Global Governance and Diplomacy MSc

**The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.** <br/><br/>This nine-month master’s degree investigates a broad range of policy issues related to the institutions and processes of global governance and diplomacy – at international, transnational, state, and domestic levels. The course equips you to understand and explain global governance and diplomacy, and prepares you for a career in these areas and beyond.<br/><br/>**Course objectives**<br/>By focusing on the institutions and processes of global governance and diplomacy, the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy enables students not only to develop a big-picture view of world politics but also to specialise on topical aspects and make an original contribution based on their own research.<br/><br/>**Course structure**<br/>You take a foundation course, two option courses from a list of choices, a course on research methods, and write a dissertation.<br/><br/>The foundation course is a two-term course running over 16 weeks and covering fundamental issues of global governance and international diplomacy.<br/><br/>The option courses cover important aspects of global governance and/or diplomacy. Each option consists of eight two-hour seminars. <br/><br/>There is a mandatory, two-term course on qualitative and quantitative research methods in the social sciences. <br/><br/>Lastly, you will research and write a dissertation under the direction of a supervisor, to be submitted towards the end of the final term.<br/><br/>Over the duration of the course, you will benefit from a series of plenary lectures and other events. The speakers discuss important issues of global governance and diplomacy and/or provide research-led presentations followed by discussion.<br/><br/>For more information, including the course handbook and further details about course offerings, see our course page on the departmental website.