MA Geopolitics, Territory and Security

2:1 undergraduate degree (or international equivalent, e.g. GPA of 3.3 from a US University).

Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 but have professional or voluntary experience will also be considered. Mature candidates will be considered favourably.

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Students on this programme have gone on to occupy senior management positions in government agencies and international consultancies; work with NGOs involved in dispute resolution; international law firms; government ministries; oil companies, departments of the United Nations and the European Union.

 Required Modules

• Practising Social Research (20 credits)
• Boundaries, Sovereignty and the Territorial State (40 credits)
• Dissertation in Geopolitics, Territory and Security (60 credits) 
• Boundaries, Sovereignty & The Territorial State
• Practising Social Research

Optional Modules

Optional Modules:

You are also required to take 20 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

• Territorial and Boundary Dispute Resolution (20 credits)
• Geopolitics of Natural Resource Disputes (20 credits)
• Critical Geographies of Terrorism (20 credits)
• Water, Security and the Environment (20 credits) 
• Geopolitics, Power and Place (20 credits)

You will also study modules totalling 40-50 credits from:

• Any of the modules listed above
• Any Level 7 (master’s) modules offered in the Department of Geography
• Any Level 7 (master’s) modules offered in the Department of War Studies, subject to approval.
• Up to 20 credits from Level 7 modules offered by other departments or institutes outside of Geography, subject to approval.
• Critical Geographies Of Terrorism
• Geopolitics Of Natural Resource Disputes
• Territorial And Boundary Dispute Resolution
• Water, Security and the Environment