European Studies

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Our European Studies MA course will give you a detailed understanding of contemporary European politics, history and society. It draws on the expertise of five highly ranked departments and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. You may also take either a French or German pathway, which offer you the opportunity to complete a master’s degree within a year while studying modules abroad.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Thanks to our interdisciplinary approach, this MA will enable you to study contemporary Europe from a variety of perspectives.
European & International Studies staff contributed in a major way to King’s College being ranked first for research power in the field of Politics & International Relations in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.
A vibrant research community, designated as the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the Department of European & International Studies which currently holds a Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Economy.
If you are on the French or German pathways, this MA offers you the chance to spend your second semester in two of the most prestigious institutions in continental Europe, respectively the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris and the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.

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Subjects

  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • European Politics
  • International
  • Part Time

Course programme

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling 180 credits.

If you are studying the part-time course you are required to take 60 credits in Year 1 and 120 credits in Year 2.

You will select from three pathways:

  • General Pathway – you will study throughout the year at King’s.
  • French Pathway – you will spend the second semester at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.
  • German Pathway – you will spend the second semester at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Required Modules

You will select from three pathways:

  • General Pathway – you will study throughout the year at King’s.
  • French Pathway – you will spend the second semester at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.
  • German Pathway – you will spend the second semester at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

You are required to take one of the following modules:

  • European Union: History, Institutions & Politics (20 credits)

or

  • European Identities in the EU (20 credits)

You are also required to take:

  • Dissertation (60 credits)

If you are on the part-time course, you are required to take one of the 20 credit modules listed above during Year 1 and the 60 credit Dissertation module in Year 2.

Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 100 credits from a range of optional modules from your selected pathway.

  • General Pathway: you are required to take 100 credits of optional modules at King’s.
  • French Pathway: you are required to take 40 credits of optional modules at King’s and the equivalent of 60 credits at Sciences Po that focus on Modern European politics, history and international relations.
  • German Pathway: you are required to take 40 credits of optional modules at King’s and the equivalent of 60 credits at Humboldt University that focus on Modern European politics, history and international relations.

If you are taking the part-time course, you are required to take 40 credits of optional modules during Year 1 and 60 credits of optional modules during Year 2.

The range of optional modules may typically include:

  • Globalisation & Social Movements in Europe (20 credits)
  • The Political Economy of International Migration (20 credits)
  • The EU & Asia: Economics, Politics & Security (20 credits)
  • Lobbying & Policy Making in the EU (20 credits)
  • Political Economy of Europe: Political Science Perspective (20 credits)
  • Research Methods for Social Sciences (20 credits)
  • Russia & the EU (20 credits)
  • The Political Economy of Britain in the EU (20 credits)
  • The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis (20 credits)
  • Internship Module (20 credits)
  • European Internal Law (20 credits)

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