MSc in Political Theory
Programme code: TMPOTY
Department: Government
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
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.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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: | |
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Contemporary Disputes about Justice (H) | |
Globalisation and Democracy (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Twentieth-Century European Liberal Thought (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Multiculturalism (H) | ||
Social Choice Theory and Democracy (H) | ||
Kant's Political Philosophy (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
The Liberal Idea of Freedom (H) | ||
|
Dilemmas of Equality (H) | |
Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers (H) | ||
The Political Theory of Jurgen Habermas (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Marx and Marxism (H) | ||
Chinese Political Thought (H) | ||
Feminist Political Theory (H) | ||
The Politics and Philosophy of Environmental Change (H) | ||
|
Students can take courses to the value of one full unit from the following: | |
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Introduction to International Political Theory (H) (n/a 16/17) | |
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
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The Politics of International Law (H) | |
Philosophy, Morals and Politics | ||
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A half-unit course from the Government or another department § | |
6 |
Foundations of Political Theory (H) | |
7 |
Dissertation | |
Notes | ||
§ means by special permission only. | ||
