International Relations MA (Hons)

Master

In St Andrews

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    St andrews (Scotland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

The MA (Hons) in International Relations will teach you to explore issues such as the origins of war and peace, the making of foreign policy, trade regimes, international terrorism, human rights, international law, and the interaction of political and economic development.

Students will develop the skills to assess developments in the international system and specific geographical regions; analyse the ways in which states relate to other international actors; and develop normative theories that relate the world as it is to the world as it might be.

Facilities

Location

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St Andrews (Fife)
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University Of St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

Start date

On request

About this course

First and second year will equip you with the range of experience and critical skills necessary for more in-depth study of specialist subject areas at Honours level.

Specialist subject areas include:

comparative politics of states in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America
peace and conflict resolution
gender and international politics
human rights
international law and institutions
international political economy
international security
international theory
globalisation
terrorism.
Final year students must also complete a 12,000-word dissertation on a topic chosen in consultation with teaching staff at the School of International Relations.

International Relations graduates go on to a very diverse range of careers.

Graduates have expertise in area studies including Africa, Europe and the Middle East; foreign policy; international organisations and regimes; peace and conflict studies; political theory; and terrorism and political violence. Therefore, they are well equipped for careers in:

accountancy
armed services
banking and insurance
foreign services
international business
law
media, radio and television
public services (civil service, local governments, public corporations, hospital management)
research
social services (child care, youth employment, probation).

SQA Highers AAAB
GCE A-Levels AAA
IB points 38

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Human Rights
  • Law
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Postcolonial Africa
  • Asian Security
  • Terrorism
  • Caspian Region
  • Public Policy

Course programme

Modules

In the first two years of your degree (known as sub-honours) you will take the required modules in International Relations alongside modules in at least one other subject.

Sub-Honours

Sub-honours students take one module each semester which introduces them to the concepts, theories and history of International Relations. In addition, students will be introduced to study skills and research methods to enable them to undertake research during their Honours years.

Honours

If you decide to take International Relations in your third and fourth years, you choose from a wide variety of advanced options, including modules in conflict and conflict resolution, human rights, international law, international security, globalisation, terrorism, and comparative politics including Africa, Middle East, Latin America, China, Central and East Asia.

Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:

  • Activism and Resistance
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa
  • Asian Security
  • Gender and Terrorism
  • Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region
  • Global Public Policy
  • Human Rights in Theory and Practice
  • Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East
  • Indian Foreign Policy
  • International Political Economy
  • International Security
  • Music, Politics and International Relations
  • Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention
  • Political Islam in International Relations
  • Refugees and International Relations
  • US Foreign Policy

In fourth year, students also undertake a 12,000-word dissertation on a topic of their choice. This independent project enables you to develop key research skills which are desired by both prospective employers and by graduate schools offering postgraduate degrees.

The sub-honours modules listed here are the compulsory modules that students must take in order to graduate in this subject. However, most students at St Andrews take additional modules, either in their primary subject or from other subjects they are interested in. For Honours level, students choose from a range of Honours modules, some of which are listed above.


Additional information

Overseas Fee£22,350

International Relations MA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.