MSc in Political Science and Political Economy
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown below.
| Paper | Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Political Science and Political Economy (H) | |
| 2 | Game Theory for Political Science (H) | |
| 3 | Applied Regression Analysis (H) | |
| 4 | Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H) | |
| 5 | One of the following: | |
| 
 | Political Economy* | |
| Parties, Elections and Governments (H) | ||
| Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H) | ||
| Social Choice Theory and Democracy (H) | ||
| Legislative Politics: US (H) (cannot be taken with GV4C6) | ||
| Politics of Economic Policy (H) | ||
| Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (cannot be taken with GV4C4) | ||
| Institutions in the Global Economy (H) | ||
| Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| 6 | One half unit course (or if MY452 is not taken under paper 3, courses to the value of one full unit). | |
| 
 | A second course listed under 5, above | |
| 
 | Economic Development Policy* (n/a 14/15) | |
| Development Management* | ||
| Micro and Macro Economics for Public Policy* | ||
| 
 | Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) | |
| 
 | The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H)* | |
| 
 | Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H)* | |
| 
 | The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H)* | |
| 
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| States and Markets (H) | ||
| 
 | The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | |
| 
 | Capitalism and Democracy (H) | |
| Public Budgeting and Financial Management* | ||
| Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) | ||
| International Political Economy of the Environment* | ||
| 
 | Politics of Money in the World Economy* | |
| 
 | The Politics of International Trade* | |
| 
 | Comparative Political Economy (n/a 14/15) | |
| Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (H) | ||
| Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Advanced Regression Modelling (H) | ||
| The Economics of European Social Policy (H)* | ||
| Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
| 
 | Another half-unit or full-unit course taught in the Government Department or elsewhere in the school, with the approval of the Programme Convenor. | |
| 7 | Dissertation | |
| Notes | * courses with restricted access, which require the approval of the course convenor. | |

