Counselling:

THL400 Pastoral Counselling Skills
THL420 Pastoral Counselling: Theory and Professional Issues
THL430 Pastoral Counselling: Crisis Intervention
THL432 Pastoral Counselling: Relationships and Family

Policing, Law Enforcement and Intelligence (students must be engaged or employed in one of these areas to be eligible for these subjects):

GPM411 Policing Practice: Dynamics and Development
GPM412 Effective Operational Command
GPM413 Effective People Management
GPM414 Police, Public and the Media
GPM415 Corporate Governance and Accountability
GPM416 Planning and the Management of Change
GPM417 History and Motivators of Terrorism
GPM418 Current Conflict and Emerging Threats (16)
GPM506 Executive Leadership (16)
GPM507 Global Law Enforcement
GPM510 Social Impacts of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
JST408 High Tech Crime
JST409 Investigative Processes
JST410 Investigations Management 1
JST411 Investigations Management 2
JST412 Fraud Prevention
JST413 Risk Management
JST415 Fire Investigation
JST417 Psychological Aspects of Arson
JST449 Intelligence Research and Analysis
JST450 Introduction to Intelligence
JST452 Intelligence Management (16)
JST482 National Securrity & Intelligence Issues (16)
JST491 Ethics and Investigation
JST492 Strategic Intelligence Practice (16)

Public Sector / Public Policy:

LAW503 Administrative Law
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
PAD591 Public Sector Management
PHL404 Ethics and the Public Sector
PKM562 Environmental Policy

Research in Dispute Resolution:

HRM507 Research Methods or MBA507 Business Research Methods
MGT517 Advanced Research Methods
MGT565 Business Research Project (16)

Social Work:

HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
SWK402 Social Planning and Evaluation
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practices
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods

Students may nominate / select any other elective subject at 400 or 500 level not listed on the approval of the course coordinator.

Enrolment pattern

Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution

Session 1

HRM540 Theories of Conflict Resolution

Session 2

HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution

Session 3

LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods & Results
LAW517 Mediation: Processes & Uses

Graduate Diploma of Dispute Resolution

Session 4

HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations

Session 5

JST534 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing

Session 6

JST517 Violence in Society: Interpersonal to International Perspectives
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System

Master of Dispute Resolution

Due to the flexibility in subject choice there is no specified enrolment pattern.

Articulation

The Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower level course.

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