Program Overview

University Program: Terrorism and Political Violence MLitt

Program Details

The MLitt in Terrorism and Political Violence is a taught postgraduate programme run by the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Europe’s oldest terrorism research centre, based in the School of International Relations.

Duration and Mode of Study

• Duration: One year full-time
• Mode of Study: Delivered through lectures, tutorials, seminars, and guided independent study

Modules

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Research Methods: Presents appropriate research methods to enable students to critically understand the literature on terrorism and political violence, and to lay the foundations to enable students to engage in further independent research.
  • Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism: Introduces the core conceptual issues of terrorism and political violence.
  • Terrorism after 1945: Provides an overview of the evolution, characteristics, and decline of terrorist movements and campaigns since 1945.
• Optional Modules:
  • Counter-Extremism: Ethics, Policy and Practice: Explores the most appropriate response to extremism through collaborative enquiry and direct engagement with policymakers and practitioners.
  • Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Familiarises students with different approaches that seek to explain how ethnicity and nationhood are created and maintained, how different forms of ethnic conflict and ethnic violence come about, and the possible mechanisms to contain nationalism and ethnic conflict.
  • State Responses to Terrorism: Takes a holistic look at state responses to terrorism and political violence; students study the work of scholars from right across the social sciences and humanities who have sought to understand and explain aspects of state responses to terrorism.
  • Terrorism and Liberal Democracy: Addresses conceptual and definitional issues concerning terrorism; the relationship of terrorism to other forms of political violence; the origins, dynamics, and development of contemporary terrorism; the efficacy of terrorism as a political weapon; the dilemmas and challenges of liberal democratic state responses to terrorism; and case studies in terrorism and counter-terrorism.

Assessment and Dissertation

• Assessment: Coursework only
• Dissertation: A 15,000-word project with regular support from a dissertation supervisor

Careers and Further Study

• Careers: Graduates go on to work in various professional fields including law, policy research and consultancy, non-governmental organisations, charities, international organisations, civil service, journalism, and publishing.
• Further Study: Many graduates continue their education by enrolling in PhD programmes at St Andrews or elsewhere.

Entry Requirements

• Academic Requirements: A 2:1 Honours degree in political science, international relations, social sciences or other relevant disciplines
• English Language Proficiency: See approved English language tests and scores for this course
• Application Requirements:
  • CV that includes a history of your education and employment to date
  • Personal statement of 1,000 words indicating your knowledge of the programme and how it will benefit you
  • Sample of your own, single-authored previous academic written work or a 2,000-word piece on ‘The threat of terrorism is greatly exaggerated. Discuss.’
  • Two original signed academic or professional references
  • Academic transcripts and degree certificates

Fees and Funding

• UK Fees: £14,850
• International Fees: £29,990
• Scholarships and Funding: See the University's postgraduate fees and funding page for more information.

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