International Security Studies
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Entry requirements
Months of entry
September
Course content
The MLitt in International Security Studies is a one year taught postgraduate programme run by the School of International Relations.
Highlights
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- This programme allows students to study critical and traditional security approaches.
- It ensures that students grasp the cutting edge debates taking place in security studies.
- It invites students to think originally and pushes them to ask alternative questions.
- It provides opportunities for students to apply a wide array of theoretical lenses.
- It encourages students to focus on specific empirical case studies and global security issues.
Teaching format
The programme consists of four taught modules taken over two semesters and a 15,000-word dissertation in an area of your choice. The two compulsory modules, International Security Studies and Critical Security Studies, will ground you in both long-standing and contemporary approaches to security issues.
Modules are taught through a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials with average lecture sizes ranging from 20 to 30 students and tutorial sizes ranging from 1 to 15 students. Assessment methods include a combination of examination and coursework.
Every MLitt student is assigned a dissertation supervisor who will advise on the choice of subject and provide guidance throughout the research process.
Modules
All International Security Studies MLitt students take two compulsory and two optional modules over the course of the programme.
The modules in this programme have varying methods of delivery and assessment. For more details of each module, including weekly contact hours, teaching methods and assessment, please see our website; some elements may be subject to change for 2021 entry.
Fees and funding
There are a variety of funding options available for postgraduate students. For more details visit our website.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MLitt
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGDip
- part time21 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time9 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Secretary
- irpgt@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 1944