Find out how you’ll learn, and get support with your study or English language skills, as part of your Masters degree in our Guide to Masters study Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Conflict, Security and Development New Security Challenges Research Methods and Professional Skills (IR) Dissertation (Conflict, Security & Development) Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to the latest research. Bodies, Violence and Empire: Feminist, queer and anticolonial perspectives China's Rise & the Emerging World Order Conflict, Peace, and the Places in Between Environment, Resources, Security Migrant Transnationalism, Refugees and Diaspora Russia, Eurasia and the Crisis of the Liberal West The Middle East in Global Order The Political Economy of Development Dissertation with Placement (Global Studies) This course offers self-funded optional field trips to London, UK and Brussels, Belgium. The field trips aim to foster your interaction and engagement with policy-makers and practitioners from a wide range of international organisations . You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a research placement (for at least six weeks but longer stays are permitted if writing time is considered). On this MA you can apply for a small number of guaranteed self-funded placements with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. If your application is successful, you will support the work of the World Food Forum Youth Assembly , which takes place every year in October. You will be expected to focus your dissertation on one of the Assembly’s thematic areas. You can also find a placement yourself at other organisations that are linked with your dissertation topic. Undertaking a placement enables you to volunteer with an organisation while also conducting primary research for your dissertation. It’s an excellent way to gain practical, hands-on experience in your chosen field of study.
The relationship between conflict, (in)security and development has an impact on many of the world's biggest challenges. This course unpacks these complex relationships.
You will build a strong intellectual, critical and methodological foundation by:
You'll look at real-world scenarios through class activities, group work, assessments and your dissertation. You will also be able to apply for work placements and undertake field trips.
Our international faculty undertake cutting-edge research. You can explore their latest findings by joining a distinctive programme of events from our research centres:
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Standard level (6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component).
IELTS scores are valid for two years from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about IELTS
We accept IELTS One Skills Retake.
We accept IELTS Online.
Check full details of our English Language requirements and find out more about some of the alternative English language qualifications listed below
169 overall, including at least 162 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CAE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Advanced
169 overall, including at least 162 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CPE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Proficiency
110 overall, with no component score below 105. Duolingo English test scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
Standard level (65 overall, including at least 60 in each component).
LanguageCert Academic SELT scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert Academic SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres.
We do not accept the online version. We also do not accept the non-SELT version.
International ESOL SELT B2 with a minimum of 36 in each component.
LanguageCert International ESOL scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres. We do not accept the online version.
Standard level (6 overall, including at least 5 in each component)
Oxford ELLT scores are valid for 18 months from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
Register to complete the OI ELLT and use our 10% discount code at check out: SUSX10.
We accept Oxford ELLT Global and Oxford ELLT Digital.
| QS 综合 | 院校 | 学制 | 学费 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 第 37 位 | 伦敦国王学院King's College London | 1年 | 40600英镑/年 |
| 第 136 位 | 埃克塞特大学University of Exeter | 1年 | 26300英镑/年 |