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Curriculum

Rotary Peace Fellows enrol in one of the Department's six master's programs, leading to MA degrees in any one of the following: Peace Studies; Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; African Peace and Conflict Studies; Conflict, Security and Development; Conflict Resolution; or International Politics and Security Studies. These fully modular programs have considerable flexibility, combining core courses with optional modules.

Core courses cover an Introduction to Peace Studies, Research Methods, Comparative Peace Processes, Conflict Resolution in Contemporary Conflict, and Regional Security Studies. Optional courses include Human rights and Democracy, Politics of the Global Environment, Arms Control and Proliferation, and issues in Gender and Development. The academic part of the fellowship, the MA degree, lasts a total of twelve months, with eight months of coursework and four months for a research dissertation, separated by three months of Applied Field experience during the summer; thus the Rotary Fellowship lasts a total of 15 months.

Fellows put classroom lessons into practice through an applied field experience, when they work with a variety of governmental and nongovernmental organizations worldwide. For example, Bradford Fellows have worked on placements with the following organisations, among many others:

• United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Training Section, New York
• United Nations, Department of Political Affairs, Asia-Pacific Branch/Iraq Team, New York
• UNICEF, New York
• Sesame Street Workshop, New York
• The Southern African Center for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD), Lusaka Zambia
• European Center for Minority Issues, Fensburg Germany
• European Center for Conflict Resolution, Utrecht Netherlands
• International Alert, Peacebuilding Issues program, London United Kingdom
• Maruhan Corporation, Phnom Penh Cambodia

Candidates should normally hold a good first degree in an appropriate subject, at a level equivalent to that of a UK Degree at Upper Second Honours level. In addition to academic qualifications, relevant experience will be of value.