MA International Relations - Part-Time

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.

To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject such as European Studies, International Relations, Modern Languages, Politics, History, Economics or Sociology.

We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.

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This course regularly attracts students from all over the world, with many at different stages of their professional and academic lives. Because of this, you’ll be part of an environment that’s home to diverse opinions and experiences, which means you’ll be able to learn from your peers and apply new ideas to your own study.

You’ll have the opportunity to gain:

• a broad and informed perspective on current issues of international relations
• strong analytical skills and theory-informed reasoning to be able to conduct political analysis and understand current challenges and developments
• a deep insight into the world of negotiation and diplomacy and how multilateral institutions operate in the domains of trade and security
• a strong foundation for international careers in administration, diplomacy, policy formation and research
• an increased network of experts in topics such as international security, terrorism, foreign policy, the international political economy, and the politics of international law

Graduate prospects

Studying this course provides an excellent grounding for careers in international organisations, multinational corporations, public bodies and think tanks.

Graduates have gone on to successful careers in a wide range of organisations, including:

• Danish EU Research Liaison Office in Brussels, Belgium
• Enel Green Power North America Inc, USA (Director of External Relations and Communications)
• European Parliament, Spain
• World Energy Council in Berlin, Germany

Year 1

Semester 1

Compulsory units

• Research methods in political science and international relations
• Theoretical approaches of international politics and foreign policy

Optional units

• Critical approaches to international security
• European Union politics in a changing world
• Gender theory
• International terrorism
• Statecraft and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region
• The global politics of cyberspace
• The resurgence of reactionary politics

Semester 2

Optional units

• Contemporary comparative Russian politics
• Democracy v technocracy: modernity and risk
• Gender, security and transitional justice from Global South to Global North
• Genocides, human rights’ violations, and transitional justice
• Memory cultures and memory politics
• The politics of Asia and the world
• The politics of gender inequality
• The politics of organised crime
• The politics of the environment
• Theories of conflict and conflict resolution

Summer

Compulsory units

• MA in International Relations dissertation