This programme, co-delivered with the university of the German armed forces, Bundeswehr University Munich, is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of contemporary world affairs and strategic thinking. Students will learn to identify security challenges, employ diverse analytical and critical thinking skills, and develop effective strategies and policy solutions.
| Duration | 1 year |
| Course type | Full-time, Part-time route available Distance learning |
| Study location | Online, blended learning (optional) |
UDBW7001
Strategy, Diplomacy and International Law
Students will gain knowledge about international law and study strategic studies, a significant branch of the study of international relations that deals with the use of force in international affairs.
UDBW7002
Transnational and International Conflict
The module aims to provide knowledge on explanations of past conflicts as well as important issues and academic solutions of current conflict. Students will be introduced to various theoretical and methodological questions in the field of conflict studies and focus in particular on the causes of war and conflict regulation. The module aims at providing a better understanding of how conflicts erupt, what modes of conflict regulation exist and what roles states, international organizations and non-governmental organizations play in regulating and solving transnational and international conflicts.
UDBW7003
Transnational Governance
Non-state actors – ranging from companies, NGO’s, to individuals – have found ways to organize themselves, exert power and set rules. This module studies the rise of transnational governance, offers conceptual clarity, and casts an eye of what the future will hold. Its focus is on the pertinence of transnational governance to emerging security challenges, explaining why the novelty of these challenges may make them particularly susceptible to a non-traditional approach led by non-state actors. Participants will work together in small groups to develop and present policy-oriented briefings and a scenario based on the analysis, insights and skills developed in the module.
UDBW7008
Dissertation in Applied Strategy and International Security
This dissertation module requires the independent design and production of a substantial piece of research work in the field of strategy and/or international security. The dissertation module will cap the MA in Applied Strategy and International Security.
UDBW7004
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
The module aims to enable students to identify a range of concepts and tools in global terrorism, describe and interpret a range of evidence and information, analyse the specific issues and problems involved with terrorism. This course examines the persistent threat of terrorism and political violence to international stability generally, and western national security interests in particular and its purpose is to provide students with a strong analytical and substantive foundation of the changing threat of international terrorism.
UDBW7005
Security, Risk & Resilience
This module examines security, risk and resilience as they are manifested in theory, policy and practice, specifically in the fields of counter-terrorism, crime control, and civil contingencies/emergency management. The concepts are examined through a social scientific lens that subjects them to critical and practical scrutiny, and that locates them within broader changes in governing practices and regimes associated with the emergence of late-modernity and the risk society.
UDBW7006
Maritime Security Strategy
The module gives students the opportunity to explore the dynamics of maritime security, centring upon a role-playing simulation exercise in which students are constituted into a mission design team, including operational environment, problem, operational approach, and command sub-teams. Following a series of lectures on maritime security and briefings about mission design, the design team will develop the understandings and concepts to re-run the response to a previous case or respond to a notional scenario.
UDBW7007
Security Management & Organisations
This module examines the profession and practice of security management. The module provides a critical examination of the cross disciplinary theories, policies, procedures, and practices defining and informing the role of security management. It also examines the architecture of the security function within organisations and the contribution of the security function to commercial practice.
| Student | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|
| Home | NA | £9,250 |
| International | NA | £9,250 |
This course is run at one of our partner colleges. Open days are held at the college and more details of these can be found on the college website. You'll find contact details below, on this page.
You are also very welcome to attend a University of Plymouth open day, to get a flavour of the courses you can progress to from a partner college. There will however be limited information on this specific course and college.
