Course structure

Modules, curricular structure and credit requirements

The course runs for three semesters, spread over 18 months.
A total of 90 ECTS credits (180 UK credits) is required for the award of the degree.
Students must attend at least two of the partner institutions.
The language of instruction is English.

Semester 1 (September-January)

30 ECTS credits (60 UK credits) to be completed at either Kingston or Viadrina. At least one module from each of streams 1, 2 & 3, and at least one further module. Each taught module is worth 7.5 ECTS credits (15 UK credits).

Stream 1: Human Rights - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Kingston	Viadrina
Frameworks and foundations of human rights	Legal and institutional foundations
Achieving human rights: theories / strategies for change	Civil and political rights
	Economic, social and cultural rights
	Prohibition of discrimination

Stream 2: Case Studies in Genocide and Mass Violence

Kingston	Viadrina
Politics of mass murder	The Jewish Holocaust and other Nazi-led killing programmes - a comparative study

Stream 3: Research Methods

Kingston	Viadrina
Research skills and methods in social sciences	Methods of research and project work

Stream 4: Responses to Mass Atrocities - Legal Measures, Peacekeeping and Reconciliation

Kingston	Viadrina
Managing and resolving international conflict	International law and practice on state-condoned mass murder since 1914
	Representation of interests
	Conflict prevention and management

Semester 2 (February-July)

30 ECTS credits (60 UK credits) to be completed at any one of the partner institutions. Choice of any modules below. Each taught module is worth 7.5 ECTS credits (15 UK credits).

Stream 1: Human Rights - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Kingston	Viadrina	Siena	Collegium
Meaning and protection of human rights	Rights of minorities and peoples	The universality of human rights	Human rights organisations
Achieving human rights: case studies of change			Legal problems of human rights

Stream 2: Case Studies in Genocide and Mass Violence

Kingston	Viadrina	Siena	Collegium
Managing conflict: the Rwanda conflict	Modern nationalism -The engine of mass murder?	Crimes of war and genocide	Holocaust and genocide
Case study in international conflict: the war over Bosnia

Stream 4: Responses to Mass Atrocities - Legal Measures, Peacekeeping and Reconciliation

Kingston	Viadrina	Siena	Collegium
The prevention of genocide	Individual criminal responsibility and state responsibility	Peacekeeping and conflict resolution	Truth and reconciliation
	Criminal law and enforcement		Holocaust memory and impact

Stream 5: Humanitarian Intervention - Legal and Institutional Protection

Kingston	Viadrina	Siena	Collegium
Human rights and armed conflict	Negotiating Peace - Dealing with the Challenges of Peace Processes	Humanitarian intervention and its context	International negotiations and the responsibility to protect
	Rights of refugees and migrants		Techniques of negotiations

Semester 3 (August-December)

30 ECTS credits (60 UK credits) to be completed at any partner institution. Both streams are compulsory. Each of these is worth 15 ECTS credits (30 UK credits).

Stream 6: Internship

Any partner institution
An internship to be conducted at and supervised by an institution approved by the Board of Study

Stream 7: Dissertation

Any partner institution
A dissertation to be prepared on an approved topic supervised at any one of the partner institutions

Availability

The module list shows the intended and probable teaching programme of each partner institution. Changes may, however, be necessary for staffing and organisational reasons so that no guarantee of availability can given.

While it is fully expected that the programme will be available as indicated at all partner institutions, delivery in Semester 2 in Siena and Warsaw respectively is dependent on achieving a minimum enrolment.