Postgraduate Politics Modules at Streatham Campus in Exeter 2023-24

Selecting Your Modules

The modules in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2023 and August 2024. (See also: information for students studying these modules before or after 2023-24.)

All modules are subject to change and not all modules are available across all programmes due to timetabling constraints, module size constraints and availability. During the Online Module Selection and Module Change process, the modules available to your programme will be confirmed.

For students studying these modules before or after the 2023-24 academic year

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 2024 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 next compiled module list, for the September 2024 - August 2025 academic year, will be published here in August 2024 (exact date to be confirmed).

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
POLM013M	MPA Dissertation	60	2 and 3
POLM014M	MPA Applied Studies	60	1, 2 and 3
POLM016	Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption	15	2
POLM022	Challenges and Opportunities in Global Security	30	1, 2 and 3
POLM023	Capstone in Global Security Studies	30	2 and 3
POLM024	Security, Society, and Algorithms	30	2
POLM025	Managing Performance in Public Organisations	30	2
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	1 and 2
POLM086	Quantitative Data Analysis	30	1
POLM088	State-building after Civil War	30	1
POLM140	Qualitative Methods in Social Research	30	2
POLM144	The West, Civilisations and World Order	30	1
POLM148	Brexit: Causes, Interpretation and Implications	30	1
POLM156	The Transformation of Politics in the Global Age	30	2
POLM158	Digital Politics and Policy	30	2
POLM167	Global Governance: Institutions and Challenges	30	1
POLM168	From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender	30	2
POLM173	Theories of International Development	30	2
POLM174	Tools, Policy, and Practice of International Development	30	1
POLM217	Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia	30	1
POLM220M	Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World	30	1
POLM222M	The Politics, Policy and Practice of Sustainable Development	30	2
POLM228M	Leadership, Equality and Diversity	30	1
POLM231	State Crime	30	1
POLM232	Securitisation of Migration	30	2
POLM234	New Directions in Feminist Theory	30	2
POLM235	Politics of Global Finance	30	2
POLM237M	Collaborative and Participatory Governance	30	2
POLM238	Contemporary Intelligence and Decision Making	30	2
POLM239	International Organization	30	2
POLM340	Theories of Social Justice	30	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	2
POLM803	Sources in Modernity and Post-Modernity	30	2
POLM809	Applied Quantitative Data Analysis	15	1
POLM886	Dissertation	60	1, 2 and 3
POLM887	Public Policy Process	30	1
POLM897	Surveys and Experiments: Design, Implementation and Analysis	15	1