Why choose Herts?

• Research opportunities: Benefit from?advanced?research?and Placement Year pathway options (with placements?available?in?the?media,?at?political organisations,?and?research institutes).
• Industry-focused content: Explore contemporary debates within international relations whilst studying energy scarcity, ecological changes, and ideas on global justice.
• Employment prospects: Our graduates work?as policy advisers, communications managers, and researchers for NGOs, government institutions, and large multinational organisations.

 

About the course

The MA International Relations course provides students with a contemporary, critical, and exciting insight into the vagaries of global politics. Students will study a range of modules, taught by research-active staff who are experts in their fields. The modules are assessed through a variety of both traditional, such as essays, presentations, critical reviews, and non-traditional, such as podcasts, blogs, simulations, assignments, which aim to assess and develop not only discipline-related knowledge but also transferable, soft skills necessary for future employment. Students will also complete a 12,000-word research dissertation on a topic of their choice. Whether it’s the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, the energy crisis, or the war in Ukraine, International Relations has never been more relevant. 

 

This degree is aimed at applicants who wish to find employment in careers that require advanced research and communication skills, such as government departments, non-governmental organisations, businesses, marketing, journalism, or those wishing to proceed to postgraduate research.