Global Governance and Ethics MSc

Students of this MSc will benefit from research preparation and tailor-made interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary training of the highest quality at one of the world's best universities.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of five core modules (75 credits), optional modules (45 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

• Global Governance (30)
• Global Ethics (15)
• Introduction to Qualitative Methods: Researching Politics using Interviews, Observations and Fieldwork,
• or Introduction to Qualitative Methods: Researching Politics using Texts, Transcripts and Images,
• or Advanced Qualitative Methods (15)
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods B and Advanced Quantitative Methods (15)
• Dissertation

• Global Public Policy (15)
• International Political Economy (15)
• Theories of International Relations (15)

• The following are suggestions:
• Equality, Justice and Difference (15)
• NGO, Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Policy and Management (15)
• Terrorism (15)
• The European Union in the World (15)
• The European Union, Globalisation and the State (15)
• Equality, Justice and Difference (15)
• Globalisation (15)
• Public Ethics (15)
• Rebellion (15)
• The Political Economy of Development (15)
• Governing Divided Societies (15)
• Foreign Policy Analysis (15)
• Gendering the Study of Politics: Theory and Practice (15)

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a 10,000-word dissertation.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, and is taught by scholars that have institution, policy or country-specific knowledge and have carried out theoretical and empirical research in the field. Assessment is through unseen examinations, long essays and the dissertation.