Arms Control & International Security

King's College London

Master

In London

£ 12,300 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

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.

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About this course

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.

Although this is a new course, other King’s MA students in similar fields have gone on to work at top global think tanks, in government, or to pursue PhDs in a relevant field.

Undergraduate degree with high 2:1 honours (i.e. overall average of at least 65% across all years of study) in a social science or other related subject.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum high 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 65% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 65% or above in the UK marking scheme.

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Subjects

  • MA
  • History
  • Politics
  • Arms Control
  • Technologies
  • Afghan
  • South Asian
  • Security Issues
  • Contemporary
  • Policy

Course programme

Structure

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.

Required Modules

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)
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to (In)Security (40 credits)
  • Missile Proliferation (40 credits)
  • Proliferation & International Security (40 credits)
  • Russia and the World (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 60-credit taught modules in Year 1. You will then take 60 credits of optional modules and a 60 credit dissertation in Year 2

Additional information

Full time overseas fees: £8,500 (PG cert 2019/20), £17,000 (PG Dip 2019/20), £25,500 (MA 2019/20) per year

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