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This degree provides you with an understanding of how human rights apply in various political, social, economic and environmental contexts. You will develop critical skills in the effective use of human rights tools and language to achieve specific changes in the world while gaining skills to apply to real situations and create workable solutions.Obtain vital knowledge of international and regional human rights systems and investigate areas including sociology and social policy, political science and political economy, philosophy, history and human geography. This degree has a global outlook and explores domestic policy and legal issues in the context of the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on Australia's geopolitical position.This program combines social, scientific and legal approaches to the study of human rights and provides a holistic perspective on human rights and social change. The course addresses human rights violations at the local, national, regional and global levels.You will have the opportunity to undertake independent scholarly research on current human rights issues and participate in an internship within an Australian or international human rights organisation.

Understand and appreciate the latest developments in policy and its application, practice and research in this vital and growing sector. Strengthen your professional knowledge and specialise in your preferred sector, including community work policy and practice, mental health practice standards, and policy responses to domestic violence in Australia. You will be taught by experienced and highly skilled academic staff, while group discussion and class interaction will help you understand and develop ideas and maximise your skills.This six-month, graduate-level program may provide a pathway for suitable candidates into the Master of Social Work (Qualifying), which leads to a professional qualification in social work recognised by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Advance your career in people management with our Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations.It is specifically designed for those who have an undergraduate degree in another discipline or for applicants with no undergraduate degree but extensive practical experience in their specialist area.On successful completion of the program, many of our students go on to study a graduate diploma or masters.The program is accredited by the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) and is reviewed every three years to ensure content is relevant to industry needs.

Explore specific heritage conservation skills in assessment, interpretation, management, formulation of policy, and documentation of culturally significant places. You will be introduced to methods and practices of conservation, designing and building new buildings in old settings, and the history, theory, law and policy of this unique area with career opportunities in both the public and private sector. Heritage Conservation teaches you the techniques, approaches and methodologies required to work as a heritage consultant in policy development or regulation enforcement, or as a cultural historian and commentator. This exciting field of study is much more than just the simple preservation of existing buildings. Instead, our Heritage Conservation program trains you to understand the social value and embedded capital of significant sites, and determine what should be preserved for future generations. Your degree in Heritage Conservation allows you to draw on our Faculty's extensive history in this profession, being the first university in the Asia-Pacific region to offer a program in Heritage Conservation. This program combines the technical and aesthetic principles of architecture and architectural history with the social value of our past. You will be educated in the use of new and old material, alteration design, additions and modifications to existing buildings, and the sustainable, ethical and equitable development of sites in light of its past uses. By engaging with history, your role as a heritage consultant is to provide value to building owners, visitors and cultural bodies, all of which have a shared interest in understanding, adapting and preserving our heritage. More detail on the Program (including course planner, credit request forms and timetable links) can be found at the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning home page .

This degree will provide you with core media skills to help you become an effective communicator across health and medicine, public affairs, public relations, community relations and journalism.Designed for aspiring and experienced communicators, health advocates, public relations specialists, media experts, and healthcare professionals, the course encourages development of skills in:While our students come from different disciplines and career stages, all are motivated to make a difference in people's health and wellbeing.Our health communication program combines the expertise of Sydney's Department of Media and Communications with the resources of the School of Public Health.With a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach to both media and health disciplines, our program is the most comprehensive and specialised course of its kind in Australia.

The postgraduate health policy program provides students with a comprehensive and practical understanding of health systems and policy making processes. It offers a critical perspective on how health systems operate and the forces that shape the health policy environment.This program is offered at three award levels graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master's degree; completion of this graduate certificate program can be used as credit towards a graduate diploma or master's degree.

The Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines has been developed and is delivered by experts in complementary medicines, evidence-based practice, medicines information, herbal medicine, nutrition, drug interactions, ethics and law from the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy. This initiative is in response to the substantial number of Australians who are choosing to integrate complementary medicines with standard care in the overall management of their health.Why study this course?How will you learn?Who should study this course?

The number of discounted places being offered in response to the COVID-19 Higher Education Relief package for the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science has been reached and applications for discounted and full fee places have closed for Semester 2 2020.With its flexibility in subject choice, the half-year Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science is the perfect option for a new graduate keen to kick-start their career, or a professional looking to up-skill or gain formal qualifications.Including core studies in advanced water resources management, principles of ecology for environmental scientists, and the sources and uses of energy and alternatives, the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science provides you with the ability to solve environmental problems that require the integration of knowledge from diverse disciplines.By the end of the half-year course, graduates will possess a practical and theoretical background in some of the basic aspects of environmental science. You can choose to build on this by continuing on to the graduate diploma, or even higher to the master's course.The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Science student is taught by leading experts at the University of Sydney, which has been top-ranked for Environmental Science and Management in the world (Excellence in Research for Australia evaluations for 2018). Our graduates leave with a broad interdisciplinary knowledge base and the ability to apply their knowledge with flexibility and innovation as leaders in the workplace.Articulated courses

The number of discounted places being offered in response to the COVID-19 Higher Education Relief package for the Graduate Certificate in English Studies has been reached and applications for discounted and full fee places have closed for Semester 2 2020.The Graduate Certificate in English Studies is designed for research students from Australia and overseas, secondary school teachers and those interested in studying English literature at an advanced level.Through the course you will bring together contemporary critical theory with literary narratives and investigate how and why literature still enjoys particular resonance in the 21st century. You will consider the ways in which the study of literature works in a specifically Australian cultural context. This course focuses on these core approaches:Our reputation is established in literary studies across a wide historical and geographical range. We offer an extensive choice our scholarly experts teach in a broad spectrum of fields: medieval; early modern; 18th and 19th century; modern and contemporary; American and Australian literatures; and various aspects of cultural theory. You also have the option of taking creative writing units of study in contemporary poetry, fiction and screenwriting.

You can undertake this flexible course may full-time over one semester or part-time over one year. The graduate certificate will provide you with a foundation for the more intensive theoretical and practical work of the graduate diploma.