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Global Security
Key Information
Overview

Security matters. Because it matters, its study demands the
development of complex analytical skills, supported by cutting
edge research as well as innovative and creative teaching
techniques. This novel, exciting course reflects the latest trends
in security studies and is designed to provide you with the elements
to become a world-class global security analyst. The course
is intended for UK, EU and overseas students and offers direct
applications for policy makers, risk professionals and students
seeking to pursue an academic path.
This course aims to provide you with an up-to-date, advanced
and critical introduction to the theory and politics of global security.
In doing so it also seeks to promote and nurture the development
of the complex analytical and conceptual skills that the study of this
discipline requires. These skills are fundamental to postgraduate
study, invaluable for vocational and personal development and for
future professional life. Postgraduate teaching and learning generally
takes place in a combination of large seminars and smaller discussion
groups. Our academics typically lead the sessions, encouraging
discussion between all students. Sometimes students will give
presentations, either individually or in groups. There is a strong
emphasis on independent learning and students are expected
to work on their own to produce their essays and dissertation.
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 Theory of Global Security
• Perspectives in International Relations
• The Changing International Agenda
• Diplomatic Law
• Diplomatic Practice
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Maritime Security
• War, Memory and Popular Culture
• Rethinking Fault-lines Beyond the East-West Divide
in Global Politics
• Crisis, Continuity and Change: Trends and Issues
in Contemporary Global History
*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/globalsecurity

Course type
MA, MRes

Mode of study

Full-time or part-time

Indicative entry
requirements

2:2 or above in Politics,
International Relations or any
other social science subject
or humanities subject.
For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

Kamaran Palani
MA in Politics and
International Relations
(Global Security) 2014

While on this course, you live in
a globalised world, with students
from different backgrounds and
cultures, and engage with globall y
recognized teaching and research
expertise in your area, you will gain
a stronger sense and bring depth
to your understanding of current
events in your own country. I gained
this through discussion, debating,
contributing to a thoughtful argument
which crossed cultural boundaries.
This was an experience I believe that
I would not have been able to enjoy
anywhere in the world.

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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