Postgraduate module descriptions

The following list contains a brief outline for each of the School’s elective modules on our campus programmes. 

Please note availability of these modules will vary from year to year and detailed module information will be available prior to the commencement of your study. General terms and conditions for prospective students are available online.

2022/23: Semester A

• POLM024 Contemporary World Politics
• POLM050 International Public Policy: Concepts and Practice
• POLM054: War and International Security
• POLM059 Approaches to Political Economy
• POLM073: Globalisation and the International Political Economy of Development
• POLM082 Introduction to Social Science 1
• POLM086: Theories and Concepts in Public Policy
• POLM090: Contemporary World Politics: Theories, Concepts, Themes
• POLM092 Theories and Concepts of Policy Making
• POLM093: Public Management and Governance
• POLM979: Doing International Relations Research: Theories Methods, Data

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

 

2022/23: Semester B

• POLM025 Evaluation and Delivery in Public Policy
• POLM026 Globalisation and the International Political Economy of Development
• POLM040 Themes & Cases in US Foreign Policy
• POLM056 Life, Death and Money: Welfare States in Theory and Practice
• POLM060: Latin America in the Modern World
• POLM081 International Relations of the Middle East
• POLM083 Introduction to Social Science 2
• POLM085: Evaluation and Delivery in Public Policy
• POLM095 International Migration and Public Policy
• POLM096: War in International Security
• POLM097: From Blitz to Brexit; Britain and the EU
• POLM099: International Organisations

Please note that all modules are subject to change.