The modules in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2017 and August 2018.
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 2018 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 2018 - August 2019 will be published here in August 2018 (exact date to be confirmed).
Exeter Campus
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 |
| POLM004M | Public Sector Finance for Managers (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM005M | The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 1 |
| POLM007M | The New Public Management: Principles, Practice and Prospects | 20 | 1 |
| POLM008M | Policy Analysis and Evaluation (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM009M | Regulation and Reform: Analysis and Policy (MPA ONLY) | 20 | 2 |
| POLM013M | MPA Dissertation (MPA ONLY) | 60 | |
| POLM014M | MPA Applied Studies (MPA with Applied Studies ONLY) | 60 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM015M | Behavioural Public Policy and Administration | 20 | 2 |
| POLM021 | Power and Society | 30 | 1 |
| POLM030 | Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics | 15 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM057 | Understanding and Interpretation in Political Thought | 30 | 1 |
| POLM060 | Global Security | 30 | 1 |
| POLM063 | Qualitative Methods in Social Research | 15 | 2 |
| POLM073 | Political Economy of Food and Agriculture | 15 | 1 |
| POLM082 | International Relations of the Middle East | 30 | 1 |
| 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 |
| POLM100 | Dissertation | 60 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM105 | The Politics of Global Capitalism | 30 | 2 |
| POLM140 | Qualitative Methods in Social Research | 30 | 2 |
| POLM142 | Europe in the Digital Age | 30 | 1 |
| POLM148 | Brexit: Causes, interpretation, and implications | 30 | 2 |
| POLM150 | Text as Data | 15 | 2 |
| POLM152 | Post-Conflict Human Rights and Transitional Justice | 30 | 2 |
| POLM502 | International Relations: Power and Institutions | 30 | 1 |
| POLM651 | State and Society in the Middle East | 30 | 2 |
| POLM803 | Sources of Modernity and Post-Modernity | 30 | 2 |
| POLM806 | Topics and Texts in Social and Political Thought | 15 | 2 |
| POLM809 | Applied Quantitative Data Analysis | 15 | 1 |
| POLM876 | Dissertation Skills | 15 | 1 and 2 |
| POLM877 | Dissertation | 45 | 2 and 3 |
Penryn Campus
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|