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Master of Letters Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies


"Master of Letters Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies"
Code Module name Credits
(( Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: IR5518, IR5510, IR5529 AND
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
International Society and Central Asia 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5000 - IR5999 (except compulsory IR MLitt modules and Dissertations)) MH5411 ) OR
Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
Political Economy of Conflict 30
Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
Security and Insecurity in Contemporary Russian Politics 30
IR5046 Migration and Political Theory 30
Military effectiveness 30
Modern War: Histories, Strategies, and Critical Interventions 30
Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politics 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
Feminist Political Economy 30
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After The Death of God: Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
Contemporary Decolonial Thought 30
IR5417 Political Theory of Race and Caste 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
Contemporary Gulf Politics in a Changing Global Context 30
Mediation: Community and Global Praxis 30
Critical Approaches to Peacebuilding 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
Security and Development in East Asia 30
Prisons: Spaces of Power, Resistance and Peacebuilding 30
Armed Governance 30
The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
Terrorism after 1945 30
State Responses to Terrorism 30
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
Counter-extremism: Ethics, Policy and Practice 30
Critical Infrastructure Electives 10
Terrorism and the Internet Elective 10
Transition to Post Graduate Study 10
Iran and the World since 1921 (30) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Core in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies 30 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5000 - IR5999 (except compulsory IR MLitt modules and Dissertations)) MH5411 AND
Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
Political Economy of Conflict 30
Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
Security and Insecurity in Contemporary Russian Politics 30
IR5046 Migration and Political Theory 30
Military effectiveness 30
Modern War: Histories, Strategies, and Critical Interventions 30
Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politics 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
Feminist Political Economy 30
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After The Death of God: Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
Contemporary Decolonial Thought 30
IR5417 Political Theory of Race and Caste 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
Contemporary Gulf Politics in a Changing Global Context 30
Mediation: Community and Global Praxis 30
Critical Approaches to Peacebuilding 30
IR5722 Conflict, Gender and Generation 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
Security and Development in East Asia 30
Prisons: Spaces of Power, Resistance and Peacebuilding 30
Armed Governance 30
The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
Terrorism after 1945 30
State Responses to Terrorism 30
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
Counter-extremism: Ethics, Policy and Practice 30
Critical Infrastructure Electives 10
Terrorism and the Internet Elective 10
Transition to Post Graduate Study 10
Iran and the World since 1921 (30) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 30 and 40 credits from Russian, Arabic or Persian modules appropriate to the student's level of proficiency. )) AND
Elementary Russian Language 1 20
Elementary Russian Language 2 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
RU2100 Intermediate Russian (Summer Course) 40
Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 1 10
Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 2 10
RU3005 Advanced Russian Translation 1 15
Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
RU3022 The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Semester of Study in Russia 60
Advanced Russian Translation 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 1 15
Advanced Russian Language 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 3 15
Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
RU4153 Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
Dissertation on a Russian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic 30
Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture 15
New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (40) 40
New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (20) 20
Specialised Research in Russian Studies 20
New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (15) 15
New Approaches to the Russian Literary Canon (30) 30
Specialised Research in Russian Studies (15) 15
Specialised Research in Russian Studies (30) 30
Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
Arabic for Beginners 1 20
Arabic for Beginners 2 20
Intermediate Arabic 1 20
Intermediate Arabic 2 20
Introduction to Classical Arab Culture 20
Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
Media Arabic 1 15
Media Arabic 2 15
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Arabic Short Stories 1 15
Arabic Short Stories 2 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
Advanced Arabic 1 15
Advanced Arabic 2 15
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
Dissertation in Arabic Studies 30
Persian for Beginners 1 20
Persian for Beginners 2 20
Intermediate Persian 1 20
Intermediate Persian 2 20
Higher Intermediate Persian 1 15
Higher Intermediate Persian 2 15
Key Texts in Modern Persian Literature 15
Modern Iran through Cinema 15
Modernity and Iranian Drama 15
PR3023 Songs of Love and Revolution 15
Advanced Persian 1 15
Advanced Persian 2 15
Introduction to Classical Persian Literature 15
Short Dissertation on a Persian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Persian Topic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60

Further requirements

Choose 180 credits in academic year