MA Political Thought

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Sep 2026
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4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
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  • 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
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    Use our magical AI system, to check your admission chances for this course.
    Tuition fee
    Apply by
    Start date
    Sep 2025
    Sep 2026
    Duration
    Campus
    Mode of study
    Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
    Offer response
    4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
    Backlogs accepted
    This course accepts backlogs