MA Political Thought

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University of Exeter
  • You will study the ideas that have shaped our political and ideological traditions, focusing on the study of key thinkers, such as John Locke, Karl Marx and Michel Foucault
  • We employ analytical and institutional approaches to debate the history of political ideas and changing perceptions of money, work and commerce
  • You’ll benefit from an active research culture with seminar series and highly successful annual postgraduate conference
  • Tailor your degree to your interests with an array of optional modules including Problems and Texts in Social and Political Thought, Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity and Contemporary Ethics
  • You will study the ideas that have shaped our political and ideological traditions, focusing on the study of key thinkers, such as John Locke, Karl Marx and Michel Foucault
  • We employ analytical and institutional approaches to debate the history of political ideas and changing perceptions of money, work and commerce
  • You’ll benefit from an active research culture with seminar series and highly successful annual postgraduate conference
  • Tailor your degree to your interests with an array of optional modules including Problems and Texts in Social and Political Thought, Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity and Contemporary Ethics
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Modules

  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Optimisation Techniques for Economists
  • Research Design and Dissertation
  • Industrial Economics and Strategy
  • Applied Econometrics 1
  • Applied Econometrics 2
  • Politics:
  • MPA Dissertation
  • MPA Applied Studies
  • Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption
  • Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics
  • Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought
  • Qualitative Methods in Social Research
  • International Relations of the Middle East
  • Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics
  • Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development
  • Quantitative Data Analysis
  • State-building after Civil War
  • East Asian Regional Order
  • Dissertation
  • Qualitative Methods in Social Research
  • Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications
  • Text as Data
  • Post-Conflict Human Rights and Transitional Justice
  • The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age
  • Forced Migration in International Relations
  • Global Governance: Institutions and Challenges
  • From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender
  • Text as Data
  • Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia
  • Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World
  • Policy and Politics: the theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services
  • The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development
  • Behavioural Public Policy and Administration
  • Leadership, Equality and Diversity
  • Managing Public Organisations: Strategy, Finance and Budgeting
  • International Relations: Power and Institutions
  • Foreign Policy Decision-Making
  • State and Society in the Middle East
  • Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity
  • Independent Study in Politics
  • Applied Quantitative Data Analysis
  • Dissertation
  • Theories of Global Development
  • Tools, Policy, and Practice of Global Development
  • Philosophy:
  • Contemporary Ethics
  • Current Issues in Mind and Cognition
  • Mind, Body and World
  • Dissertation
  • Introduction to Philosophical Methods
  • Data Governance and Ethics
  • Data Governance and Ethics
  • Philosophy and Psychedelics
  • Philosophy and Psychedelics
  • Contemporary Ethics
    • £24,300 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    1 Year

    Duration

    Sep 2024

    Start Month

    Aug 2024

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2024

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time
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