MA International Security - Full-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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You’ll have the opportunity to gain:

• in-depth knowledge of the new international security environment of the 21st century
• a detailed understanding of the theories and methods
• underpinning international security
• the ability to analyse current security challenges and practices and their impact on research and policymaking
• a strong foundation for an international career in administration, diplomacy, research and policymaking

Graduate prospects

Studying this course will provide you with an excellent grounding for working in international organisations, government agencies, multinational corporations, NGOs, and public bodies.

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

• Foreign Relations Officer, Office of the Narcotics Control Board
• Policy Advisor, DEFRA
• Analyst, UI's Europe Programme
• NATO consultant, Washington DC
• Global Operations Officer, Drum Cussac Group

Year 1

Semester 1

You’ll choose one optional unit.

Compulsory units

• Critical approaches to international security
• Research methods in political science and international relations

Optional units

• 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
• Theoretical approaches of international politics and foreign policy

Semester 2

You’ll choose three optional units.

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 Security dissertation