Postgraduate module descriptions

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

Please note the 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.

2023/24: Semester A

• POLM024 Contemporary World Politics: Theories, Concepts, Themes
• 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: Epistemology, Research Design and Qualitative Methods
• 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 the availability and range of these modules, as well as the module organisers and the semester during which each module is run, may vary from year to year. The School reserves the right to withdraw one or more elective modules if there is insufficient student interest. Detailed module information will be distributed at the start of your study.

 

2023/24: 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: Quantitative Methods and Data
• 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
• POLM973: Globalisation and the International Political Economy of Development (Paris)
• POLM974: International Security: War and Peace in a Global Context (Paris)

* Please note that the availability and range of these modules, as well as the module organisers and the semester during which each module is run, may vary from year to year. The School reserves the right to withdraw one or more elective modules if there is insufficient student interest. Detailed module information will be distributed at the start of your study.