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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Programme Catalogue 2010/11


THEU-AFM15: MA International Security

Leading to the award of MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Mode of attendance: Full-time


Year 1

Semester 1

Compulsory Units
EU50763 International security: theories and concepts 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU50749 Power, order and institutions in world politics 6 Credits
EU50750 International terrorism 6 Credits
EU50751 International relations theories 6 Credits
EU50766 European security 6 Credits
EU50785 Memory culture - memory politics 6 Credits
EU50786 The politics of belonging 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
NB. Students may choose only one unit from SP50134 and SP50139. Selection of XX50134 and XX50136 is subject to the approval of the Director of Studies.
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
XX50134 Quantitative methods 1: introduction to quantitative methods 6 Credits
XX50136 Qualitative methods 1 6 Credits
SP50134 Globalisation 1: political sociology of globalisation 6 Credits
SP50139 International policy analysis 1 6 Credits
ZZ50001 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Semester 2

Compulsory Units
EU50764 International security: the contemporary agenda 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 2 and 4 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU50604 The politics of sustainability: environmental security and international relations 6 Credits
EU50605 The politics of migration 6 Credits
EU50606 The European Union's common foreign and security and defence policy 6 Credits
EU50686 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
NB. Students may take only 1 unit from SP50225 and SP50229 (and then only if the corresponding units - SP50134/SP50139 - were taken in Semester 1). Selection of XX50135 and XX50138 is subject to the approval of the Director of Studies.
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
XX50135 Quantitative methods 2 6 Credits
XX50138 Qualitative methods 2 6 Credits
SP50225 Globalisation 2: political economy of globalisation 6 Credits
SP50229 International policy analysis 2 6 Credits
ZZ50005 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Dissertation Period

Compulsory Units
EU50770 MA in International Security dissertation 30 Credits