| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Violence, Terrorism and Security
Overview
The Post-Graduate Diploma in Violence, Terrorism and Security at Queen’s University Belfast provides you the tools to understand and critically engage with these issues. It equips you with the foundations and the most up-to-date research and methodologies in the fields of terrorism studies, security studies and conflict analysis.
Course Structure
The Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) consists of six core taught modules/classes, but students do not complete an MA dissertation. The PgDip is a credit-bearing and internationally recognised post-graduate degree, but it is not the equivalent to a Master’s degree.
Entry Requirements
Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a Social Sciences, Humanities or Arts subject, or a 2.2 Honours degree or above, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in any subject with relevant professional experience.
English Language Requirements
Evidence of an IELTS* score of 6.5, with not less than 5.5 in any component, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University is required (*taken within the last 2 years).
Tuition Fees
Northern Ireland (NI) | £4,867
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Republic of Ireland (ROI) | £4,867
England, Scotland or Wales (GB) | £6,167
EU Other | £14,333
International | £14,333
Career Prospects
The PgDip in Violence, Terrorism and Security provides you with the essential transferable skills and in-depth knowledge of theories and issues in the areas of violence, security, and terrorism for career development at any stage.
Modules
- Global Terrorism (20 credits)
- APPROACHES TO RESEARCH DESIGN (20 credits)
- Violence, Terrorism and Security (20 credits)
- Contemporary Security (20 credits)
- Conflict Mediation and Transformation (20 credits)
- Diplomacy and Influence in International Affairs (20 credits)
- Policy analysis and evaluation: From theory to practice (20 credits)
- Anthropology of Conflict: Ireland and Beyond (20 credits)
- Ethnic conflict and consensus (20 credits)
- Conflict Intervention (20 credits)
- Global Political Economy (20 credits)
- Feminism(s), Gender and Global Politics (20 credits)
- The Politics and Political Economy of Energy and Low Carbon Energy Transitions (20 credits)
- Comparative Human Rights (20 credits)
Module Details
Global Terrorism
This module introduces students to the range of important issues relating to the phenomenon of global terrorism and responses in terms of the global war on terrorism.
APPROACHES TO RESEARCH DESIGN
This module aims to introduce key approaches to research design, while also introducing some of the contemporary debates in research in the social sciences and humanities.
Violence, Terrorism and Security
The concepts that are at the heart of this core module (violence, terrorism, and security) can each have different meanings across time and at various political levels.
Contemporary Security
The module will examine the key theoretical approaches and practical issues and debates that have defined the evolution of Security Studies.
Conflict Mediation and Transformation
This module introduces students to key theoretical debates, issues, and practices in the field of conflict mediation and transformation.
Diplomacy and Influence in International Affairs
This module will examine the role of diplomacy and influence in shaping international affairs.
Policy analysis and evaluation: From theory to practice
This Module seeks to answer questions about policy solutions and their effectiveness in addressing policy challenges.
Anthropology of Conflict: Ireland and Beyond
This module will explore the development of anthropological approaches to conflict, examining what social and cultural anthropologists have added to our knowledge of conflict.
Ethnic conflict and consensus
This module examines concepts of ethnicity, national identity, multiculturalism as they relate to contemporary conflict.
Conflict Intervention
The module will evaluate the changing nature of intervention, from unilateral forceful intervention to multi-lateral intervention, to humanitarian intervention, and third party mediation.
Global Political Economy
This module provides a themed examination of the changing politics of the world economy, through the lens of the sub/inter-discipline, known as International Political Economy.
Feminism(s), Gender and Global Politics
This module encourages students to examine the centrality of gender and sexuality in shaping political dynamics at the local, national and global level.
The Politics and Political Economy of Energy and Low Carbon Energy
Transitions
This module will take as it’s starting the concept of ‘Carbon Literacy’, its definition, measurement and development.
Comparative Human Rights
The course involves a study of human rights issues drawing on material primarily from Europe, North America, and the Commonwealth.
