Politics - MA Programme content
Key information
Key information
- Complete full-time in one year
- Delivered on campus
- Modules taught during autumn and spring semesters
- Take 2 core modules and 5 elective modules across the year
- Complete a dissertation of 10,000-15,000 words on a topic of choice under the guidance of a supervisor.
You will learn through a blend of
- Lectures, seminars, workshops, and hands-on activities
- Reflective practice and guided research
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers
Programme content
Core module
- Graduate Research Methods (PO5005) familiarises students with approaches to the conduct of research in social sciences.
Electives – choose two
- Graduate Seminar in Development (PO5004)
- Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Political Theory (PO5015)
- Graduate Seminar in International Relations (PO5016)
- Graduate Seminar in Institutions and Policies of the EU (PO5017)
- Public Administration Theory & Practice (PA6011)
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules or consult PPA’s Postgraduate Handbook.
Core module
- Graduate Research Methods (PS5131) enables students to progress their dissertation work via a series of workshops.
Electives – choose three:*
- Graduate Seminar in Peacebuilding (PO5006)
- Graduate Seminar in International Co-operation and Conflict (PO5007)
- Graduate Seminar in European Governance (PO5010)
- Global Justice (PO5222)
- Gender and Politics (PO6032)
- International Political Economy (PO5008)
- Comparative Climate Policy and Politics (PO5252)
- Collaborative Governance and Leadership (PA6032)
- Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (PO5009)
- Migration, Minorities and Multiculturalism (PO6052)
* Not all electives will run every year.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules or consult PPA’s Postgraduate Handbook.
Core module
- Dissertation (PO5003) of 10,000-15,000 words on a topic of your choice under the guidance of a supervisor. A minimum pass (C3) is a requirement for the successful completion of this programme.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules or consult PPA’s Postgraduate Handbook.
