MSc Politics, Violence and Crime

The Politics of Violence and Crime MSc at University College London is a comprehensive study program that enables students to explore political violence and criminality from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. It combines components of standard political studies with crime science, offering students the opportunity to understand violent political movements, insurgencies, and states, as well as urban and domestic forms of violence and crime.Course Content: The Politics of Violence and Crime MSc includes rigorous scientific training and explorations of political violence, revolution, insurgency, terrorism, civil war, and state violence. It also covers violent and non-violent resistance, as well as different forms of non-political crime. Additional themes include an understanding of the politics of efforts to combat violence and wrongdoing.Key Modules: Key compulsory modules include "Politics, Violence, and Crime" and "Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods". Students can select optional modules that include themes such as "Counter-Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism", "Security, Crime, and Data-Driven Policing", and "Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction".Future Careers: The skills learnt on this course can lead to a range of diverse career opportunities. Graduates may enter careers involving policy development and implementation, policing and security strategy, applied crime analysis, data-driven policing operation, public safety and social crime prevention, counter-terrorism, or public service at national and international levels. The MSc also prepares students for further research work if they are looking to pursue a PhD.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.