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MA - Master of Arts
Waterloo Campus 1
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Strand Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Waterloo Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
Waterloo Campus 1
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Strand Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
MA - Master of Arts
Waterloo Campus 1
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Our unique National Security Studies MA enables participants to develop an in-depth understanding of UK and international national security practices. The course brings together security policy practitioners from the public and private sectors with postgraduate students interested in policy. Discussions focus on cross-governmental responses to security challenges related to key themes including strategy, resilience, cyber security, counter-terrorism, defence and foreign policy, and ethics and oversight in national security policy making. Participants will be given the opportunity to consider the subject from theoretical and practical policy perspectives before applying these lenses to some of the most pressing global issues in security policy. through case studies and coursework.The UK Governments structures and mechanisms for cross-government and whole-of-system working in the national security field have evolved significantly since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. The programmes core module adopts a staged, thematic approach by addressing issues of structure, processes, tools, and application (case studies) to provide the basis for understanding the contemporary practice of national security strategy in many countries.
Undergraduate degree with high 2:1 honours (i.e. overall average of at least 65% across all years of study) in history, international relations, political science, economics or other appropriate subject. Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 or hold a first degree but have relevant professional or voluntary experience will also be considered. In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum high 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 65% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 65% or above in the UK marking scheme.
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£18,258 per year
Students from Domestic
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£33,258 per year
Students from EU
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£33,258 per year
Students from International
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