Arms Control & International Security
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
Students will learn about historical arms control challenges, such as negotiation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, along with contemporary arms control issues as they relate to international security, to include the Iran Nuclear Deal, U.S.-Russia arms control, and disarmament verification. Along with subject matter expertise, students will develop transferable analytic and research skills in a dynamic and rigorous intellectual environment.
Students will have the opportunity to meet arms control practitioners, negotiators, and inspectors. The course is particularly unique in combining history and theory with practical issues, skills development, and contemporary weapon of mass destruction policy.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key Benefits:
Enhance your knowledge of arms control and its role in international security.
Develop transferable analytic and research skills.
Merge theoretical concepts with practical application, including guest lectures and teaching from arms control practitioners.
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- International
Course programme
Year 1
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take:
- MA – modules totalling 180 credits
- PG Diploma – modules totalling 120 credits
- PG Cert – modules totalling 60 credits
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on
our website for updates.
If you are studying the MA you are required to take all of the following modules. If you are taking the PG Dip you are required to take the following taught modules (but not the dissertation) plus 60 credits of optional modules. If you are taking the PG Cert you are required to take the 60 credits of taught modules as listed below only (but not the dissertation):
- The History & Politics of Arms Control (20 credits)
- Verification Concepts & Technologies (20 credits)
- Arms Control Case Studies (20 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional Modules In addition, if you are taking the MA you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- Afghan & South Asian Security Issues (40 credits)
- Contemporary British Defence Policy (40 credits)
- East Asian Security (40 credits)
- Ethics in International Relations (20 credits)
- European Security (40 credits)
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to (In)Security (40 credits)
- Missile Proliferation (40 credits)
- Proliferation & International Security (40 credits)
- Security Issues in the Soviet Successor States (40 credits)
- Or another of over 50 modules available within the Department of War Studies
If you are taking the part time course you will typically take the required 40-credit taught module and 40 credits of optional module in Year 1. You will then take a 60 credit dissertation module and 40 credit optional modules in Year 2.
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