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MSc in Political Science (Global Politics)

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Programme Code: TMPGLPO

Department: Government

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

One from the following:

GV481 Quantitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

GV4N1 Qualitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

Paper 2

GV4N6 The Politics of Globalization (0.5)

Paper 3

A

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5)

DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

DV418 African Development (0.5)

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH434 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (0.5)

EH469 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (0.5)

EU443 European Models of Capitalism (0.5) #

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU481 The Future: 24-hour Society and its Discontents (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) #

GI420 Feminist Perspectives on Transnational Development (0.5)

GI421 Sexuality, Gender and Culture (0.5)

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GV481 Quantitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization, and Decentralization (0.5)

GV4E1 Comparative Democratization in a Global Age (0.5)

GV4E2 Capitalism and Democracy (0.5)

GV4E8 Power Sharing and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (0.5)

GV4F2 Popular Politics in the Middle East (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GV4F9 The Challenges of Governance in sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GV4J8 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5)

GV4K2 Postcolonial and Comparative Political Theory (0.5)

GV4K7 Conflict and Cooperation: Key Debates (0.5)

GV4K8 Global Public Policy (0.5)

GV4L2 The Politics and Policy of Climate Change and Sustainability (0.5) #

GV4L3 Data Science Applications in Politics and Policy (0.5) #

GV4L5 Politics, Gender, and Development (0.5) #

GV4L7 Political Participation and Representation in Latin America (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

GV4M7 Politics, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective (0.5) #

GV4M8 Transnational Actors, Politics and Policymaking in the Global South (0.5)

GV4N1 Qualitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

GV4N7 Politics of India (0.5)

GV4N8 The Politics of Ethnicity (0.5)

HP412 Global Health Security (0.5)

IR40B The EU in the World (0.5) #

IR412 International Institutions (1.0)

IR419 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0) #

IR429 Economic Diplomacy (1.0) (suspended 2025/26)

IR462 Theory of International Society (0.5) #

IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5)

IR466 Genocide (0.5)

IR467 Green Political Economy (0.5)

IR479 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5) #

IR480 The Politics of Inequality and Development (0.5)

IR489 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)

IR494 Conflict and Peacebuilding (0.5) #

IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5)

LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (0.5)

MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5) #

Paper 4

GV499 Dissertation (1.0)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 3: Or any other option to the value of 0.5 unit, approved by the stream convenor.

Note for prospective students:
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