What is the difference between the MSc IR Theory and the MSc International Relations?
Both of these programmes explore the relationship between the real world of international relations and the theoretical frameworks employed to understand it. The MSc in International Relations Theory, however, is a more specialist programme in which the focus on the theoretical dimension of the subject is more concentrated. Students on the MSc International Relations Theory programme take a specialist core course (Theories of International Relations) which has three main components: the examination of IR as a distinct academic discourse; the exploration of the relationship between IR and other social sciences; and the examination of the connections between the theory and practice of international relations. IR theory students also choose from a menu of theoretically focussed courses for their second paper before taking a third course from either the IR Department, or certain other departments around the School.
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- What is the difference between the MSc IR Theory and the MSc International Relations?
