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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography and International Relations


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20 AND
A World in Crisis? 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Concepts in Global Politics 20 AND
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* Geographies of Global Change 30 AND
* (Re)constructing environments, people and places 30

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked *
MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
* Theoretical Approaches to International Relations 20 AND
* Studying International Relations 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • an average grade of 11 or above at first sitting must be attained in certain requisite 2000 level modules marked * Qualified Entry to Honours requires; a grade of 4.0 or above in each of the requisite modules marked * and passing the Honours Entry examinations for the modules marked * in which a student did not previously achieve a grade of 11.0 or above, such that the conditions for automatic entry to Honours Entry are met when the best grade now achieved in each module marked * is considered. An Honours Entry examination can only be taken in the same academic year as the first completed enrolment in the relevant requisite module.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3100 - GG3301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Single Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (60) 60
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30
Research Design and Methodology Training (50) 50
Research Design and Methodology Training (40) 40
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Geographies of the Life Course 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
Biogeography and the Earth System 20
Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, GG4220 - GG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across third and fourth year.
MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List : IR3000 - IR3999 AND
IR3004 International Political Economy 30
IR3006 International Regimes and Organisations 30
International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
IR3022 International Relations and International Law 30
IR3023 US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
The Politics of Africa 30
International Security 30
IR3026 Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
IR3030 Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
IR3031 Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3036 Independent study in International Relations - Norms in International Relations 30
IR3037 Independent study in International Relations - Political leadership 30
Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
International Relations of the European Union 30
IR3041 International Political Theory 30
IR3042 Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
Pathways of European State Formation 30
Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
International History and International Relations 30
State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory: From Fear to Queer 30
IR3053 Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
IR3055 International Relations and the Internet 30
Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
Armaments and International Relations 30
Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
Organised Crime and Corruption 30
Critical Terrorism Studies 30
Refugees and International Relations 30
Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR3068 Christianity and World Politics 30
Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR3074 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
IR3077 The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
Feminist Theories in Global Politics 30
Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
IR3104 The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
Asian Security 30
Gender and Generation 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
IR3791
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 0 and 30 credits from Module List: IR4100 - IR4999 (excluding IR4794 - IR4795), SD4225
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
Genocide 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
The Changing Character of War 30
Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4546 The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
Art and War 30
IR4552 The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4560 Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4573 Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Understanding Terrorism 30
Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
Order and Crisis in World Politics 30
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to up to thirty 4000-level credits requires the permission of the Adviser of Studies.

MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
Joint Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 30 AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: GG3100-GG3299, GG3302, GG4301, GG4222 - GG4229
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Single Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (60) 60
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30
Research Design and Methodology Training (50) 50
Research Design and Methodology Training (40) 40
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Geographies of the Life Course 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
Biogeography and the Earth System 20
Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Advanced Qualitative Analysis 20
Advanced Quantitative Analysis 20
Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences 20
Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 20
Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, GG4220 - GG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across third and fourth year.
MA (Hons) International Relations (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: IR4000 - IR4999, ID4002, SD4225 AND
Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
Communication in International Relations 15
IR4504 The Language of Politics 30
Global Public Policy 30
The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa 30
Politics and Development in Southeast Asia 30
Critical Approaches to International Security 30
The Aftermath of the Wars: Liberal Dilemmas 30
Genocide 30
The Cultural Politics of Human Rights 30
IR4535 Theories of Friendship, Solidarity and Peace 30
Identities, Belonging and Others 30
The Changing Character of War 30
Gender and Terrorism 30
Activism and Resistance 30
Wars and Peace in the Caucasus 30
Indian Foreign Policy 30
IR4546 The Psychology of International Security 30
IR4548 Force and Statecraft 30
Art and War 30
IR4552 The Politics of the Environment 30
Europe, America and the Transatlantic 30
IR4554 Global Aesthetics and Politics 30
Music, Politics and International Relations 30
IR4556 Politics and Time: Memory, Narrative and Mourning in Group Identity and Conflict 30
IR4560 Faith, Politics, and War: The Augustinian Tradition in IR 30
IR4561 Security as Ethics: Rethinking the Global Polity 30
IR4562 The Political Lives of Objects 30
Rebels, Terrorists, Militias: The Comparative Analysis of Armed Groups 30
IR4564 Strategic Studies 30
IR4565 Contemporary Political Theory: from revolution to recognition 30
Comparative regionalism 30
IR4567 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR4568 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
IR4569 Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
Everyday Life and Global Politics 30
Conflict and intervention in world politics 30
IR4572 Economy of Anger: Marxism, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Status 30
IR4573 Global Economic Governance: Visions and Realities 30
Understanding Terrorism 30
Queer IR, Queering Global Politics 30
The Psychology of Motives in Foreign Policy Analysis 30
Order and Crisis in World Politics 30
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
International Relations of the Middle East 30
Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 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 0 and 30 credits from Module List : IR3000 - IR3999
IR3004 International Political Economy 30
IR3006 International Regimes and Organisations 30
International Terrorism 30
IR3011 Ethics and World Politics 30
Case Studies in Conflict Analysis 30
IR3022 International Relations and International Law 30
IR3023 US Foreign Policy: The Dilemmas of Power 30
The Politics of Africa 30
International Security 30
IR3026 Diplomacy and Conflict Intervention 30
The Logic of Irregular Warfare 30
IR3030 Human Rights in Theory and Practice 30
IR3031 Globalisation and the War on Terrorism 30
Globalisation and its Disjunctures 30
Post-Conflict Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa 30
IR3036 Independent study in International Relations - Norms in International Relations 30
IR3037 Independent study in International Relations - Political leadership 30
Conflict Management, Settlement and Resolution 30
International Relations of the European Union 30
IR3041 International Political Theory 30
IR3042 Representations of Violent Conflict: Research Seminar 30
Pathways of European State Formation 30
Violence in Deeply-Divided Societies 30
Foreign Policy of Modern China 30
Arrested Development? The Politics of Postcolonialism 30
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention 30
International History and International Relations 30
State, Power, Crime 30
IR3051 International Relations Theory: From Fear to Queer 30
IR3053 Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America 30
Mapping the Boundaries of Emerging and Evolving Securities 30
IR3055 International Relations and the Internet 30
Political Leadership: Theories and History 30
Armaments and International Relations 30
Armed Forces, Societies and Governments: An International Perspective on Civil-Military Relations 30
Rebellion and Revolution 30
IR3062 The United Nations since 1945 30
Organised Crime and Corruption 30
Critical Terrorism Studies 30
Refugees and International Relations 30
Emotional Encounters: Diplomacy, Power and Persuasion in World Politics 30
IR3067 The International Criminal Court in World Politics 30
IR3068 Christianity and World Politics 30
Armed Conflict in Postcolonial Africa 30
Realism in International Relations 30
IR3072 New and emerging security threats in the Caucasus and Central Asia 30
Dilemmas of International Order: Governing Conflict and Human Rights 30
IR3074 International Relations of Energy and the Environment 30
Leader Personality and Foreign Policy 30
Political Economy of Trade and Investment 30
IR3077 The Motives and Enablers of Terrorist Violence 30
Hot Economics, Cold Politics? International Relations of Northeast Asia 30
Feminist Theories in Global Politics 30
Russian Politics and Foreign Policy after Communism 30
IR3104 The International Relations of Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe 30
Asian Security 30
Gender and Generation 30
Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
IR3791
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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to up to thirty 3000-level credits requires the permission of the Adviser of Studies.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 58³Ô¹Ï School in the Learning Agreement (see ).