Gender, Violence and Conflict MA

at University of Sussex

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
 

Autumn teaching

• Feminist Approaches on Global Development, Resistance and Transformation
• Gender, Violence in War and Peace
   

Spring teaching

• Research Methods and Professional Skills
   

Summer teaching

• Dissertation (GVC)
   

Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
 

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
 

Spring teaching

• Activism for Development and Social Justice
• Childhood and Youth in the Contemporary World
• Doing Gender in Theory and Practice
• Global Childhoods; Rights, Protection and Justice
• Hate Crime and Sexual Violence
• Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
• Knowledge, Power and Resistance
• Queering Popular Culture
• Refugees, Displacement and Humanitarian Responses
• Refugees, Displacement and Humanitarian Responses
• Techno-Feminism History and Practice
• Transnationalism, Diaspora and Migrants' Lives
• Transnationalism, Diaspora and Migrants' Lives
• War and Security in North/South Perspective
• Women and Human Rights
   

Summer teaching

• Dissertation with Placement (Global Studies)

Degree requirements    

Bachelors degree with a minimum overall mark of at least 50-65% depending on your university.
 

Subject-specific requirements
   
Your undergraduate degree should preferably be in a social sciences or humanities subject; alternatively, you should have relevant professional experience or engagement. 
 

Please note    

Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis.
 

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic)  Standard level (6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component).

Home students:

£9,500 per year for full-time students
 

Channel Islands and Isle of Man students:

£9,500 per year for full-time students
 

International students:

£18,975 per year for full-time students

This MA is for you if you’re working in – or planning to work in – the fields of:
 

• international development and diplomacy (including on gender, gender-based violence, conflict and security, and peace-building)
• the charity sector and NGOs, including those providing services for survivors of gender violence or projects to prevent violence
• various activist movements, women’s rights, and peace and justice nationally or internationally.
   

The MA is also excellent preparation for a PhD in Anthropology, Gender Studies, International Relations or International Development.