International Peace Studies (M.Phil.(Peace Studies)/P.Grad.Dip) – (M.Phil.)

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Students are required to take 60 ECTS credits from the taught modules and write a 15-20,000 word dissertation, worth 30 ECTS credits. Students are required to take the core modules "The Politics of Peace and Conflict" and "Research Methods" and choose four other modules. Modules are assessed through written work, usually 4000 words long, and seminar presentations as appropriate. The postgraduate diploma as an exit qualification is equivalent to 60 ECTS.

Core Modules (A)-compulsory:

* The Politics of Peace and Conflict
* Research Methods

Students must take at least two modules from group B:

* Armed Conflict, Peacebuilding and Development
* International Politics
* Ethics in International Affairs

Optional modules must be taken as necessary to achieve the overall requirement of 60 ECTS (C):

* Conflict Resolution and Nonviolence
* The United Nations and Peacekeeping
* Gender, War and Peace
* Northern Ireland: Conflict, Religion and the Politics of Peace
* Human Rights in Theory and Practice
* The Politics of the Idea of Europe

Assessment: Each module coursework totalling 4,000 words which is to be submitted according to the internal deadlines distributed at the beginning of each academic year, with final submission date by 1 May. The dissertation is 15,000-20,000 words long, and is to be submitted by 1 August. All students are registered on a common Masters programme and follow the same assessment procedures for the course work. Subject to satisfactory performance in the course work, students may proceed to submission of a dissertation for the M.Phil. degree. Students who do not reach that standard, but who nonetheless are judged by the Court of Examiners to have reached a satisfactory level of performance, may be recommended for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma, without further assessment.