MSc in International Relations (Research)
Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of one full unit and a dissertation. All students on this programme are required to take a test at the beginning of October.
| Paper | Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theories of International Relations | |
| 2 | Foundations of Social Research 1 or | |
| 
 | Foundations of Social Research 2 | |
| 3 | Courses to the value of one full unit from the following: | |
| 
 | Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)  and | |
| Global Environmental Governance (H) | ||
| The West: Identity and Interests (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| History and Theory of European Integration (H) | ||
| Europe Beyond Modernity (H) | ||
| Gender and Militarisation (H) | ||
| Nationalism | ||
| International Political Economy of the Environment | ||
| Foreign Policy Analysis III | ||
| International Institutions | ||
| Strategic Aspects of International Relations (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The EU in the World | ||
| International Politics: Asia and the Pacific | ||
| The International Relations of the Middle East | ||
| Conflict and Peace Studies (n/a 14/15) | ||
| European Union Policy-Making in a Global Context (H) | ||
| The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H) | ||
| European Defence and Security (H) | ||
| Postcolonial Perspectives in International Relations (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Chinese Foreign and Security Policy | ||
| Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H) | ||
| American Grand Strategy (H) | ||
| Conflict and Peacebuilding (H) | ||
| Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H) | ||
| Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan | ||
| Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | ||
| The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
| The International Politics of Culture and Religion | ||
| Genocide (H) | ||
| Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) | ||
| Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies | ||
| 4 | Dissertation | |

