Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

GV4G4 Comparative Conflict Analysis (0.5)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

and courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following: ^A

MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY451 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2021/22)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

GV4A8 Political Violence and Terrorism (0.5)

GV4B8 Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization, and Decentralization (0.5)

GV4E3 Statebuilding and Self-Determination in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4E8 Power Sharing and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (0.5)

GV4F2 Popular Politics in the Middle East (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following:

DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

GI413 Gender, Race and Militarisation (0.5)

GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5)

GV439 Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5)

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4E1 Comparative Democratization in a Global Age (0.5)

GV4F9 The Challenges of Governance in sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4J8 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5)

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) ^#

IR461 Islam in World Politics (1.0)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

IR466 Genocide (0.5)

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

LL475 Terrorism and the Rule of Law (0.5)

LL4A8 International Law and the Use of Force (0.5) ^#

A half-unit MSc course from the Government Department or another department (with the consent of the programme director and the teacher of the course).

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

GV499 Dissertation (1.0)