Course Options

Students are required to take 60 ECTS credits from the taught modules (each module is worth 10 ECTS) 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:

• The Politics of Peace and Conflict
• Research Methods

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

• 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
• Armed Conflict
• Peace-Building and Development
• International Politics
• Ethics in International Affairs

Modules available may vary from year to year