Graduate Certificate in Social Justice

A compact yet vibrant program that offers you the opportunity to explore pressing social justice issues through a flexible course of study, wherein you take classes alongside peers studying in other associated fields including human rights, peace and conflict and development studies.
Graduate certificates are a good alternative if you want to try out postgraduate study or increase the breadth of your expertise and knowledge. Select from a range of units to gain a strong early footing in understanding social justice issues and how to imagine principled and practical responses.
Our teaching staff draw on high-level practical and professional experience in the three tributary fields of peace, human rights and development, as the wellspring of their critical scholarship.

This qualification, which will have streams in development studies, peace and conflict and human rights, promises to bring some of social sciences most important disciplines together to help understand and respond to some of Australia’s, and the world’s, thorniest problems.

With their expert support, you can bridge the streams to synthesise your own distinctive, integrated approach to vital issues in your life and career.

Admission to candidature for the Graduate Certificate in Social Justice requires:

a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification: or

relevant, recent professional qualifications and experience may be assessed as suitable for admission by delegated Authority under the provision for exceptional circumstances outlined in Clause 2(5)(1)(b) and (c) of the Coursework Rule.

IELTS score: A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band

TOEFL - IBT score: A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing

Pearsons Test of English: A minimum result of 61 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band