MSc Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism

Course Summary

• Type: MSc
• Location: London, UK
• Duration: 1 year
• Deadline: Ongoing

Course Description

The MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism is aimed at security professionals whose role involves developing and implementing strategies to address the threat of extremism, against public, corporate and critical targets. The course is also suitable for those wishing to make a career in these areas.

The course is delivered by experienced practitioners and researchers working in counter-terrorism, intelligence, law enforcement, risk assessment and security technology. Students also benefit from full access to UCL experts on a range of ethical, political, religious, and community issues. 

Taught in central London, this integrated programme can be taken FULL-TIME (one year) or PART-TIME (normally over two or three years, but can be extended to five). Learning is also facilitated through access to secured online seminars, course materials and research articles. 

UCL offers the students and their organisations an opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge needed to address a particular security-related project.

Objectives

Students who graduate from the MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism programme will have acquired: 

An overview of organised crime and terrorism
An understanding of the theory of risk analysis
An understanding of the techniques for gathering and analysis of intelligence for countering terrorism and organised crime
An understanding of factors influencing decision-making
An understanding of the counter-terrorism technology
An understanding of strategies for prevention, detection and disruption of terrorism activities
An understanding of related legal, political, religious, social, and economic aspects.
An understanding of the subjects complementary to, but outside of, terrorism and organised crime, such as media communications.
An understanding of leadership and contingency planning
An understanding of techniques applicable to research and advanced scholarship