Master of Arts in Political Studies - International Relations

Queen's University

The department offers two MA programs: a twelve-month MA in Political Studies. Graduate students with an interest in International Relations, including Foreign Policy Analysis, and International Political Economy will find their professors in this subfield display a wide variety of teaching and research interests. Whether in the classroom context or through more focused research collaboration with professors, students will be able to benefit from an attentive and supportive faculty complement, over a broad range of theoretical and empirical puzzles in international relations and international political economy covering a wide range of geographical areas in the global North and global South. We make it a practice to involve graduate students in our research, including co-authoring papers for presentation at scholarly conferences, collaborating on research grants, and preparing articles and chapters for publication. In addition, the Department maintains close links with the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP), which since its inception nearly four decades ago has always been headed by one of our international relations professors, a position currently being held by Dr. Stefanie von Hlatky. The Centre has an active research and events program, and regularly hosts seminars and conferences, with opportunities for graduate student participation.