Knowledge
The graduate candidate;
- will have the ability to develop cross-disciplinary team work to generate broader and ongoing conflict assessments.
- possess thorough knowledge of top quality international research in the fields of international security and law, in selected fields, based on the highest international research within the subject area.
- is able to understand and, on a scientific basis, reflect on the knowledge of the subject area(s) as well as be able to identify scientific issues.
Skills
- possess analytical skills rooted in Political Science and International Law with a special emphasis on ethical issues.
- have the skills required to occupy central and important positions in these organizations and thus to help prioritise, organise and sustain the organisation’s analytical capacity.
- master the scientific methodologies and tools of the subject areas of International Security and Law as well as master general skills related to work within the subject areas.
- is able to evaluate and select among the scientific theories, methodologies, tools and general skills of International Security and Law, and set up, on a scientific basis, new analysis and solution models.
- is able to communicate research-based knowledge and discuss professional and scientific issues with both peers and non-specialists.
Competences
A candidate with a Master of Social Science in International Security and Law will have broad insight into modern international conflicts and possess the methodological and analytical skills to address particular questions and issues in depth and within its proper political, juridical, and ethical context, and has a profile that is indispensable to organisations involved in conflict assessment, management, and resolution;
Furthermore the graduate candidate:
- is able to develop independent and original assessments of conflicts, policy options, and international repercussions.
- has the ability to develop cross-disciplinary team work to generate broader and ongoing conflict assessments.
- is able to manage work situations and developments that are complex, unpredictable and require new solution models.
- can independently initiate and carry out discipline-specific and interdisciplinary collaboration and assume professional responsibility.
- can independently take responsibility for their professional development and specialisation.
- is trained to engage in and organize analytical teamwork related to complex problems and is capable of initiating such teamwork and maintaining and developing his/her professional competences as an integral part of a career.
When you work with different academic challenges and tools, you acquire general academic competences.
Often it is not the product that’s being evaluated, but your capacity to be critical about the process you have gone through, and how you have approached the challenges during the process to the product.
What are my general academic competences?
Through your programme you’ll acquire among others the following general academic competences:
- Being able to isolate, define and analyze a professional problem by using relevant theories and methods
- Being able to systematize complex knowledge and data and select and prioritize that which is important for the subject matter
- Being able to critically assess the various theories and methods in the academic field
- Being able to apply concepts precisely and consistently and being able to engage in dialogue and argue on a basic theoretical foundation
- Being able to critically assess sources and document them
- Being able to convey professional problems and solutions in a way that make them relevant and understandable to various segments
- Being able to handle complex and development-oriented situations and cooperate and being able to both give and accept constructive criticism
- Being able to work independently, disciplined, structured and goal-oriented, and keep deadlines and formalities
Read more about your general academic competences in your curriculum.