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Degree Programme Table: Conflict, Security and Development (MSc) (PTMSCCSEAD1P)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

MSc Conflict, Security, and Development-part-time required courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
It is strongly recommended that students take the core courses within the first semester:
Conflict, Security, and Development
Politics and Theories of International Development
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The three core courses below are required and must be taken during year 1 or year 2.

Politics and Theories of International Development
PGSP11240 20 credits
Conflict and Peace in Africa
PGSP11453 20 credits
Conflict, Security, and Development
PGSP11590 20 credits
AND

Conflict, Security, and Development elective

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Policing and Punishment: Insights from across the globe
AFRI11010 20 credits
International Security
PGSP11162 20 credits
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Research in Africa
PGSP11340 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Resource Politics and Development
PGSP11418 20 credits
Business and International Development
PGSP11471 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
PGSP11601 20 credits
Pursuing Justice after Violence
PGSP11605 20 credits
Ethnopolitical Conflict
SCIL11036 20 credits
OR

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.
Students may take up to 20 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

students will have an opportunity to take the Dissertation (MSc in Conflict, Security, and Development) in place of the Policy Focused Dissertation. See
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/current/dpt/cxpgsp11626.htm

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Policy Focused Dissertation (Conflict, Security, and Development)
PGSP11627 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

MSc Conflict, Security, and Development-part-time required courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Each of the below courses must be taken in year 1 or year 2. Please ensure you select any of the below courses you did not take during year 1.
Politics and Theories of International Development
PGSP11240 20 credits
Conflict and Peace in Africa
PGSP11453 20 credits
Conflict, Security, and Development
PGSP11590 20 credits
AND

Conflict, Security, and Development elective

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Policing and Punishment: Insights from across the globe
AFRI11010 20 credits
International Security
PGSP11162 20 credits
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Research in Africa
PGSP11340 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Resource Politics and Development
PGSP11418 20 credits
Business and International Development
PGSP11471 20 credits
War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives
PGSP11601 20 credits
Pursuing Justice after Violence
PGSP11605 20 credits
Ethnopolitical Conflict
SCIL11036 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.
Students may take up to 20 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.
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