Brief description
This module is only available for Masters students who are taking a degree scheme with a Research Pathway.

The module is offered as part of an overall syllabus on Research Training and gives students an advanced overview of the main subfields of International Studies:

Strategic Studies
International Relations Theory
International History
Comparative Politics
Area Studies
International Political Economy
Political Philosophy
International Law
Political Geography

In providing a grounding in the major sub-fields in the discipline, this module enables students to locate their own specialist interest within International Studies.

Aims and objectives
By the end of the module each student should:

i) have an advanced understanding of the key literature in the discipline;
ii) understand the approaches and methodology of the key sub-fields;
iii) have the grounding to teach areas outside their own specialism;

The module is taught fortnightly over both semesters and its content will vary each year.
For example, the seminares may include:

Strategic Studies
C Von Clausewitz, On War

International Relations Theory
Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy is what states make of it"

International History
Leon Trotsky, The Revolution Betrayed

Comparative Politics
Samuel P Huntington"Deomcracy's Third Wave"

Political Geography
Gearoid O Tuathail, Critical Geopolitics

Area Studies
J Weiler, "The Transformation of Europe"

International Political Economy
Robert Cox, "Social Forces, States and World Orders"

Political Philosophy
Immanual Kant, Perpetual Peace

International Relations Theory
Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases

International Law
Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process