The modules in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2016 and August 2017.
If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see postgraduate modules for other academic years.
If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2017 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide; but please be aware that details they contain - including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments - may change for your academic year.
The module list for September 2017 - August 2018 will be published here in August 2017 (exact date to be confirmed).
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLM001M | Risk, Responsibility, Regulation: Whose Policy is it Anyway (MPA only) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM002M | Management and Governance:Comparing Public Administration around the World (MPA only) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM003M | Policy and Politics: the theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services MPA ONLY | 20 | 1 |
| POLM004M | Public Sector Finance for Managers (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 2 |
| POLM005M | The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 2 |
| POLM007M | The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects | 20 | 2 |
| POLM008M | Policy Analysis and Evaluation (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM009M | Regulation and Reform: Analysis and Policy (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM013M | MPA Dissertation (MPA ONLY) | 60 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM014M | MPA Applied Studies (MPA with Applied Studies ONLY) | 60 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM057 | Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought | 30 | 2 |
| POLM060 | Global Security | 30 | 1 |
| POLM063 | Qualitative Methods in Social Research | 15 | 2 |
| POLM073 | Political Economy of Food and Agriculture | 15 | 1 |
| POLM077 | The Politics of Human Rights | 30 | 2 |
| POLM080 | Global Justice | 30 | 1 |
| POLM082 | International Relations of the Middle East | 30 | 1, 2 and 3 |
| POLM084 | Conflict, Security and Development in World Politics | 30 | 1 |
| POLM085 | Work Placement in Conflict, Security and Development | 30 | 1, 2 and 3 |
| POLM086 | Quantitative Data Analysis | 30 | 1 |
| POLM090 | East Asian Regional Order | 30 | 2 |
| POLM091 | The Politics of Nonviolence | 30 | 2 |
| POLM100 | Dissertation | 60 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM105 | The Politics of Global Capitalism | 30 | 2 |
| POLM140 | Qualitative Methods in Social Research | 30 | 2 |
| POLM144 | The West, Civilisations and World Order | 30 | 1 |
| POLM150 | Text as Data | 15 | 2 |
| POLM651 | State and Society in the Middle East | 30 | 2 |
| POLM803 | Sources of Modernity and Post-Modernity | 30 | 1 |
| POLM806 | Topics and Texts in Social and Political Thought | 15 | 2 |
| POLM807 | Independent Study in Political Thought | 15 | 2 |
| POLM809 | Applied Quantitative Data Analysis | 15 | 1 |
| POLM876 | Dissertation Skills | 15 | 1 and 2 |