
Application Deadline 1 September 2025
Module 7
The dissertation enables students to investigate in depth a topic within the field of Security Studies.
Students can select their own research area, but this is subject to authorisation of the course leader. The dissertation must include independent and original empirical research. Students will be required to submit a formal dissertation plan. Once this has been approved, students will be allocated a dissertation tutor, and for the remainder of the module supervision of the dissertation will be conducted on an individual basis. It is expected that pertinent knowledge and skills gained in other course modules will be reflected in the dissertation.
- Authorisation of formal dissertation plan
- Methodology workshops (1)
- Methodology workshops (2)
- Revision of dissertation plan if necessary
- Allocation of dissertation supervisor
- Personal supervision sessions
- Submission of dissertation
Notes: The dissertation allows the student to undertake an independent and sustained piece of research into a substantive topic of his or her own choosing.
The dissertation must include appropriate extended piece of empirical or theoretical research on a topic in the security studies field.