Course summary
The extended MA in Development and Human Rights combines insights from the fields of development studies, politics, and international law. You will examine critical global issues facing the 21st century societies through a dynamic course that combines theoretical and applied perspectives. Taught by leading experts, you will apply legal theory, political insights and specialist research and planning tools in the analysis of the interface between human development and human rights in international public policy, including aid policy. The programme entails a semester of study at the Catholic University of Lille where you can study English-medium courses in Faculty of Law and the European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL).
Modules
You will complete six 20-credit modules in Part 1 of the programme at Swansea, a further 60 credits at the Catholic University of Lille, before completing a 60-credit dissertation project in Part 2. Four of the six modules at Swansea are compulsory: International Human Rights Law; Rights-Based Approaches to Development; Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention; Conceptual Issues in the Social Sciences; You will also complete two additional modules from a range of options. These include: Violence, Conflict and Development; Civil Society and International Development; Introduction to Development Studies; Tools for International Development Planning; Critical Security Studies; Post-Colonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism; the State of Africa; International Security in the Asia-Pacific; and Gender, Society and Politics in the Middle-East and North Africa.
How to apply
International applicants
If you are an International Student, please visit: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/international/students/requirements/
Entry requirements
For detailed entry requirements, please refer to our website: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/social-sciences/politics-philosophy-international-relations/development-and-human-rights-ma-extended/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Further information on tuition fees can be found here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees/
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP