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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

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

Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-Based Dissertation. See http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/current/dpt/cxafri11012.htm

Compulsory courses

Conflict, Security, and Development

Politics and Theories of International Development

Conflict and Peace in Africa

Policy Focused Dissertation (Conflict, Security, and Development)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

International development: research design and practice

Course options

Policing and Punishment: Insights from across the globe

International Security

Research in Africa

Key Skills in Development Practice

Displacement and Development

Resource Politics and Development

Business and International Development

War and Peace: Anthropological Perspectives

Terrorism in Global Politics

Pursuing Justice after Violence

Ethnopolitical Conflict

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Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.

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