MSc African Politics
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The Department of Politics and International Studies offers seven linked masters programmes in politics and the international politics of Asia and Africa.
The MSc African Politics is a regional specialist MSc, aiming to provide students with a detailed specialist understanding of both domestic and international politics (and of the implications of one for the other) in Africa. At Masters level there is particular emphasis on seminar work.
Students make full-scale presentations for each unit that they take, and are expected to write substantial papers that often require significant independent work.
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Phil Clark
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Subjects
- Global
- Politics
- IT
- International Politics
- International
- Political Thought
- Culture
- Language
- Literature
- Linguistic
- Language Skills
- Intercultural awareness
- African
- Security governance
Course programme
Learn a language as part of this programme
Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.
Students must take 180 credits comprised of 120 taught credits (including core and option modules) and a 60 credit dissertation.ONE module from List A (core)
THREE modules from B, C or D, with no more than 30 credits coming from List D, and no more than four x 15 credit modules.
Dissertation on some aspect of African Politics (compulsory).
Please note that not all option modules may run every year.
A. Compulsory Module:- Government and politics in Africa
- Politics of Globalisation and Development in Asia and Africa
- State & society in Asia & Africa
- International Politics of Africa
- Islamic/Democratic Political Thought
- Violence, justice and the politics of memory
- Conflict, rights and justice
- International migration and diaspora politics
- The Politics of Global Security
- Comparative International Political Thought
- Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Political Thought on the Just Rebellion
- Approaches to Comparative Political Thought
- The Indian Ocean in World Politics
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Social Research
- Foreign Policy Analysis
Courses from this section may only be taken with permission of the programme convenor and relevant course convenor.
Language courses: students should chose the language they wish to take from the list below. They should then make contact with the relevant Course Convenor during welcome week who will assess which level of course would be appropriate, and will advise re. changing course enrolments if necessary.- Amharic 1 (PG)
- Hausa 1 (PG)
- Somali 1 (PG)
- Swahili 1 (PG)
- Yoruba 1 (PG)
- Zulu 1 (PG)
- Literatures in African languages
- Zulu 2 (PG)
- Amharic 2 (PG)
- Somali 2 (PG)
- Yoruba 2 (PG)
- Zulu 3 (PG)
- Hausa 2 (PG)
- Travelling Africa: Writing the Cape to Cairo
- Intermediate Swahili 2A (PG)
- Swahili 3 (PG)
- Visual Cultures in South Africa: Past and Present
- Swahili 4 (PG)
- Directed Readings in an African Langauage
- Advanced Somali: Formal Usage (PG)
- The Story of African Film: Narrative Screen Media in Africa
- Aspects of African film and video 2
- African Philosophy (PG)
- Afrophone Philosophies (PG)
- Curating Africa: African Film and Video in the Age of Festivals
- The Structure of Bantu Languages (PG)
- African and Asian Cultures in Britain
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
- Culture and Society of East Africa
- Culture and Society of West Africa
- The Art of the African Diaspora
- Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa
- Arts and Society in sub-Saharan Africa
- Visuality and Islamic Art
- Photography and the Image in Africa
- Neoliberalism, Democracy and Global Development
- Marxist Political Economy and Global Development
- Security
- Global Commodity Chains, Production Networks and Informal Work
- Water and Development:Conflict and Governance
- Borders and Development
- Understanding Economic Migration: Theories, Patterns and Policies
- Natural resources, development and change: putting critical analysis into practice
- The Working Poor and Development
- Gendering Migration & Diasporas
- Gender, Armed Conflict and International Law
- Colonial Conquest and Social Change in Southern Africa
- Social and Cultural Transformations in Southern Africa Since 1945
- Slavery in West Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Historical Perspectives on Gender in Africa
- Warfare and the Military in Precolonial Africa
- Warfare and the Military in Modern Africa
- Law and Development in Africa
- Colonialism, Empire and International Law
- Colonialism and Christian Missions in Africa: Readings from the Archives
This would focus on some aspect of African Politics raised by the compulsory module 15PPOC205
- Dissertation in Political Studies
This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants
If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.
Programme Specification- MSc African Politics Programme Specification 2012 (pdf; 95kb)
Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
MSc African Politics