Master of Arts (International Relations)

Overview
The degree is intended to provide opportunities for graduates of diverse disciplinary backgrounds to develop their academic understanding and professional skills in the field of international relations, broadly defined. The program is expected to be especially useful to students with relevant, professional experience or ambitions, including diplomats, other government officials, business persons, journalists, specialists in public affairs, government relations, etc.

The program is multi-disciplinary in nature, focussing on international politics, economics, management, and law and diplomatic practice, in particular, but allowing both for specialisation within the program as well as for the inclusion of area studies, and other relevant subjects, in accordance with students' needs.

Entry Requirements
Students normally have a Bachelor's degree with a minor sequence in the area studied.

Course Requirements
Students must complete 48 credit points from the following list of subjects (or such greater number as may be required in individual cases). Students are normally required to complete all four core subjects in order to graduate in the program.

Please note that not all these subjects are available in any one year, and that students need to plan their course of study according to the availability of subjects.

Last Updated: September 20, 2004