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Human Rights and International Conflict MA

Human Rights and International Conflict MA

Different course options

Full time | Holloway | 1 year | FEB-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

FEB-25

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Personal Finance / Consumerism / Rights Civil Law War Studies Legal Rights (Law)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Why study this course?

Human rights and international conflicts confront us with the most urgent moral and political issues of our time. This course explains and explores these issues, addressing hard questions by drawing on diverse theoretical approaches and practical experiences. Taught by published experts in human rights, peace and conflict studies, international relations, politics, history, philosophy and women’s studies, the master’s degree will equip you with the kind of understanding necessary to work for peace, justice and human rights in the real world.

More about this course

The Human Rights and International Conflict MA explores the relation of states and their international organisations to the idea and practice of human rights. You’ll gain a strong grasp of the moral, ethical, political and legal issues at stake in international relations and conflicts, including the current conflict between Islamism and the international community of states.

You’ll confront the issue of how to reconcile theoretical unconditional rights with a consequentialist ethic of political responsibility and security. You’ll also explore particular interests, problems and conflicts that demand judgement and action.

The master’s degree will provide both a solid academic grounding in human rights and international relations, and offers a wide choice of optional modules. You’ll be trained in research methodology before completing a 12-15,000 word dissertation dealing with a subject of your choice.

Assessment

Assessment is largely by coursework. Core modules also involve two assessed presentations and two unseen examinations. One-third of the assessment is by dissertation.

Where this course can take you

Graduates of this course have opportunities for employment in the private, public and third sectors. Graduates have gone on to work in private, public and third sectors. Some graduates also go on to study a PhD.

Modules

History and Theory of Human Rights critically engages contemporary scholarship and debate about the political history and moral and political theory of human rights. It follows recent analyses of the mediaeval, Enlightenment and American histories of rights doctrine, paying especial attention to Immanuel Kant?s moral universalism, to the realism of his doctrine of right, and to his importance for contemporary liberalism and rights theory. It explores issues of historical relativism and cultural particularity in various ways but especially through analysis of UNESCO?s famous human rights symposium and of Alasdair Macintyre's infamously realist critique. The historical context and significance of Jacques Maritain?s theorisation of human rights is evaluated, in relation to the formation Europe?s human rights regime and to non-European traditions, and so too is John Rawls? retheorisation of moral and political rights-based liberalisms.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£18,150

Entry requirements

You will be required to have: at least a 2:1 at undergraduate level in a humanities or social science subject (candidates with other qualifications or relevant vocational experience may be considered).

University information

London Metropolitan University is home to a diverse community of learners, mentors, practitioners, innovators, and thinkers, located in the vibrant centre of London, one of the most dynamic capital cities in the world. The university's mission is to transform lives through the power of education – it does this by welcoming students from all kinds of backgrounds and supporting them to achieve success. Each student forms an important part of...more