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

Modules include conceptual issues of social sciences, approaches to international relations and international security in the Asia Pacific.

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 the following four modules

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Applied Research Design September-January 20 PO-M32
Approaches to International Relations September-January 20 PO-M35
Critical Security Studies: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Security January-June 20 PO-M60
Analysing Politics and International Relations January-June 20 PO-M93
AND
Optional modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select Two modules from below. One from each teaching block. You must have 60 credits in each teaching block overall

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Crisis and Global Change September-January 20 GEGM29
Rights-based Approaches to Development September-January 20 PO-M63
Violence, Conflict and Development September-January 20 PO-M64
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
Comparative Governance in Complex Systems September-January 20 PO-M87
War, Technology and Society September-January 20 WS-M94
Human rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Global Justice: Moral Problems International Politics. January-June 20 PO-M37
Southeast Asian Security January-June 20 PO-M40
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
Compulsory Module Abroad
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M (Semester of Study Abroad) June-September 60 PO-PX10
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