MSc (Two-year) Human Rights

at Glasgow Caledonian University

Course modules
 

• Transformative Social Science:Theorising In/Equality
• Realising Human Rights in Practice
• Poverty, Rights and Citizenship
• Ethics, Governance and Responsible Leadership
• Politics and Practice of Global Justice
• Social Movements and Activism for Change
• Public Policy Analysis: Evidence and Influence
• Applied Professional Practice
• Masters Research Project

All entry requirements listed here should be used as a guide and represent the minimum required to be considered for entry. Applicants who are made a conditional offer of a place may be asked to achieve more than is stated.

Minimum academic requirement
UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent) in any subject area.

English language requirement
Academic IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) with no element below 5.5.

Annual full-time tuition fees
 

• Home (Scottish) and RUK: £7,000
• International: £14,500

Two-year masters tuition fees
 

• Home (Scottish) and RUK: year one fee £7,000, year two fee £2,000,  full two-year fee total £9,000.*
• International: year one fee £14,500, year two fee £4,500, full two-year fee total £19,000.*

* If you start a two-year masters course but graduate after one year, you will only pay the year one fee. You will not be required to pay the year two fee.

Studying this course can help you establish a career in areas such as public administration, policy analysis, research organisations and think tanks, or in consultancy, advocacy and analysis with domestic and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

It also opens up the possibility of further academic research and study.

The emphasis in the course is on 'making rights real', and that is reflected in the emphasis on developing your analytical skills through policy analysis, critical thinking, and your practical skills in communications, writing, advocacy, developing and implementing strategies and plans, underpinned with conceptual knowledge and knowledge of the relevant institutions and forms of governance.  Through the specialist modules and the ethics, leadership and work-related modules, along with the placement elements of the course, we are aiming to support you develop your work-related and leadership skills.

This master's course aims to help you achieve your future employment goals, as an advocate, analyst or changemaker in civil society organisations, different levels of government, or a range of research and analysis roles.