Program Requirements

The GCSS is a 24-unit qualification and can be completed in one semester full-time. Candidates are required to complete:

At least one of the following SDSC 12-unit courses:

STST8001 Strategic Studies

STST8002 Grand Strategies in the Asia-Pacific


And 12 units of other SDSC elective courses. Students might consider courses from the following indicative list, when offered:

STST8004 Australian Defence and Strategic Policy

STST8013 China's Defence and Strategic Challenges

STST8017 Special Topic in Strategic Studies

STST8021 Intelligence and Security

STST8026 Nuclear Strategy in the Asian Century

STST8027 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in an Age of Terror

STST8028 Global Security Actors? NATO and the European Union

STST8051 Great and Powerful Friends

STST8052 Strategy in Action: The Development of the Operational Art

Students who complete the 24 units of coursework in the GCSS with a minimum grade of pass in each course and a 50% weighted average over all courses may be eligible to transfer to the Graduate Diploma in Strategic Studies with 24 units of status. 

Students who complete the 24 units of coursework in the GCSS with a minimum grade of pass in each course and a 70% weighted average may be eligible to transfer to the Master of Strategic Studies with 24 units of status.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.