The Peace Studies department offers a range of academic courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. SSR related courses offered by the department include:
Undergraduate:
- BA International Relations and Security Studies
- BA Peace Studies
- BA Conflict Resolution
All three of these courses are three year undergraduate degrees with an entry requirement of 280 Tariff Points at A-Level.
Postgraduate:
- MA/PGDip in Peace Studies
- MA/PGDip in Conflict Resolution
- MA/PGDip in International Politics and Security Studies
- MA/PGDip in African Peace and Conflict Studies
The one year taught Masters and Postgraduate Diploma courses in the department include 120 credits of taught courses. An additional 60 credit dissertation is required for Masters level courses. The courses offer a mix of compulsory and optional modules, with introduction to Peace Studies and Methods compulsory for all students. In addition Conflict Resolution: concepts, processes and skills and Conflict Resolution: applications and reconstructions are compulsory for the Conflict Resolution course; International politics and security studies and Security and post-conflict reconstruction are compulsory for International Politics and Security Studies and; African peace and conflict studies and African approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding are compulsory for African Peace and Conflict Studies.
A good first degree is required for entry to all Masters courses.
The department also offers MPhil and PhD research degrees in the following areas:
- International politics and security studies
- Regions in conflict
- Conflict resolution
- Development and conflict
- Politics and society
- New Route PhD in Peace and Conflict Research
A 2:1 Honours degree is required for entry.
