MSc in International Relations

Programme Code: TMIR

Department: International Relations

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

1

IR410

International Politics

2

Courses to the value of one full unit:

 

EU440

The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations  

IR416

The EU in the World

IR418

International Politics: Asia and the Pacific (n/a 16/17)

IR419

The International Relations of the Middle East

IR422

Conflict and Peace Studies (withdrawn 16/17)

IR431

European Union Policy Making in a Global Context (H) (n/a 16/17)

IR433

The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H)

IR434

European Defence and Security (H)

IR439

Diplomacy (H) (n/a 16/17)

IR445

China and the World

IR447

Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H)

IR448

American Grand Strategy (H)

IR449

Conflict and Peacebuilding (H)

IR452

Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H)

IR453

Global Business in International Relations (H)

IR454

Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H)

IR461

Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan (n/a 16/17)

IR462

Introduction to International Political Theory (H) (n/a 16/17)

IR463

The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 16/17)

IR464

The Politics of International Law (H)

IR465

The International Politics of Culture and Religion (n/a 16/17)

IR466

Genocide (H)

IR467

International Political Economy of the Environment (H)

IR471

The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H)

IR481

Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H)

IR482

Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (n/a 16/17)

3

A further course or courses from Paper 2 to the value of one full unit or a course from another programme approved by the Department.

4

IR499

Dissertation