MSc in Human Rights
Programme Code: TMHURI
Department: Sociology
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year course. Students are required to take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two units, and write a dissertation as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Approaches to Human Rights | |
2 & 3 |
Optional Courses to the value of two full units from the following (registration for these options depends on availability, regulations and the conditions of the outside department. Some further restrictions apply to Law Department options that are part of the LLM degree) Access is not guaranteed for any option: | |
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Anthropology of Development (H) | |
Anthropology and Human Rights (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
African Development (H) | ||
Complex Emergencies (H) | ||
Managing Humanitarianism (H) | ||
Global Civil Society (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Culture and Security in Global Politics (H) | ||
Public Policy and Cultural Narratives in a Global Europe (H) | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development † | ||
Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H) † | ||
Gender and Militarisation (H) | ||
Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice (H) † | ||
Sexuality, Gender and Culture (H) †† | ||
Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation †† | ||
Globalisation and Sexuality (H) †† | ||
Women, Peace and Security (H) | ||
Gender and Human Rights (H) | ||
Contemporary Disputes about Justice (H) | ||
Globalisation and Democracy (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) | ||
The Liberal Idea of Freedom (H) | ||
Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (H) | ||
Dilemmas of Equality (H) | ||
Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | ||
IR463 |
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
The International Politics of Culture and Religion | ||
Genocide (H) | ||
European Human Rights Law (H) | ||
UK Human Rights Law (H) | ||
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) | ||
Climate Change and International Law (H) | ||
International Law and the Use of Force (H) | ||
Law in War (H) | ||
International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (H) | ||
International Criminal Law 2: Prosecution and Practice (H) | ||
Foundations of International Human Rights Law (H) | ||
Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (H) | ||
International Law and the Movement of Persons Within States (H) | ||
International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (H) | ||
An Introduction to the International Human Rights of Women (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals (H) | ||
Law in Society: a Joint Course in Law and Anthropology | ||
Human Rights in the Workplace (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
The International Law of Self-Determination (H) | ||
Theory of Human Rights Law (H) | ||
Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
International Planning and Children's Rights (H) | ||
Global Social Policy and International Organisations (H) | ||
Social Rights and Human Welfare (H) | ||
Political Reconciliation (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (H) | ||
Topics of Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial-Studies (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Social Change Organizations (H) | ||
Contemporary Social Thought (H) | ||
4 |
MSc in Human Rights Dissertation | |
Notes |
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† GI407 cannot be taken alongside GI409 or GI420 | ||
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
