Graduate Diploma in Social Justice (Development Studies)

Graduate Diploma

Understand the challenges of sustainable human development on local, national and global scales. This program provides theoretical foundations and opportunities for practice-based understanding of development policy, programs and outcomes.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Aug

Domestic Fees

$30,000 total

About this course

Understand the challenges of sustainable human development on local, national and global scales. This program provides theoretical foundations and opportunities for practice-based understanding of development policy, programs and outcomes.

Entry requirements

Admission to candidature for the Graduate Diploma in Social Justice (Development Studies) requires:

a bachelor's degree with a minimum 60 percent average calculated over the whole degree, from the University of Sydney, with a major in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent level of performance in an equivalent qualification; or
completion of the Graduate Certificate in Social Justice with a minimum credit (65 percent) average, or an equivalent qualification.

Study locations

Camperdown/Darlington

Career pathways

The Development Studies stream equips you for a career as an administrator, planner, educator or manager. Work within non-government organisations such as the Australian Council for International Development, Coffey International Development, Devex, GRM International, Oxfam, the United Nations, the World Bank and World Wildlife Fund.

Employers in the fields of peace, human rights, and development know that a broad, interdisciplinary perspective is critical to doing social justice work. It is also the cornerstone of deeply analytical research. Students who have studied these fields at the University of Sydney have established themselves as university academics as well as in challenging, exciting jobs all over the globe, including:

in media (Guardian and ABC News);
in government positions (AusAid and DFAT);
at intergovernmental organizations (the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations);
in NGOs (the World Wildlife Fund, Amnesty International, and Oxfam); and
in the private sector (Deloitte Australia, WestPac, and Woolworth's).

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences courses at University of Sydney (USYD).

83.5%

Overall satisfaction

85.9%

Skill scale

79%

Teaching scale

77.5%

Employed full-time

$67.1k

Average salary

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