Postgraduate taught programmes

We offer master’s degrees in three key areas of politics and international relations. Each of these degrees can be studied either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over two years):

New for October 2010 entry:

  • MSc Governance and Policy - examines processes of governance and policy-making from local to global level, in a cross-disciplinary way, using insights from other disciplines within the School.

Citizenship and Democracy

  • MSc Citizenship and Democracy – examines how theories and practices of citizenship are responding to challenges such as multiculturalism, mass migration, and globalisation
  • MSc Citizenship and Democracy (Research) - has ESRC 1+3 Studentship recognition, meaning that UK/EU students are eligible to apply for funding through the ESRC Open Competition scheme

Global Politics

  • MSc Global Politics - designed for students who would like to advance their understanding of the changing nature of global politics, and involves discussion of the impact of globalisation, the rise of global governance, the politics of human rights, and other significant topics in global politics
  • MSc Global Politics (Research) - has ESRC 1+3 Studentship recognition, meaning that UK/EU students are eligible to apply for funding through the ESRC Open Competition scheme

Global Security

  • MSc Global Security - deals with themes of security in a globalising world, and involves consideration of issues such as arms control, the global security context post 9/11, and related issues

The taught part of all programmes consists of a mixture of core and optional modules, combining empirical and theoretical material, and ranging in coverage from intensive studies of individual states to broader introductions to issues such as globalisation, democracy or citizenship. For most programmes, a Diploma may be awarded on successful completion of the taught elements, whereas an MSc will be awarded on the successful submission of a dissertation.