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The IMARC programme is divided into four semesters:

The programme starts at EUR, where you take several basic theoretical and methodological courses in criminology, focusing on international criminology in general and border crossing, security and social justice in particular.
In the second semester, you choose a specialization track at one of the three Universities.
It is possible to move to another University or location in the third semester for an internship or to do fieldwork for your thesis. If you follow the EUR track, moving to another University is mandatory under the mobility rules (two Universities during the programme). For other tracks, you may also stay at the University within that track.
In semester 4 you write your Master’s thesis under supervision of the University at which you follow the track.

EUR track

UGhent track

UKent track

Joint semester 1 at EUR Core themes and advanced research methods

EUR specialization: Global flows, local dilemmas and glocal answers

UGhent specialization: European Union criminal policy and justice in context

UKent specialization: Border crossing – theory, culture, power, and the global

EUR* —or—

UGhent —or—

UKent —or—

EUR thesis supervision

UGhent thesis supervision

UKent thesis supervision

* Students who follow the EUR track are obliged to take semester 3 at another University.

Semester 1: Basic courses at EUR

Globalization and crime

Border crossing, security and social justice

Analysing criminal policies in a global perspective

Advanced research methods

Semester 2: Specialization track

EUR track: Global flows, local dilemmas and glocal answers

Urban issues, culture and crime
Corporate and white-collar crime
Organised Crime
Migration, multiculturalism and radicalisation (Common Studies Session)

UGhent track: European Union criminal policy and justice in context

Advanced European Criminal Policy
Advanced European and International Asylum and Migration Law and Policy
Critical Criminology and the Criminal Justice System I (Common Studies Session)
Two elective courses from list below:
– Organised Crime
– Sexual Offending, Prostitution and Human Trafficking
– Financial and Economic Crime
– Cybercrime, Technology and Surveillance

UKENT track: Border crossing – theory, culture, power and the global

Three elective courses from list below:
– Critical and Global Criminology
– Cultural Criminology
– Prisons and Penal Policy
– Race, Difference and Belonging
– Terrorism and Modern Society
– One course includes (Common Studies Session)

Semester 3

Semester 3: Preparing and doing research

Research module I: Where the local meets the global
Research module II: European Union criminal policy and justice in context
Research module III: Global discourse and narratives of crime

Semester 4

Semester 4: Writing the Master’s thesis

Master’s thesis
Presentation

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Structure

Semesters

EUR track

UGhent track

UKent track

Semester 3: Preparing and doing research

Semester 4: Writing the Master’s thesis

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