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Master of Letters Strategic Studies

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Master of Letters Strategic Studies
Code Module name Credits
IR5800 Modern War and Strategy 30 AND
IR5801 Strategic Thought 30 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5004 - IR5052, IR5403 - IR5449, IR5526 - IR5528, IR5721 - IR5749, HI5010 AND
IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5012 Revolution and Change: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
IR5017 The United Nations and Global Governance 30
IR5024 Asian Security and the United States 30
IR5026 Ethics and the Use of Force 30
IR5027 Armed Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5033 Identity and Collective Violence 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
IR5036 Critical Security Studies 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
IR5040 Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5041 Social Identity and the Making of Community: Anxiety, Threat and Security 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR5043 Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
IR5050 Strategic Studies 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5052 Art and Violence 30
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
IR5408 Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought: Hannah Arendt 30
IR5414 Politics After "the Death of God"": Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics" 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
IR5526 Law and Society in the Modern Middle East: Local, Regional and International Dimensions 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5721 Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Wars 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5723 Security and Conflict in Africa 30
IR5724 The United Nations in Africa 30
IR5725 Globalisation and the South 30
IR5727 Civil War, Genocide and Transformation in Rwanda 30
IR5728 Foreign Policy Analysis 30
HI5010 Directed Reading in the History of War and Strategy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5099, ME5099, MO5099
IR5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
ME5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
MO5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 180 credits in academic year