Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2017 | Seite 57

Diplomatic Studies
Key Information
Overview

In international politics, the primary day-to-day means of contact
between states is through the institution of diplomacy. A rich legal
tradition of how this diplomacy is governed has evolved and the
practices of diplomacy by states continue to change and shape
the patterns of world politics around us. One important way to
understand international politics is to examine the practices of
diplomats and the contexts within which they operate. Our MA
and MRes in Diplomatic Studies aims to meet this need. The first
of its kind in the UK, it continues to provide a solid, advanced
grounding in the legal foundations and the theory and practice
of diplomacy. Many students on the course are from diplomatic
backgrounds and so the course provides a useful link between
the worlds of academia and of practical policy making.
The course aims to ground you in the central legal, theoretical and
practical aspects of diplomacy. It does this within a context of a more
general understanding of international relations. It will also prepare
you for research, both research that you may do for your dissertation,
but also research that you may undertake in your future academic
or professional work. The elective modules and the dissertation give
you a broad scope in which to pursue topics of your own choosing.

Course type
MA, MRes

Mode of study

Full-time or part-time

Indicative entry
requirements
2:2

For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

The course is taught over a 12 month period (September to
September and January to January). It is available both full-time
and part-time. Students completing an MA at Keele have gone to
pursue a variety of careers in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Indicative modules

You will study the following core modules:
• Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations*
• Research in Action*
• Perspectives in Politics and International Relations*
• Dissertation
The following is a list of indicative elective modules:
• The Changing International Agenda
• Diplomatic Law
• Diplomatic Practice
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Crisis, Continuity and Change: Trends and Issues
in Contemporary Global History
• War, Memory and Popular Culture
• Rethinking Fault-lines Beyond the East-West Divide
in Global Politics
• Maritime Security
*Please note: this is a pathway of the MA in Politics and International
Relations. For further details on this course, please visit out website
www.keele.ac.uk/spire/postgraduate

For more information please visit

keele.ac.uk/pg/diplomaticstudies

Did you know?
In the 2015 Research Excellence
Framework, 93% of the research
submitted in Politics and International
Studies was judged to be in the
top three categories of world-leading,
internationally excellent and
internationally recognised.

Smart minds choose Keele

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