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UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy

ContentsIntroduction............................................................................................................................................................................................................3

Coursework Programs .......................................................................................................................................................................................4

Master ....................................................................................................................................................................4

Graduate Diploma ..................................................................................................................................................4

Graduate Certicate...............................................................................................................................................4

Arts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................5

Business ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................6

Capability Management ..................................................................................................................................................................................6

Engineering Science ...........................................................................................................................................................................................7

Information Technology ....................................................................................................................................................................................8

International Law and Security .....................................................................................................................................................................8

Project Management .........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Science .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................9

Systems Engineering .........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Combined Coursework/Research Programs ..........................................................................................................................................10

Delivery Modes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................11

Distance Education ..............................................................................................................................................11

Intensive Delivery .................................................................................................................................................11

International Students ..........................................................................................................................................11

Defence Funded Postgraduate Study for members of the Australian Defence Organisation ............................................11

Applying for PG Coursework Programs ...................................................................................................................................................12

Online Applications ..............................................................................................................................................12

Late Applications .................................................................................................................................................12

Closing Dates .......................................................................................................................................................12

English Language Prociency Requirements ......................................................................................................12

Credit or Previous Studies (Advanced Standing) ...............................................................................................12


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IntroductionUNSW Canberra is located at the Australian Deence

Force Academy in Canberra, ACT. Postgraduate

degree programs in Arts, Business, Capability

Management, Engineering, Inormation Technology,

Project Management, Science and Systems

Engineering at UNSW Canberra are open to all

members o the community.

UNSW Canberra oers cutting-edge coursework and

research opportunities to graduates and proessionals

interested in pursuing a career in government,

business, international development or nationalsecurity. The courses within these programs blend a

thorough understanding o the knowledge and skills

necessary or one to master a particular discipline.

These programs have the fexibility to meet the

individual needs o advanced postgraduate scholars

and o proessionals seeking a robust academic

ramework to enhance their expertise.

What you may not know about UNSW Canberra.

Anyone can study postgraduate programs;

you dont have to work within the Deence

environment.

All postgraduate coursework programs can be

studied entirely by distance mode or intensive

delivery mode.

UNSW Canberras low student-to-teacherratio is highly regarded by its postgraduate

students, as this provides a supportiveenvironment unrivalled by larger campuses.

There are about 200 academic sta at UNSW

Canberra, many o them experts in their eld

and globally recognised.

The campus is smaller than most Australian

academic institutions and allows or easy

access to sta, acilities and parking is ree.

The UNSW Canberra library is one o the

most comprehensive in the country, with many

resources and media also available online.


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Coursework ProgramsUNSW Canberra oers coursework programs

at postgraduate level including Arts, Business,

Capability Management, Engineering, International

Law and Security, Inormation Technology, Project

Management, Science and Systems Engineering.

Most programs oer dierent specialisations or plans

and provision exists in most programs to articulate

through a graduate diploma/masters sequence.

Entry points to Coursework programs will depend

on the qualications o the applicant, including the

specialisation o their undergraduate degree and/or prior proessional experience, and the programs

provision or credit rom previous university study.

Master48 96 UOC, Typically ull time 1 2 years or

part time equivalent

Entry Requirement:

One o the ollowing qualications in the same or related

discipline rom a recognised institution: our-year passdegree or Honours degree, or three-year pass degree

with a major in a related eld o study plus relevant

ull time work experience, or a graduate diploma, or

qualications considered equivalent by UNSW or

minimum three years o relevant work experience.

Graduate Diploma36 - 48 UOC, Typically ull time 1 year or

part time equivalent

Entry Requirement:

A three-year undergraduate degree in a similar

discipline or in an unrelated discipline at honours

level or graduate certicate in the same or related

discipline rom a recognised institution and/

or proessional experience and/or qualications

considered equivalent.

Graduate Certifcate24 UOC, ull time 0.5 year or part time equivalent

Entry Requirement:

A three-year degree in an unrelated discipline and/

or proessional experience and/or qualications

considered equivalent.

Please note that the Graduate Certicate level is a

oundation level entry point or various disciplines.

This qualication does not articulate with the

Graduate Diploma or Masters. Students cannot use

completed Graduate Certicate courses to gain credit

towards the Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.


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ArtsThe Arts program provides students with the

opportunity to acquire high-level understanding

and advanced analytical skills in key areas o socialsciences and humanities disciplines. Students can

combine courses rom history and political science

to build expertise in one o the specialisations, and

can add new dimensions to their careers, especially

in policy-related areas. The program has particular

relevance or those wishing to understand the

complexities o strategic developments in the new

millennium. It meets the needs o advanced scholars

seeking to master the principal concepts and

issues aecting strategic and international security

studies and to understand their practical planning

implications. For deence proessionals, it o ers theopportunity to broaden their knowledge o the policy

and security environment in which they are working

and to develop a comprehensive set o skills or

analysing that environment and developing policy

options.

Military History

The Military History specialisation is designed

or postgraduate scholars who wish to gain a

comprehensive understanding o the major themes

and issues in the eld o military history, and to cater

to those with a proessional need (such as secondaryhistory teachers responding to some o the demands

o the new national curriculum), members o the

Australian Deence Force, and interested members o

the general public.

Strategy and Management

The Strategy and Management specialisation is

designed or postgraduate scholars and public

policy proessionals who wish to gain a more detailed

understanding o actors shaping the contemporary

strategic environment and complex policy challenges.

Students are required to undertake a balanced set ocourses drawing together strategic and policy insights

oered by the School o Humanities and Social

Sciences with core management skills oered by the

School o Business. The courses have been selected

to develop an appropriate breadth o expertise in

each disciplinary area.

Strategy and Security

The Strategy and Security specialisation is designed

or postgraduate scholars, and oreign aairs,

security and deence proessionals who wish to

gain a deeper and more advanced understanding

o the actors shaping the global and Asia-Pacic

security and strategic environments, and the complex

policy challenges presented by the new security

agenda. These include: managing international

relations, non-state actors, regional and international

security regimes, strategic planning, diplomacy

and intelligence, traditional and human security,

contemporary and historical conficts, and the role o

armed orces.

Master (8175)

Graduate Diploma (5855)


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BusinessThe Master o Business is designed or postgraduate

scholars and proessional managers with appropriate

undergraduate qualications in managementor a related discipline and/or extensive relevant

proessional experience wishing to gain a more

advanced understanding o the concepts and

principles that underpin eective management,

business decision making and leadership in

organisations. It provides comprehensive insights

and analytical skills relevant to the development o

enhanced management and leadership practices

and a conceptual oundation or lielong learning as

a proessional manager. Students have the fexibility

to construct a broad based business degree or

alternatively are able to specialise in an area obusiness by enrolling in concentrations o related

courses. The degree is aimed at managers who

are seeking a business education to deepen their

understanding o business principles and practices

as part o their career development.

The Graduate Diploma in Business is designed or

postgraduate scholars and proessional managers

with undergraduate qualications in a relevant

discipline and/or appropriate proessional experience

wishing to gain a more advanced understanding

o the concepts and principles that underpin

eective management, business decision makingand leadership in organisations. The program

provides knowledge and analytical skills relevant to

enhanced management and leadership practices.

The compulsory core provides broad understanding

o key areas o management and leadership in

organisations. The Graduate Diploma serves as an

articulation pathway or students wishing to complete

a Masters in Business.

Master (8388)


Graduate Certifcate (7366)

Capability ManagementCapability development and management in large

organisations, such as Deence involves signicant

capital expenditure and includes the scanningand identication o technologies, equipment and

systems, technology development, contracting and

acquisition, and organisational change. Strong

managerial and technical skills and expertise are

required to manage this systems capability lie cycle

eectively. Capability development is also a technical

and management challenge or non-Deence

organisations.

The Capability Management program addresses

this challenge and is directed toward developing

a thorough understanding o the managerial and

technical skills and expertise relevant to planning

and acquisition o complex technology and systems.

Its primary, but not exclusive, ocus is in the area o

Deence. This is a cross disciplinary postgraduate

program or managers and proessionals working

in this eld. It brings together an engineering

perspective in system design and project

management and a management perspective in

strategy and process management.

The importance o skills in capability management

stretch across the Deence por tolio, including the

Deence Materiel Organisation (DMO), the CapabilityDevelopment Group (CDG) and the Chie Inormation

Ocer Group (CIOG), as well as deence industry

organisations. The breadth o the program will

also make it attractive or other large organisations

including Australian Government agencies.

The program aims to develop a thorough

understanding o the skills and expertise relevant

to planning and acquisition o complex technology

and systems. This can be targeted, by appropriate

selection o courses, toward complex military

systems and procurement o deence materiel, but

the program structure also allows the developmento abilities relating more generally to capability

development and organisational change.

Master (8399)


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Engineering ScienceThe Engineering Science program oers students

the opportunity to pursue graduate level study in the

traditional engineering discipline areas. Studies canbe taken at Graduate Certicate (Electrical, Marine

and Rotorcrat Engineering only), Graduate Diploma

or Masters levels. In addition to a broad range o

technical and proessional engineering courses, there

is the opportunity or students to blend that specialist

expertise with related courses in the Science and

Business programs.

Command, Control, Communications,

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance,

Reconnaissance and Electronic Warare(C4ISREW)

This specialisation has a strong concentration

on electronics and includes compulsory subject

material that undamentally underpins the subject

area combined with a range o electives rom

the discipline area to tailor a program towards

a students uture career interests. It includes

subject material rom C31 systems and inormation

operations, computer security and cryptography,

multimedia and virtual environments, digital video

communications, image processing, satellite

communications and decision analysis.The specialisation is particularly relevant to Deence.

Data Communications

The Data Communications specialisation at Graduate

Diploma and Masters levels oers students the

opportunity to gain high-level skills in the area o

Data Communications. Students take compulsory

core subject material that underpins the discipline

and a range o electives tailored towards their uture

career interests.

Electrical Engineering

This specialisation meets the needs o postgraduate

scholars and proessional ocers with appropriate

undergraduate qualications in a relevant engineering

discipline and/or extensive proessional experience

seeking to develop an advanced appreciation o

the principles o electrical engineering and their

proessional application. The Electrical Engineering

specialisation includes a range o courses covering

communications and surveillance, signal processing,

image processing and engineering systems.

Marine Engineering (GradCert only)

The Marine Engineering specialisation is designed

or postgraduate scholars who wish to develop a high

level understanding o the principles and practices

o Marine Engineering and to strengthen their skills in

this area.

Rotocrat Engineering (GradCert only)

The Rotocrat Engineering specialisation is designed

or postgraduate scholars who wish to develop

a high level understanding o the principles and

practices o Rotocrat Engineering and to strengthen

their skills in this area.

Master (8569)




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Inormation TechnologyThe Inormation Technology programs are designed

or postgraduate students who wish to develop

an enhanced understanding o the principles thatshape inormation technology. Students study the

principles o inormation technology and their

implementation through design, development and

application phases. Students can ocus their studies

in the areas o computer networks, operations

research, complex ICT management, simulation and

immersive environments or systems engineering.

The Graduate Diploma and Masters provides

advanced proessional qualications in Inormation

Technology and the oundations or students who

wish to proceed to higher levels o study in the

Doctor o Inormation Technology.

The Graduate Certicate in Inormation Technology

is designed or postgraduate scholars with

undergraduate qualications or an established

proession in another eld who wish to gain

an understanding o the principles that shape

inormation technology. The certicate assists

proessionals to understand and be able to employ

inormation technology in their own environment.

The Graduate Certicate provides the oundations

or students wishing to proceed to higher levels

o study in the Inormation Technology discipline,

including the Graduate Diploma, Master and Doctoro Inormation Technology.

Master (9380)



International Law andSecurity*

This is a joint program oered by the Faculty o Lawand the School o Humanities and Social Sciences at

UNSW Canberra.

The program provides an interdisciplinary study

program that meets the developmental requirements

o students interested in careers in international law

and international security. Students will acquire an

advanced level o knowledge and analytical ability

in relation to the issues, problems and conduct o

international law and national and global security and

the areas o interaction between the two disciplines.

The program provides a depth o study and research

opportunities in respect o the interrelationshipbetween international law, security and strategy. The

program provides students with a strong theoretical

and practical understanding o the international legal

system, the actors shaping the global and Asia-

Pacic security and strategic environments, and the

complex policy challenges presented by the new

security agenda. Not all courses are necessarily

available in any one year.

The objectives o this program are to provide an

interdisciplinary study program that meets the

developmental requirements o students interested

in careers in international law and security and

deence/strategic studies; to impart an advanced

level o knowledge and analytical ability in relation

to the issues, problems and conduct o international

law and security studies and the areas o interaction

between the two disciplines; to provide depth o

study and research opportunities in respect o the

interrelationship between international law and

security studies; and to provide students with a

strong theoretical and practical understanding o the

international legal system, the global security context,

contemporary security and military strategy and legal

and moral issues relating to international violence andthe use o orce.

Master (9281)


* The program authority or this degree is the UNSW

Faculty o Law, so please reer to the Faculty o Law

entries o the UNSW Handbook or urther inormation.


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Project ManagementThe objective o this program is to provide a

comprehensive postgraduate education or students

in the discipline o Project Management. Theprogram is designed or postgraduate scholars

with appropriate undergraduate qualications in

a relevant discipline and/or extensive proessional

experience who wish to develop a higher level

understanding o the principles and practices o

project management and to strengthen their skills

in this area. The Project Management program

provides students with the opportunity to acquire an

understanding and advanced analytical skills in the

key areas required to manage the components o a

project including: integration, scope, communications,

risk, quality, schedule, budget, human resources,and procurement. It identies the key components

o project management in dierent organisational

environments and examines the roles and

responsibilities o project managers. Students are

introduced to a range o project management tools

and procedures.

Master (8595)


ScienceThe Science program provides students with the

opportunity to acquire high-level understanding and

advanced analytical and proessional skills in the

discipline o Deence Operations Research. There

is a signicant emphasis on integrating the various

disciplinary approaches that can be applied to

this discipline and on students acquiring both the

concepts which underpin an area o scientic enquiry

and an understanding o how it is translated into

practical applications.

Deence Operations Research

The Deence Operations Research specialisation

provides a comprehensive understanding o decision

making, analysis and operations research techniques

relevant to researchers in the Deence sector.

Master (8562)



Systems EngineeringThe Systems Engineering program is designed

or postgraduate scholars with appropriate

undergraduate qualications in a relevant engineeringdiscipline and/or extensive proessional experience

who wish to develop a high level understanding o the

principles and practices o systems engineering and

to strengthen their skills in this area.

Students will be able to acquire a high level

understanding and advanced analytical skills in

the key areas o system engineering, requirements

engineering, test and evaluation, project

management, and logistics. Coverage o courses in

this program spans the engineering disciplines and

the management o projects requently incorporating

those engineering disciplines. There is strong

emphasis on extending undergraduate skills and

knowledge and vocational experiences to enable

graduates to apply their high level understanding to

complex real-world systems engineering problems.

The program aims to allow students to develop

a high level understanding o the principles that

shape systems engineering and their implementation

through the design, development and application

phases. Entry to the program is available to

those with an engineering, science or humanities

background. Entry is also available to applicants

without a rst degree providing they have acceptableacademic and/or proessional qualications and/or

related work experience.

Students can elect to undertake a generic Systems

Engineering specialisation by choosing courses rom

a broad range o technical and proessional systems

engineering courses. or there is the opportunity or

students to blend related courses into specialist

areas, such as:

Electronic Warare

The Electronic Warare specialisation is designed orpostgraduate scholars who wish to develop a high


o electronic warare and to strengthen their skills in

this area.

Marine Engineering

The Marine Engineering specialisation is designed

or postgraduate scholars who wish to develop a high


o marine engineering and to strengthen their skills in

this area.


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Networking

The Networking specialisation is designed or

postgraduate scholars who wish to develop a high

level understanding o the principles and practices o

IT networks and to strengthen their skills in this area.

Space Systems

The Space Systems specialisation is designed or

postgraduate scholars who wish to develop a high


o space systems and to strengthen their skills in

this area.

Test and Evaluation

The Test and Evaluation specialisation is designed or

postgraduate scholars who wish to develop a highlevel understanding o the principles and practices

o Test and Evaluation and to strengthen their skills in

this area.

Weapons and Ordnance

The Weapons and Ordnance specialisation is

designed or postgraduate scholars who wish to

develop a high level understanding o the principles

and practices o weapons and ordnance and to

strengthen their skills in this area. (Approval rom

the Head o School is required to take up this

specialisation).

Master (8567)


Combined Coursework/Research Programs

Combined Masters by Coursework/

Master o Philosophy:

Master o Arts/M Phil (8691)

Master o Deence Studies/M Phil (8692)

Master o Engineering Science/M Phil

(8693)

Master o Science/M Phil (8694)

The Combined Master o Philosophy has a research

thesis component with an examinable coursework

component, taken over three sessions. It comprises

a thesis that embodies the result o an original

investigation, design or engineering development and

a program o advanced coursework that makes up the

remainder o the program. The coursework component

will normally comprise o our courses selected rom

the Coursework Masters oerings or the relevant

discipline. Beore enrolment an applicant should

submit an intended research proposal or approval by

the School overseeing the research discipline or the

degree. The School will ensure that the courseworkcomponent is relevant to, or complements, the

research component, and that the candidate satises

pre-requisite requirements or study.


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Delivery ModesUNSW Canberra does NOT oer on-campus course

delivery except or where courses are co-taught with

undergraduate 4th year Engineering courses or byIntensive Delivery Mode.

Distance EducationMost courses that are delivered using various orms

o media including CD-ROM, printed material and the

internet using a Learning Management System called

MOODLE.Some courses include an optional aceto

ace workshop on campus at UNSW Canberra.

Intensive DeliveryThese are courses that are also delivered using a

variety o media including CD-ROM, printed material

and the internet using a Learning Management

System called MOODLE. The student will attend the

UNSW Canberra campus or a period o ace-to-ace

instruction usually in the orm o one ull-time week

intensive, with typically in single day or split sessions,

or over two consecutive weekends. This on-campus

component is preceded and ollowed by a period o

online interaction via MOODLE.

International StudentsUNSW Canberra is not able to oer ull-time

attendance with on-campus courses, so international

students wishing to undertake postgraduate

coursework programs are not permitted to attend the

UNSW Canberra campus but can study in their home

country by enrolling in Distance Mode courses.

Deence Funded PostgraduateStudy or members o

the Australian DeenceOrganisationI you are a sta member o the Australian

Deence Organisation, you may be entitled to

study ree o charge as a postgraduate student at

UNSW Canberra. UNSW Canberra is committed

to developing the skills o military and civilian

members o the Australian Deence Organisation

and this includes the provision o Deence unded

postgraduate tuition to eligible sta .

Postgraduate programs may be taken in either

distance mode and/or intensive delivery mode and

study can be completed on a part-time basis.

No return o service obligation is applied to Deence

military personnel gaining a Deence unded

postgraduate award at UNSW Canberra at ADFA, and

an undergraduate degree is not always necessary or

admission depending on whether you have relevant

work experience and/or academic/proessional

qualications.

I you are an ADF or Deence APS personnel

(including Reserves on continuous ull time service)and would like to nd out more about the Deence

unded places available, please contact your local

DASS/Studybank Ocer or visit:

http://sas.unsw.ada.edu.au/deence_personnel/

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Applying for PGCoursework ProgramsOnce you have determined the degree you wish to

apply or by consulting the List o Available Programs

you need to apply or admission to UNSW.

For more inormation visit:

http://sas.unsw.ada.edu.au/uture_students/pg_

coursework/index

Online ApplicationsAll applicants wishing to gain entry to a postgraduate

coursework program must apply online. This online

application will take approximately 15 minutes to

complete. There is no application ee or UNSW

Canberra programs. To apply online go to myUNSW

apply online.

Go to: www.my.unsw.edu.au

Late ApplicationsApplicants who wish to apply ater the closing date

must apply using the paper-based application orm

but a late ee will apply. This application is made

directly to UNSW Canberra and should be sent to:

Student Administrative Services

UNSW Canberra

Australian Deence Force Academy

PO Box 7916 Canberra BC ACT 2610

Phone: +61 (2) 6268 6000

Fax: +61 (2) 6t268 8666

Email: [email protected]

Applicants will normally be advised whether they

have been accepted into a program o study within

three weeks o lodging an application and supporting

documentation being received. In the case o

international applicants, contact is made on a case-

by-case and as-needs basis.

Closing DatesClosing dates or online applications or admission to

postgraduate programs at UNSW Canberra are:

20 January or all admission in Semester 1

(March commencement) 20 June or admission in Semester 2

(July commencement)

Online Applications can be accepted upto two years

in advance.

Late applications will be accepted up until two weeks

beore the commencement o each semester when

accompanied by a late application ee o AUD$100

and Payment o Late Application Fee orm.

Applications received within the two weeks beore the

commencement o the semester will not be processedas sta resources will be prioritised to process

on-time applications. The application will be held

and processed or the ollowing semester. In these

circumstances an application late ee will not apply.

English Language ProfciencyRequirementsAll applicants or admission to The University o

New South Wales at the Australian Deence Force

Academy, either in Australia or overseas, whoserst language is not English must provide evidence

that their English language ability meets the English

Language Prociency Requirements.

Credit or Previous Studies(Advanced Standing)Students who have previously completed courses

at a recognised university can apply or credit.

Limited credit may be granted or courses which are

considered equivalent in standard, level, objectivesand relevance to the program in which they are

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Student Enquiries

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +61 (02) 6268 6000

Facsimile: +61 (02) 6268 8666

http://sas.unsw.adfa.edu.au

Student Administrative Services

The University of New South Wales Canberra

PO Box 7916

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