MSc in Political Theory
Full-year programme. Students must take 2.5 course units, a compulsory course (0.5 units) and dissertation (1 unit) as shown. Part-time students may take up to four half unit courses in their first year.
| Paper | Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 | Courses to the value of 2.5 units but no more than 1.5 units in any one term: | |
| 
 | Contemporary Disputes about Justice (H) | |
| Globalisation and Democracy (H) | ||
| Twentieth-Century European Liberal Thought (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Multiculturalism (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Social Choice Theory and Democracy (H) | ||
| Kant's Political Philosophy (H) | ||
| The Liberal Idea of Freedom (H) | ||
| 
 | Dilemmas of Equality (H) | |
| Advanced Political Thinkers (H) | ||
| Marx and Marxism (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Chinese Political Thought (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Feminist Political Theory (H) (formerly GI406) | ||
| The Politics and Philosophy of Environmental Change (H) | ||
| 
 | Students can take courses to the value of one full unit from the following: | |
| 
 | Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | |
| The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| 
 | The Politics of International Law (H) | |
| Philosophy, Morals and Politics | ||
| 
 | A half-unit course from the Government or another department § | |
| 6 | Foundations of Political Theory (H) | |
| 7 | Dissertation | |
| Notes | ||
| § means by special permission only. | ||

