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Coventry University: International Relations MA

Institution Coventry University View institution profile
Department School of Social Science and Humanities
Web www.coventry.ac.uk/postgraduate
Study type Taught

Summary

Choose your start date. You have six opportunities to join this course throughout the year.

Course Overview: Our International Relations MA course focuses on global challenges such as conflict, sustainability and human rights. It is open to graduates from any field, offering you the opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge to help you negotiate key issues that affect and shape the global community.

  • Understanding global action: explore the actions of governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental agencies, private enterprises and international bodies in relation to key threats to international cohesion.

  • Peacebuilding and security: explore key challenges to global security and the processes of restoring peace.

  • Assessing power: analyse the motivations of key powerbrokers and their impact upon the global community. 

Why you should study this course Explore perspectives on international relations, looking at how states and non-states interact, collide, communicate and collaborate to maintain stability and harmony in a volatile global context.

  • Build experience with global experts: develop theoretical knowledge whilst gaining practical insights from speakers and organisations working on global challenges.2

  • Engage in applied learning: apply your understanding of international conflict management to real-world challenges through practical exercises such as crisis simulations and model United Nations (UN) activities.

  • Innovative teaching: our teaching, learning, and assessment opportunities are enhanced by personalised attention to help achieve your career aspirations. Workshops are interactive, supportive learning environments. Assessments are varied, providing you with an opportunity to create a broad portfolio of experience and skills.

  • Broaden your employability: take an employability-focused approach to learning, building a portfolio of skills that you can use to pursue a career in a wide range of fields, from the Civil Service to the Diplomatic Corps, governments, NGOs and transnational organisations such as the UN.

Collaborations Endorsement by the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) Coventry University and the RSA have collaborated on a module concerning global affairs. You will be entitled to a 12-month fellowship of the RSA so you can access all RSA resources and platforms during your period of study. Once you have successfully passed the Global Affairs in Action module, you will receive RSA digital badging.

For the latest information, please view our website.

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Coventry

Coventry University is a provider of world-class teaching, learning and impactful research, and push the boundaries of what higher education can achieve regionally, nationally and across the world.

We are a place where all students can achieve their ambitions. We focus on employability, practical learning and personalised support. We help our students to get the knowledge and skills they need for their chosen career and support them to develop confidence in themselves and their abilities.

You can choose from a wide range of postgraduate courses or research degrees which are delivered from our main campuses in Coventry …

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