Study location	United Kingdom, Birmingham
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MA

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) At least a Bachelor degree or postgraduate diploma from a UK university or equivalent. The degree must be in a relevant subject The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. Take originals along when you go to study.

Language requirements	English IELTS: 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in any band) CAE: 176 overall (with no less than 169 in any component)

Other requirements	At least 2 reference(s) must be provided. Two academic references (or if appropriate to the programme applied for, one could be from your employer). A motivation letter must be added to your application. Personal statement, approximately 5000 characters, explaining why you are interested in studying on your chosen programme. Alternatively, you can type this within your application.

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Compulsory:

20 credits – Sex, Death, Gender and (In) Security
20 credits – Gender and Global Governance
60 credits – Dissertation MA students to submit a 13,500 word dissertation (not applicable to Diploma Students)
You’ll take at least 40 credits from the optional modules A list. These are modules that we believe best fit this degree. We recommend that you also take some or all of your remaining credits from this list.

Optional modules A (Choose at least 40 credits from the following)

20 credits – Critical Approaches to Development (IDD)
20 credits – Democracy, Power and Citizenship
20 credits – Developments in Contemporary Political Analysis
20 credits – Gender and Development (IDD)
20 credits – Global Ethics 1
20 credits – Global Ethics 2
40 credits – International Relations Theory
We also offer you the opportunity to choose from our much longer list of Optional Modules B.

Optional Modules B (Choose up to 40 credits from the following)

20 credits – Civil War, Conflict & International Intervention
20 credits – Critical Approaches to Development (IDD)
20 credits – Development Politics (IDD)
20 credits – Developments in Contemporary Political Analysis
20 credits – Democracy, Power and Citizenship
40 credits – Diplomacy and Statecraft
20 credits – Ethical Dimensions of Terrorism, Political Violence and War
20 credits – Gender and Development (IDD)
20 credits – The Geopolitical Economy of Energy
20 credits – Global Environmental Governance
20 credits – Global Ethics 1
20 credits – Global Ethics 2
40 credits – Globalisation and Governance
40 credits – International Political Economy
40 credits – International Relations Theory
20 credits – Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and International Order
20 credits – Power in Global Politics
20 credits – Revolution And Enlightenment (Political Ideas A)
20 credits – Rising Powers and Global Order
40 credits – Security Studies
20 credits – Social Analysis of Inequality, Poverty and Development (IDD)
20 credits – Social Theory and Critique: Contested Knowledge
20 credits – Social Theory: From Marxism to Post Marxism
20 credits – Terrorism and Political Violence
20 credits – Terrorism and Contemporary Conflict
20 credits – Theory and Ethics of Terrorism and Political Violence
20 credits – Totalitarianism And The State (Political Ideas B)
20 credits – Migration, Superdiversity, Policy and Practice (IASS)
20 credits – Globalisation, International Migration and Citizenship (IASS)

Career opportunities

This programme will act as a foundation for an academic career in the same way as any other taught postgraduate programme. However, there is a range of national and international organisations (both government and non-governmental) that have dedicated gender advisory units and this MA would significantly enhance the application of a candidate to any of these institutions. These include, but are not limited to: Oxfam, International Alert, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development, Amnesty International, the United Nations, the World Bank Group, the International Committee of the Red Cross.