入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：An upper second-class Honours degree (UK) or equivalent qualification. Degrees from all disciplines are considered. In exceptional cases we will consider offering Diploma entry, aiming for upgrade to MSc, for applicants with a lower second class Honours degree.
For information on international equivalent qualifications, please see our International Office website.
英语要求：IELTS score6.5 overall with 6.0 in all bands
学费 Tuition Fee：Full-time: 2011/2012 overseas £13,000
课程特征 Course Features：
Since the end of the Cold War, violent conflict has cost the lives of millions of people and displaced many more, overwhelmingly in the developing world. However the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts extend far beyond the security community's traditional focus on military issues. They also require a consideration of many of the core themes of development studies.
This innovative programme explores the linkage and tensions between development and security concerns in theory and practice. Specifically, it builds on the Department of Politics' unique combination of staff expertise and experience to:
•examine the nature of violent conflict in the world today and the international community's response to it;
•locate this analysis in a comprehensive theoretical understanding of wider development and security studies debates and controversies, particularly in relation to evolving patterns of global governance;
•explore these issues and dilemmas through contemporary, empirical case studies.
The Department of Politics, Department of Sociology and Centre for East Asian Studies recently merged to create a new School within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law.
课程内容 Course Content ：
The MSc programme lasts 50 weeks (October to September). It comprises six 12-week taught units and six assessed essays followed by a dissertation.
First Term
Three mandatory units:
•Conflict Security and Development
•Theories of Development
•Theoretical Approaches to Security Studies
Second Term
Three optional units from a list supplied during the academic year. Topics vary each year but may include:
•Managing and Evaluating Development
•Development Skills in Practice
•Small Business Development
•Gender and Development
•Environmental Politics
•Foreign Policy Analysis
•Governing the Global Borderland
•The Politics of AIDS and Africa
•Conflict Management
•Religion, Fundamentalism and Conflict
•Militarisation, Militarism and War
•Masculinity / ies and International Relations
•Research Methods
•US Security Policy
Third Term
Independent study for dissertation.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Unit of Assessment 39 applies. Please see complete RAE listings for the University of Bristol for further details.