You study four compulsory 20-credit international relations modules, and a further two optional modules, before taking a 60-credit dissertation project in the second part of the course.

Compulsory modules are: human rights, humanitarian Intervention and global justice; critical security studies; and violence, conflict and development.

MA 2 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 7T)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Compulsory Modules
Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must take all four modules listed below.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Applied Research Design September-January 20 PO-M32
Violence, Conflict and Development September-January 20 PO-M64
Human rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Global Justice: Moral Problems International Politics. January-June 20 PO-M37
Critical Security Studies: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Security January-June 20 PO-M60
AND
Optional modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select two optional module from below.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Heritage, Law and Conflict. September-January 20 CL-M103
Crisis and Global Change September-January 20 GEGM29
Approaches to International Relations September-January 20 PO-M35
Rights-based Approaches to Development September-January 20 PO-M63
The Policy Making Process September-January 20 PO-M67
The Global Governance of Drugs: Power, (Geo)Politics and Narco-Diplomacy September-January 20 PO-M69
Democracy and Constitutional Design September-January 20 PO-M85
War, Technology and Society September-January 20 WS-M94
Southeast Asian Security January-June 20 PO-M40
Analysing Politics and International Relations January-June 20 PO-M93
War, Identity and Society January-June 20 WS-M95
Year 2 (Level 7D)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters Dissertation
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Year Abroad Module
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
University of Oklahoma (Semester of Study Abroad) June-September 60 PO-PX20
AND
Part- Two Dissertation
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Dissertation September-June 60 PO-M25

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it