About the Courses
WHY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT AT SWANSEA?
Swansea University has a well-respected name for the teaching of international security and development.
Based on our energising Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay, we have the expertise and full range of modern facilities to ensure your learning is right up to the minute.
Our Graduate Centre is designed to promote individual and collaborative research activity of international standard.
It offers a supportive environment for postgraduate research and taught masters study, as well as training to enhance academic and professional development.
WHY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT AT SWANSEA?
Swansea University has a well-respected name for the teaching of international security and development.
Based on our energising Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay, we have the expertise and full range of modern facilities to ensure your learning is right up to the minute.
Our Graduate Centre is designed to promote individual and collaborative research activity of international standard.
It offers a supportive environment for postgraduate research and taught masters study, as well as training to enhance academic and professional development.
Modules
MA 3 Year Part-time
Year 1 (Level 7T)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert
Students choose 60 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Compulsory Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : All four modules are compulsory. You must take 2 of the modules listed this year, the remaining two will be taken at Year 2. You may not exceed 40 credits in any one teaching block overall
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Applied Research Design September-January 20 PO-M32
Violence, Conflict and Development September-January 20 PO-M64
Human rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Global Justice: Moral Problems International Politics. January-June 20 PO-M37
Critical Security Studies: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Security January-June 20 PO-M60
AND
Optional modules
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one optional module from below below. You may not exceed more than 40 credits in any one Teaching Block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Heritage, Law and Conflict. September-January 20 CL-M103
Cyber Warfare and Cyber Espionage: War and Spycraft in the Modern World September-January 20 CR-M01
Crisis and Global Change September-January 20 GEGM29
Approaches to International Relations September-January 20 PO-M35
The Policy Making Process September-January 20 PO-M67
The Global Governance of Drugs: Power, (Geo)Politics and Narco-Diplomacy September-January 20 PO-M69
War, Technology and Society September-January 20 WS-M94
Southeast Asian Security January-June 20 PO-M40
Rights-based Approaches to Development January-June 20 PO-M63
Democracy and Constitutional Design January-June 20 PO-M85
Analysing Politics and International Relations January-June 20 PO-M93
War, Identity and Society January-June 20 WS-M95
Year 2 (Level 7T)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert
Students choose 60 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Compulsory Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : All four modules are compulsory. You must take 2 of the modules listed this year (those not already taken at year 1). You may not exceed 40 credits in any one teaching block overall .
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Applied Research Design September-January 20 PO-M32
Violence, Conflict and Development September-January 20 PO-M64
Human rights, Humanitarian Intervention and Global Justice: Moral Problems International Politics. January-June 20 PO-M37
Critical Security Studies: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Security January-June 20 PO-M60
AND
Optional modules
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one optional module from below below. You may not exceed more than 40 credits in any one Teaching Block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Heritage, Law and Conflict. September-January 20 CL-M103
Cyber Warfare and Cyber Espionage: War and Spycraft in the Modern World September-January 20 CR-M01
Crisis and Global Change September-January 20 GEGM29
Approaches to International Relations September-January 20 PO-M35
Rights-based Approaches to Development September-January 20 PO-M63
The Policy Making Process September-January 20 PO-M67
The Global Governance of Drugs: Power, (Geo)Politics and Narco-Diplomacy September-January 20 PO-M69
War, Technology and Society September-January 20 WS-M94
Southeast Asian Security January-June 20 PO-M40
Democracy and Constitutional Design January-June 20 PO-M85
Analysing Politics and International Relations January-June 20 PO-M93
War, Identity and Society January-June 20 WS-M95
Year 3 (Level 7D)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters Dissertation
Students choose 60 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Part- Two Dissertation
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students who successfully complete Part-1 progress to take the Part-2 Dissertation module below
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Dissertation September-June 60 PO-M25