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Study Details: Master of Political Science, 2 years full-time, 120 ECTS
The aim of the graduate programme of Diplomacy and International Relations is to prepare highly qualified specialists and analysts who will possess the skills to analyse and to evaluate the evolution of international relations, including the major changes and events in this field and the reasons for these changes. Graduates of this programme will be able to identify and reconcile ever-changing norms, roles and the types of practical diplomacy used in international relations. The programme of Diplomacy and International Relations will develop students’ skills to gather, update and to apply thenewest scientific knowledge. Upon completion of the programme, a Master’s degree in Political Science is granted.
Graduates of the programme obtain the following skills:
• To be prepared to perform practical work in the field of international relations and diplomacy using gained theoretical background.
• The ability to independently identify and analyse the main challenges in the practical sphere of international relations and diplomacy.
• To be prepared to conduct theoretical analyses of significant problems in the field of international relations and diplomacy.
• To be able to evaluate fast-changing social practices and to flexibly apply it in the Lithuanian and international labour market.
• The ability to learn independently, and apply this ability in following and evaluating relavent international events.
• To obtain familiarity with the high culture of professional thinking.
A Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, the Humanities or other Social Science field is required. Applicants who have not studied in a Political Science undergraduate programme, should have 6 credits in Social Science, 4 credits in Humanities and 10 credits in Political Science.
2012-13: 4900 EUR
Vytautas Magnus University offers scholarships to students who are currently enrolled or planning to enrol in Master’s degree programmes taught in English at Vytautas Magnus University. Gold Award, Silver Award, Stipendium Honoris Further Details
Graduates of the Diplomacy and International Relations master’s programme will have the possibility to work in various state, non-governmental and private institutions, Lithuanian government institutions (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs), diplomatic missions (embassies, business, tourism), EU institutions, and educational institutions, (e.g. Institutions of higher education, Institutes of Scientific Research). Graduates of the programme are also offered the possibility to continue their studies in a post-graduate programme in the field of Social Sciences.
Obligatory courses (9)
English Language Course for Diplomats
Contemporary International Crises
International Relations Theories and Methodology
International Security and Foreign Policy Strategy
European Integration Problems and Lithuania
Organization of Diplomatic Service
Theory and Practice of Negotiations
Diplomatic and Consular Law
Neighborhood Policy of the European Union
Optional courses
History of Diplomacy
Human Rights
Politics of The United States of America
Regions’ Evolution in the International System
Religion and Politics in the Global World
International Organizations
Ethnic Conflicts and International Relations
Special Course
Politics of the Balkan States
Small and Medium Size States’ Economic Policy
Academic Writing
Lithuania and the World in the 20th Century
Migration Policy of the State
EU Law and Home Affairs
Political Systems of Asian States
Orientalism and Occidentalism in International Relations
Research Projects (3)
Master’s Thesis
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