Universities United Kingdom University of Exeter Courses MA Political Thought

MA Political Thought
at University of Exeter

Exeter, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 25,300
Country Rank#16
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

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

Course Content

Program structure

Code	Module	Credits
POLM803	Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity	30
POLM057	Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought	30
POLM886	Dissertation	60

Optional modules

Politics

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
POLM013M	MPA Dissertation	60	2
POLM014M	MPA Applied Studies	60	1, 2 and 3
POLM016	Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption	15	2
POLM030	Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics	15	1
POLM057	Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought	30	1
POLM063	Qualitative Methods in Social Research	15	2
POLM082	International Relations of the Middle East	30	2
POLM084	Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics	30	1
POLM085	Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development	30	2
POLM086	Quantitative Data Analysis	30	1
POLM088	State-building after Civil War	30	1
POLM090	East Asian Regional Order	30	2
POLM100	Dissertation	60	1 and 2
POLM140	Qualitative Methods in Social Research	30	2
POLM148	Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications	30	1
POLM150	Text as Data	15	2
POLM152	Post-Conflict Human Rights and Transitional Justice	30	1
POLM156	The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age	30	2
POLM161	Forced Migration in International Relations	30	1
POLM167	Global Governance: Institutions and Challenges	30	1
POLM168	From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender	30	2
POLM172	Text as Data	30	1
POLM217	Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia	30	1
POLM220M	Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World	30	1
POLM221M	Policy and Politics: the theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services	15	2
POLM222M	The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development	30	2
POLM227M	Behavioural Public Policy and Administration	30	2
POLM228M	Leadership, Equality and Diversity	30	1
POLM230	Managing Public Organisations: Strategy, Finance and Budgeting	15	1
POLM502	International Relations: Power and Institutions	30	1
POLM503	Foreign Policy Decision-Making	30	2
POLM651	State and Society in the Middle East	30	1
POLM803	Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity	30	2
POLM808	Independent Study in Politics	15
POLM809	Applied Quantitative Data Analysis	15	1
POLM886	Dissertation	60	1, 2 and 3
POLM888	Theories of Global Development	30
POLM889	Tools, Policy, and Practice of Global Development	30

Philosophy

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
PHLM006	Contemporary Ethics	30	2
PHLM007	Current Issues in Mind and Cognition	30	1
PHLM008	Mind, Body and World	30	2
PHLM009	Dissertation	60	3
PHLM010	Introduction to Philosophical Methods	30	1
PHLM011	Data Governance and Ethics	15	2
PHLM012	Data Governance and Ethics	30	2
PHLM013	Philosophy and Psychedelics	15	1
PHLM014	Philosophy and Psychedelics	30	1
PHLM015	Contemporary Ethics	15	2

Entry Requirement
For direct entry onto our Masters programmes you will be required to hold a relevant Bachelors degree with a grade equivalent to a UK Second-class honours (2:1 or 2:2).

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£25300 per year

Career Prospect

You will develop a number of skills that are valued in professional and managerial careers: the ability to research and analyse information from a variety of sources along with written and verbal skills needed to present and discuss your opinions. The understanding you will gain of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments, can also be relevant to both business and public sector appointments.

Consequently, University of Exeter Politics postgraduates have been highly successful in securing interesting career opportunities and progressing to PhD level study.

Cost Of Studying At University of Exeter

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MA Political Thought at University of Exeter