在与工作相关的环境中运用国际关系和国家安全的原则和概念的知识，通过小型和大型研究项目，培养获得的知识并发展强大的独立研究技能。使用国际关系和安全研究框架批判性地分析和解释主要的政治，安全，社会经济和政策问题，创造性地思考以开发有效的政策解决方案来应对国内和国际挑战。识别，系统化，处理以及严格评估和综合来自一系列适当来源的相关数据，创建基于效果的政策产品。通过口头和书面形式，对复杂的国际关系和国家安全数据或理论进行全面的分析交流。使用相关技术有效地收集和询问数据，并传达发现结果。
This course is designed for people who want the expertise to understand, analyse and critically assess the increasingly complex problems of international relations and national security.This course builds on the curriculum of the graduate certificate to provide you with the opportunity to complete further specialist topics.You will gain the knowledge and skills to understand contemporary international relations, global trends, diplomacy, security challenges and strategic affairs from an interdisciplinary perspective.As you progress through the graduate program, you’ll further explore the key characteristics of the international system, nation-states, balance of power, security and the domestic influences on foreign policy.You’ll also study optional units that support your career goals, analysing topics such as the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region, through to intelligence, terrorism, strategic geography and energy security.Graduates of this course have gone on to work for government ministers, Commonwealth and State government agencies, Australian Intelligence Community, Australian Defence Force, international non-government organisations, media outlets and research centres.