M.A. Degree Program

MASTER OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

 

Duration: The Programme is full time for 2 semesters (12 months)

Entry requirements: A good first degree. Candidates would submit to a selection interview.

Courses

The courses for this degree cover 12 months from the date of registration. Students are required to take a minimum of four courses, each of which carries 3 credits in each of the two semesters. Students are also offered a twenty-week course in Research Methodology. Part-time students will take the course over 24 months from the date of registration.

COURSE STRUCTURE

 

         YEAR 1: SEMESTER 1

 

COURSE CODE

                    COURSE TITLE

             

CREDITS

 

CORE COURSES

INTA 601

International Relations: Theory & Practice

         3

INTA 603

International Law

         3

INTA 605

Research Methods

         3

 

 

 

 

inta 607

   

MANDATORY/REQUIRED COURSES

 

 

       

       

         

          2

 

Diplomatic practice 

INTA 608*

Language Proficiency

 

inta 610*

seminar

 

 

                    ELECTIVE COURSES*

 

inta 609

public administration

         3

inta 611

regionalism & African integration

         3

inta 613

foreign policy

         3  

inta 615

public policy

         3

inta 617

science, Technology and International Relations

         3

INTA 619

International Political Development

         3

INTA 621

Security and the African States

         3

 TOTAL

 

       18

 

· Candidates must take at, least, two elective students from the MFARI must take take INTA 611 and INTA 613.

 

· *INTA 608 and *INTA 610 are two (2) semester courses yielding 3 credits for each at the end of the second semester. Therefore, students will be awarded the 3 credits at the end of the second semester.

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR 1: SEMESTER 2

 

COuRSE CODE

                       COURSE TITLCREDIT CREDIT

CREDIT

 

 

                  

                      COURSEE CORSE

        

 

INTA 600

Dissertation

12

INTA 602

International Economic Relations

3

INTA 604

Africa in International Relations

3

                             

                                                    MANDATORY/REQUIRED COURSES

INTA 606

Diplomatic Communication

2

INTA 608

Language Proficiency

2

INTA 610

Seminar

3

 

 

 

 

 

                ELECTIVE COURSES

 

INTA 612*

Ghanaian Foreign Policy

3

INTA 614

International Institutions

3

INTA 616

International Humanitarian Law

3

INTA 618

Issues in Public Administration

3

INTA 620

Gender and International Relations

3

INTA 622

International Conflicts and Conflict Resolution

3

INTA 624

American Foreign Policy

3

INTA 626

International Finance and Developing Countries

3

Total Credits

 

18

Grand Total

 

36

Candidates should choose, at least, TWO electives. *Students from MFARI must choose INTA 612.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

 

A). To graduate, the student should have covered a period of twelve (12) and twenty-four (24) Calendar months from the date of registration for full tipart-timert time students respectively.  The candidate is expected to pass all mandatory core, prescribed/required and elective courses before qualifying for graduation. Students must note that in partial fulfillment of the Master’s programogramme, a twenty thousand (20,000) words dissertation (not exceeding eighty (80) pages excluding bibliography, figures, tables, photographs and appendices), which earns twelve (12) credits, must be submitted to the School of Graduate Studies through the Centre for examination by internal and external assessors.

 

Also, it is mandatory for candidates to take and pass the required Language Proficiency course in one foreign language offered at the Center/LECIAD with a grade score of, at least, (C–50%) or better.  Similarly, students coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFARI) must take Public Administration, Ghanaian Foreign Policy, and Regionalism and Integration.

 

At the end of the first semester and second semester of Year 1 of full-time and part-time students respectively, each student is required to undertake a Pedagogical Study Tour to some historical sites as well as domestic and international institutions, where necessary. This is intended to enhance the students’ understanding and knowledge in transnational interactions and diplomatic engagements between Ghana and other countries. It is anticipated that the tour would give students the practical experience of the nature of inter-state relations, thereby inspiring or deepening their interest in international affairs and diplomacy.

 

 

B)    In all, a student graduating must satisfy the following minimum and maximum requirements:

 

REQUIREMENTS

CREDITS HOURS

Course Work

24 – 36 credits (12-18) credits per semester)

Seminar

3 credits

Dissertation

12 credits

Total

39 – 51 credits