MA/MRes Politics and International Relations (Global Security)

For the MA, you must study one core pathway-specific module in either Semester 1 or 2. All of the optional modules are 15-credit modules.

• The Theory of Global Security (Global Security pathway)

• Maritime Security (Global Security pathway)

• War, Memory and Popular Culture (Global Security pathway)

SEMESTER 1

On both the MA and the MRes programme, you must study the core Research in Action module.

• Research in Action
  

SEMESTER 2

On both the MA and the MRes programme, you must study the core Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations.

• Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations

On the MA, you will study four additional optional modules, choosing from the remaining pathway-specific modules (above) or the broader range of modules listed below. You can choose to study two optional modules alongside the core pathway-specific module in Semester 1 and the remaining two optional modules in Semester 2. Alternatively, you can opt to study three optional modules in Semester 1 and one optional module, together with the core pathway-specific module, in Semester 2.

• Human Rights and Global Politics (International Relations pathway)

• The Changing International Agenda (International Relations pathway)

• Foundations of Human Rights (International Relations or Politics pathway)

• Comparative European Politics (Politics pathway)

• Race and Justice: Civil Rights in the US (US Politics pathway)

• The US Presidency and Public Policy (US Politics pathway)

• Crises, Conflict and Diplomacy

• Dimensions of Environmental Politics

• Equality, Discrimination and Minorities

• International Diplomacy

OPTIONAL MODULES (MRES)

For the MRes, you study three optional modules in Semester 1. In Semester 2, you must study one of the following compulsory research-specific modules. You can choose the other as one of your optional choices in Semester 1, along with other other module options listed for the MA.

• Quantitative Research and Data Analysis (15 credits)

• Qualitative Research Methods (15 credits)

• Dissertation