This unique, popular program offers you a personalised education. It includes practical on-site learning and deep engagement with communities and experts in the field. The perfect mix of study and practical experience will have you job-ready for a fulfilling career.

Key study areas include:

• critical consciousness and ethics of development
• community development project design and management
• participatory research and evaluation
• globalisation and social movements
• leadership in community development
• impacts of Trump and Brexit on governance of international organisations
• conflict resolution and peace-building.

We're one of the few universities in Australia that offers regional and contextual studies (e.g. on Latin America, Africa and Asia).

Graduates find work in many related areas, including international humanitarian and development aid.

Careers include:

• international and regional consultant in human rights, gender, poverty reduction and project evaluation
• project manager with international, government and local organisations such as Australian Red Cross, Save the Children, Asylum Seekers Resources Centre
• leaders and advisers in government
• community development educator and trainer
• journalist
• activist
• academic and researcher.

The average salary for community workers is A$63,800. With further work experience, you could become a policy or planning manager, earning an average A$122,460.