| University | SOAS University of London |
| Degree type | Master |
| Academic title | M.Sc. Master of Science |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Methodology | online |
| Commitment | Full time, Part time |
| Duration | 12-24 months |
| Tuition fee | GBP 13,360 – 22,840 |
| Deadline | 1. September 2022 |
| Language | English |
Description
This masters programme builds upon the strength of SOAS’ expertise in the field of violence and conflict and provides analytical training on the challenges of contemporary humanitarian aid provision. The programme will present you with a history of the architecture of aid in humanitarian contexts and engages with a set of debates relating to the political and logistical challenges to humanitarian aid, and the critiques that have been made of it.
Course Syllabus
You will study 180 credits comprised of 120 taught credits (including core, compulsory and optional modules) and a 60 credit dissertation.
Core Module
Humanitarianism: Challenges & Critiques
Students also take ONE of the following compulsory modules:
Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development
Migration and Development
Optional Modules (subject to availability)
Agrarian Development, Food Policy and Rural Poverty
Aid and Development
Battlefields of Method: Approaches to International Development Research
Borders and Development
Cities and Development
Civil society, social movements and the development process
Development Practice
Environment, Governance and Development
Energy Transition, Nature, and Development in a Time of Climate Change
Fundamentals of research methods for Development Studies
Gender and Development
Issues in Forced Migration
Marxist Political Economy and Global Development
Migration and Policy
Natural resources, development and change: putting critical analysis into practice
Neoliberalism, Democracy and Global Development
Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa
The Working Poor and Development
Migrant Labour in the Global Economy
Water and Development:Conflict and Governance
Water Resources: Justice and Governance
Admission Requirements
2:2 degree (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including your experience, supporting statement and references.