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MA International Relations

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Full time | Cambridge Campus | 1 year | SEP-26

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-26

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

International Relations

Course Summary

Discover how international relations theory affects real-world events, and develop crucial skills like decision making and debating. With prestigious guest lecturers and visits to think tanks such as Chatham House, you’ll gain all the experience you need for a role in global politics. This course will give you an understanding of how international relations theory is applied to real-world policy and strategy, and the practical problems involved in this.

  • Attend prestigious guest lecturers and visits to think tanks such as Chatham House
  • Focus on your own areas of interest with optional modules including global risk society, war reporting, and terrorism
  • Develop your decision making, planning and debating with interactive sessions, specific scenarios and briefs

Modules

On this module, you will critically analyse the origins, evolution and role of international institutions in the global order over the course of the 20th and 21st century, in order to understand why these institutions have developed, and why states choose, or do not choose, to use these institutions as a means to achieve their objectives. You will examine the still-evolving structures of global governance, and the role of these organisations and institutions in contemporary politics and diplomacy, looking at the work of specific organisations including the UN, the EU, the IMF and World Bank etc.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,700

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£18,400

Entry requirements

A good honours degree (or equivalent), normally in a related subject. Applicants with professional experience are also encouraged to apply.

University information

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) offers gold standard teaching (Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), 2023) and expert tuition across more than 100 flexible postgraduate degrees, making it a great option for students looking to deepen their academic and industrial knowledge of a subject. ARU’s hosts four campuses in East Anglia: Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough and Writtle. A partnership with ARU London provides an additional opportunity...more

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