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MA International Security part-time

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    MA 2 years part-time

Course Description

Explore the fast-changing and multi-faceted subject of international security. Learn about topics including cybersecurity, counterterrorism and peacekeeping.

International security has evolved enormously in the 21st century. Because of this, the way governments and organisations prepare for threats like terrorism, human and drug trafficking, and territorial and sovereignty disputes must adapt, too.

This course aims to prepare you for the new landscape of international security. With a focus on contemporary security issues, you’ll look at politics and policymaking in the international arena, and the role of global actors within it.

You’ll gain important insights into the diverse dimensions of international security through in-depth study of up-to-date practices and challenges. You’ll also consider how major security threats impact societies and individuals, and the policy decisions that can prevent and minimise their effects.

Topics you’ll cover include:

  • interstate and intrastate wars
  • conflict, peace and peacekeeping
  • terrorism and counterterrorism
  • intelligence
  • failed states and state building
  • cybersecurity
  • political violence
  • climate challenges

Entry Requirements

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.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

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

Module Details

Year 1

Semester 1

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

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

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