MSc Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security
University of Essex
Key Information
Campus location
Colchester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
Request info
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
Request info
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Request info
Introduction
MSc Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security
In recent years, issues of terrorism and organised crime have gained an unprecedented profile, provoked significant social concern, and dominated both law-and-order and many wider social policy agendas. We draw on state-of-the-art research to address key critical issues surrounding organised criminality and terrorism in contemporary society.
We involve multi-level analyses of organised crime as a concept, alongside the impacts of urbanisation, migration and globalisation upon both the practice of crime and the ways in which we understand them. You address cutting-edge critical, conceptual and theoretical analyses of terrorism and counter-terrorism.
The course provides you with a strong grounding in the key theories, understandings and issues relating to organised crime and terrorism. You explore topics including:
- The analysis, politics and prevention of terrorism
- Globalisation and organised crime
- Security and the state
- The hacker ethic
- Human rights
Our Department of Sociology is 2nd in UK for research power in sociology (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).
If you are interested in studying these topics with a less quantitative focus and are not looking for a funded pathway to a PhD scheme, you may be interested in the MA version of this course.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Postgraduate Taught Project and Academic Skills
- Organised Crime: Global and Local
- Critical Perspectives on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
- Sociological Research Design
- Global Security Challenges
- Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This course provides excellent preparation for further academic study, and many of our postgraduates go on to successful academic careers, both in the UK and overseas.
Employment opportunities for graduates of this course include careers in security, policing, research, intelligence and justice professions.
Others have established careers in non-governmental organisations, local authorities, specialist think tanks, government departments, charities, media production, and market intelligence.
We work with the University’s Careers Services to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.
Program delivery
- We have a strong research group culture
- Graduate students are encouraged to take part in our weekly Departmental Seminar which regularly features eminent outside speakers