Programme structure
The Master's Programme in Peace and Conflict Studies spans four semesters, throughout which students take a combination of mandatory and optional courses and complete a master’s thesis.
History track:
• Common mandatory courses: 40 ECTS credits
• Mandatory courses for students on the history track option: 30 ECTS credits
• Optional courses: 20 ECTS credits
• Master’s thesis (mandatory): 30 ECTS credits
Recommended study plan history track option:
| 4. semester | PECOS4095 Master's thesis | PECOS4041 Veiledningsseminar 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. semester | HIS4030 - Prosjektseminar, master i historie | Optional course / PECOS4006 - Internship | PECOS4095 Master's thesis | PECOS4031 - Veiledningsseminar 1 - studieretning for historie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. semester | PECOS4110 - International Negotiations/Conflict Resolution | HIS4010 - Historiske grunnlagsproblemer: teori og historiografi | Optional course / PECOS4006 - Internship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. semester | PECOS4010 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | PECOS4021 - Research Methods | HIS4421 - War, Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits |
10 ECTS credits |
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The history track is administrated by the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH). Contact: historie-student@iakh.uio.no
Political science track:
• Common mandatory courses: 40 ECTS credits
• Mandatory courses for students on the political science track option: 30 ECTS credits
• Optional courses: 20 ECTS credits
• Master’s thesis (mandatory): 30 ECTS credits
Recommended study plan political science track option:
| 4. semester | PECOS4094 - Master's Thesis | PECOS4093 - Thesis seminar 2 - Political science track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. semester | PECOS4080 - Design seminar - Political science track | Optional course / PECOS4006 - Internship | PECOS4094 - Master's Thesis | PECOS4092 - Thesis seminar 1 - Political science track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. semester | PECOS4110 - International Negotiations/Conflict Resolution | PECOS4022 - Applied Statistics for Peace and Conflict Studies | Optional course / PECOS4006 - Internship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. semester | PECOS4010 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | PECOS4021 - Research Methods | HIS4421 - War, Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits |
10 ECTS credits |
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The political science track is administrated by the Department of Political Science (ISV). Contact: ekspedisjon@stv.uio.no
Common mandatory courses:
In the first semester of the programme, all students take the courses PECOS4010 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies , PECOS4021 - Research Methods , and HIS4421 - War, Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize . In the second semester all students take PECOS4110 - International Negotiations/Conflict Resolution . All students apply for a supervisor at the end of the second semester. The deadline for applying for a supervisor is 26. June, see application for supervisor på norsk and application for supervisor in english.
Mandatory courses for history track:
The students who follow the history track take HIS4010 - Historiske grunnlagsproblemer: teori og historiografi (the course will also be taught in English) in the second semester. Through participation in HIS4030 - Prosjektseminar, master i historie (the course will be taught in English)in the third semester, you will further develop your ability to plan and complete a large scientific work. You will also attend the thesis seminar PECOS4031 in the third semester. You must be assigned a supervisor before you can take either HIS4030 or PECOS4031. The fourth semester is devoted to your work with your master’s thesis, including the thesis seminar PECOS4041.
Mandatory courses for political science track:
The students who follow the track in political science take PECOS4022 - Applied Statistics for Peace and Conflict Studies in the second semester. Through participation in PECOS4080 in the third semester, you will further develop your ability to plan and complete a large scientific work. You will also attend the thesis seminar PECOS4092 in the third semester. You must be assigned a supervisor before you can take either PECOS4080 or PECOS4092. The fourth semester is devoted to your work with your master’s thesis PECOS4094, including the thesis seminar PECOS4093.
Optional courses:
All students on the master’s programme in Peace and Conflict studies take one optional course in the second semester and one in the third semester. The optional courses are supposed to compliment the students’ academic discipline of specialization and preferably contribute to deepen the students’ knowledge of one or more specialized topics pertaining to the Master’s thesis. One of the optional courses are PECOS4006 - Internship .
Teaching and learning methods
The teaching methods at the programme are based on lectures, seminars and workshops.
Forms of examination and assessments
Examination forms at the programme are mainly written, invigilated exams and term paper assignments. The evaluation of the thesis is based on an assessment of the written thesis as well as an oral examination, during which the students will have the opportunity to defend the thesis.