International Defence and Security

Start: September

Duration: 1 year full-time.

Entry Requirements:

Normally a 1st or 2nd class Honours degree or relevant professional equivalent. Alternatively, a lesser qualification together with appropriate work experience may be acceptable. Students whose first language is not English must attain an IELTS score of 7.

Course Description: This course deals with some of the most pressing issues of world politics such as the causes of war and peace, the pressures and opportunities of globalisation, the threats posed by terrorism, and the problems of global poverty and injustice.

The aim of the MSc is to enhance students’ knowledge, professional understanding and analytical skills necessary to improve and/or transform the governance and management of defence and security systems. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical tools, the degree will provide students with the necessary competencies and skills to acquire a thorough understanding of the latest socio-political, business, management and legal thinking and to translate this knowledge into practical action that shapes national and international issues and events.

Modules:

PgCert

• Study Skills and Research Methodology
• Issues in International Security, Conflict and Development
• Defence in the 21st Century
• One elective selected from the list below

PgDip

All of the PgCert modules must be completed plus six additional electives drawn from the list below:

• Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
• Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context
• International Law and Armed Conflict
• International Criminal Law and Human Rights
• Analysing Military Forces and the Capacity to Make War
• Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• Regional Security
• Managing Natural Disasters
• Weapons of Mass Destruction, Control and Verification
• Military Support to Disasters
• Building State Capacity
• Crisis Management

MSc

• All of the above plus a dissertation.

Funding:

For more information on funding please contact prospectus.shrivenham@cranfield.ac.uk

For further information, please contact Anne Harbour tel: 01793 785474 or email a.l.harbour@cranfield.ac.uk

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