M.A. International Peace Studies
Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica
MA
DURATION
11 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 19,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Blended
* fees may be paid via online credit card payment or international wire transfers to our bank location in Costa Rica in USD only. American Express and Discover cards not accepted
Fast-track counseling
By contacting the school, you'll get access to free priority counselling for any study and application questions.
Key Summary
The Master of Arts Degree in International Peace Studies provides an interdisciplinary and critical analysis of the causes and consequences of a wide range of contemporary conflicts and violence that impact on global, international and human security. Topics to be explored include militarization, armed conflicts, violent extremism, economic, social and gender injustices, cultural and religious identity conflicts, and competition over environmental resources. An in-depth understanding of peacebuilding and peace processes in response to these issues is built.
Student Body
The University for Peace is characterized by its diversity and multiculturalism. For 2018-2019, we have 174 students from 55 countries (166 women vs. 58 men). As a result, our campus is always full of student activities, most of them organized by the students themselves. In past years, we have had yoga classes, conversation classes in different languages, the celebration of cultural nights (Asian night, Latin night, European night, etc.), as well as institutional activities open to students (Zumba classes, academic "brown bag" lunches, etc.).
Course Examples
- Gender Mainstreaming in Peacekeeping Operations and in Humanitarian Assistance
- Strategic Nonviolence Resistance
- Terrorism and Conflict: Issues and Perspectives
- Working in Conflict and Post-Conflict Areas - Field Training
Career Prospects
Graduates of the program will gain knowledge, capacities, skills, and motivation relevant to professional work in international, national and local government or civil society agencies, as well as in organizations in fields related to conflict analysis, resolution and transformation; nonviolence; peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding; local/global justice; and conflict and place-sensitive policy-making, as well as peace and conflict studies/research.