Legal and Political Theory MA

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

This MA provides students with key analytical skills to study the ethical dimensions of public policy. The programme, drawing on three areas of excellence at UCL, is a unique mix of politics, law and philosophy, centred on the normative evaluation of public policy at both the domestic and international levels.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

This MA provides an excellent foundation for further research in political theory, or a wide variety of careers in this field.

Recent career destinations for this degree
Leadership Fellow, Princeton University
Research Assistant, Labour
MPhil in International Relations and Politics, University of Cambridge
Journalist, BBC
Policy Adviser, HM Treasury

As a minimum, an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university in political theory or a related discipline; a CGPA of 3.3; or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Relevant practical or work experience in a related field may also be taken into account.

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Subjects

  • Political Theory
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Public
  • Public Ethics
  • Poverty
  • Jurisprudence
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • Utilitarian Tradition
  • Political Philosophy

Course programme

Core modules
  • Meanings of Liberty: Applied Methods in Political Theory (30)
  • Seminars in Political Theory, Colloquium in Legal Philosophy and Peer Assisted Learning Sessions (30)
Optional modules

Students choose modules worth a total of 45 credits from the list below (the others remain available as options).

They also choose one further 15-credit module from a list available at: the programme website

  • Contemporary Political Philosophy I: Authority, Obligation & Democracy (15)
  • Contemporary Political Philosophy II: Social Justice and Equality (15)
  • Equality, Justice and Difference (15)
  • Global Ethics (15)
  • Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition I and II (30)
  • Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition I (15)
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory I & II (30)
  • Jurispudence and Legal Theory I (15)
  • The Ethics of Poverty (15)
  • Public Ethics (15)
  • Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights (15)
  • The Ethics of Counterterrorism (15)
Dissertation/report

All MA students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000 words.

Teaching and learning

Teaching for all modules takes the form of seminars where time is dedicated both to introducing knowledge and materials, and allowing students to test their understanding, knowledge and evaluative skills, through discussion, criticism and debate. Assessment is primarily through long essays, coursework and the dissertation.

Additional information

Overseas Fee -£21,160 (FT) £10,740 (PT)

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