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T h e f a C u l T Y o f Social Sciences assessment A total of 60 credits are required for award of the doctorate with credits required in the following manner: • Core Courses - 33 credits • Electives - 6 credits • Dissertation - 21 credits Comprehensive examination For quality control purposes candidates will sit a comprehensive examination in the final term of the taught programme. Candidates will be required to achieve a minimum grade of 50% in order to proceed to the research stage of the programme. Dissertation The participant must submit the research proposal complete with literature review, upon completion of the proposal writing core course for approval and before commencement of year two of studies. The Dissertation should be forty to fifty thousand (40,000 – 50,000) words, submitted in the format specified by the “Thesis Guide” of The University of the West Indies. To successfully complete the programme, participants must complete a viva voce. admission • All applicants being considered for acceptance shall be interviewed • Academically exceptional students who do not possess the requisite work experience will be considered. For further information on any of the programmes offered by the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business please contact: The academic unit The arthur lok Jack Graduate School of Business Max Richards Drive Uriah Butler Highway, North West Mount Hope, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Tel. (868) 645-6700 Ext. 288 Fax. (868) 663-1415 e-mail academic@gsb.tt Website www.gsb.tt www.sta.uwi.edu t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f t h e w e s t i n d i e s – s t . a u g u s t i n e c a m p u s > page 69
T h e f a C u l T Y o f Social Sciences page 70 > t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f t h e w e s t i n d i e s – s t . a u g u s t i n e c a m p u s inSTiTuTe of inTernaTional relaTionS The Institute of International Relations (IIR) operates as a regional and autonomous academic institution, affiliated with The University of the West Indies. The mission of the IIR is to produce generalists with multiple marketable skills and experience, related to varied types of employment. With such a mission, the IIR gives students the opportunity to combine their international relations programmes of study with other marketable concerns. The work of the IIR concerns teaching and research, as well as the advanced study of international relations of developing countries, in particular Latin America and the Caribbean. Courses emphasise a multidisciplinary approach to the study of International Relations. The subject areas offered include: International Politics, International Law, International Money and Finance, International Trade and Economic Development, International Relations of the Caribbean, International Relations of Latin America, and the Political Economy of International Development and Organisation. The Institute of International Relations, in 2009 organised with others discussions around the two Summits in Port-of-Spain in 2009 and Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS) Annual General Meeting in June 2009; it has ‘strategic alliances’ with compatible organisations like the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); it offered its M.Sc. in 2008/9 at Anton de Kom University of Suriname in Paramaribo; it has developing projects with Association of Caribbean States (ACS), European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and the United Nations University’s Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS); and it organises educational excursions to CARICOM, Suriname & Panama &, in 2009 for the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, Cuba Postgraduate Diploma in international relations The Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations provides a foundation for candidates who may not have had a background in International Relations. It also offers the necessary training for those who desire to undertake further graduate work in International Relations or Global Studies. Graduates of the Institute usually find employment in a wide variety of fields and occupy prominent positions. Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations is usually open to candidates who are graduates of an approved university in such fields as Law, Economics, Political Science, Government, Sociology, Public Administration, History, Humanities, Spanish or French, or hold an equivalent qualification acceptable to The University. Candidates may also be required to pass an entrance examination. Full-time candidates are required to follow the prescribed course of study over one academic year, part-time candidates are required to complete the prescribed course of study within two academic years. It includes a Specialised Seminar and a foreign language requirement. master of Science (m.Sc.) in Global Studies The M.Sc. in Global Studies is an interdisciplinary programme which provides training in interpreting and analyzing the global political economy and prepares students for a variety of career paths. To be admitted to the M.Sc. programme in Global Studies a candidate must possess either • B.Sc. in International Relations or in a related discipline with a good Second Class degree. • A good Second Class degree in any discipline with a minor in International Relations (IR) with a grade B+ average in the IR Courses • An appropriate first degree in any discipline and the Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations with a grade B average. www.sta.uwi.edu
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