Middle Eastern and Central Asian Security Studies Entrance Requirements: A good degree with Honours from a UK university or its equivalent. Programme Duration: One year Aim of Programme: This is a multidisciplinary degree offered by the School of International Relations and the Institute of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Caucasus Studies, which is designed to offer an advanced grounding in the politics of the Middle East and Central Asia. It emphasises the international security, comparative politics, economics, history, cultures and societies of this strategically significant and vast geographical area. Students take a core module, modules on the two regions, and a fourth optional module. The programme also offers an opportunity for language study in Arabic, Persian or Uzbek, in which case students may specialise in their options on either the Middle East or Central Asia. The degree offers the exciting possibility of two subsidised accompanied study trips to each of the regions of the Middle East and Central Asia. After the degree, students will be equipped to either continue with doctoral work or pursue a non-academic career in which they contribute to analysis, policy and planning (particularly in international diplomacy, international organisations, non- governmental organisations and consultancy work). The MLitt normally concludes with the writing of a dissertation of 15,000 words on an agreed topic.


Peace and Conflict Studies Entrance Requirements: A good degree with Honours from a UK university or its equivalent. Programme Duration: One year Aim of Programme: This degree aims to provide students with an opportunity to work on peace and conflict theory, broader issues relating to peace-building and peace processes and on specific case studies in conflict analysis. Students are required to take two subject-specific core modules in the first semester, Peace and Conflict Theory and Approaches to International Theory, Security and Conflict. In the second semester, the third core module is Case Studies in Conflict, which includes a field trip. The latter includes a guided fieldwork experience for students in a post-conflict and development setting (potentially Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Nepal, or Uganda, depending on conditions), in order to introduce them to both the physical and intellectual terrain of a peace process. (If a fieldtrip cannot be taken for any reason, students will visit the UN in New York.) Students will develop the skills required to analyse the roots, dynamics, key actors and issues in specific conflicts, and to evaluate specific responses to such conflicts. In addition students take one further option module. The MLitt normally concludes with the writing of a dissertation of 15,000 words on an agreed topic.


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