US Politics

Postgraduate

In Keele

£ 4,200 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Keele

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The USA is wrestling with its changed status in a multi-polar world, but it remains a vital force in international politics and a source of fascination to outside observers. Domestically, its politics are riven by competition between its parties and contentious debates across a whole range of policy areas. As the players in Washington DC and the statehouses struggle for power and the media reflect an increasingly coarse and strident form of politics, the American public have become more frustrated.
Yet, change happens. The budget stalemates and shutdowns, the frenzied media coverage, partisan warfare, social media and more all contribute to a process of change. With Keele’s US pathway, you’ll take on the challenge of trying to understand how such a complex network of interests, parties, media, elected representatives, state and local governments, courts and voters combine to choose their policies, or fail to do so. Keele has multiple experts on US domestic politics among its permanent staff, allowing us to offer a course way beyond a standard undergraduate curriculum focused on US political institutions. If you want to truly understand the complex political currents that can create world-leading social change, such as same sex marriage and the legalisation of cannabis alongside phenomena such as the Tea Party and Donald Trump, then this is the course for you.
The course is intended for UK, EU, and overseas students. It is taught over a 12 month period (September-September; January-January). It is available as a full-time and/or part-time mode of study. Students completing our M.A. course have gone on to a variety of careers in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

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Keele (Staffordshire)
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Keele University, ST5 5BG

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About this course

Students should have a good degree of a 2:2 from an awarding UK institution, or its equivalent. It is not necessary to hold the degree in politics or international relations. For students who fall short of this requirement, relevant work experience, or evidence of experience in the field, can be considered as an alternative.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • International
  • Media
  • Global
  • Public
  • International Relations

Course programme

You will study the following core modules:
• Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations*
• Perspectives in Politics and International Relations*
• Research in Action*
• Dissertation Module
The following is a list of elective modules:
Race and Justice: Civil Rights in the US
The Politics of Sin: Culture Wars in the US
The US Presidency and Public PolicyApproaches to Dialogue
Climate Change: Governance, Power and Society
Comparative European Politics
Crisis, Continuity and Change: Trends and Issues in Contemporary Global History
Dimensions of Environmental Politics
Diplomatic Law
Diplomatic Practice
Environmental Decision Making: The Case of Complex Technologies
Environmental Diplomacy
Equality, Discrimination and Minorities
Foundations of Human Rights
Green Political Theory
Human Rights and Global Politics
International Environmental Law
Learning and Research Skills
Maritime Security
Parties and Democracy
Party Politics and the European Union
Rethinking Fault-Lines: Beyond the East/West Divide in Global Politics
The Changing International Agenda
The EU and the Global Commons
The Theory of Global Security
War, Memory and Popular Culture
*Please note: this is a pathway of the MA in Politics and International Relations. For further details on the course, please visit our website
www.keele.ac.uk/spire/postgraduate

US Politics

£ 4,200 + VAT