MRes Politics with (Language)

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 11,545 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
This programme is no longer accepting new applicants. It will officially be closed in September 2017 once the 2015/16 intake of students has completed the 2-year degree.
The MRes Politics with [Language] is a two-year degree programme designed to prepare students for further research, particularly PhD research, in politics with an area specialism. It allows students to combine the study of politics with advanced methodological training in the social sciences and extensive study in an African/Asian/Middle Eastern language. As such, the programme provides two years of intensive language study at SOAS (e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Swahili, etc.) along with two years of high-level social science methodology training at neighbouring Birkbeck College. Applicants are also invited to apply for ESRC funding to support a 2+3 programme of MRes/PhD study.
Convenors
Phil Clark

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Arabic
  • Politics
  • C++
  • IT
  • International Politics
  • International
  • Government
  • Government Politics
  • Political Thought
  • Chinese
  • Language
  • Modern Arabic
  • Burmese
  • Amharic
  • Bengali
  • Hebrew
  • Elementary Korean
  • Sanskrit Language

Course programme

Year 1 - TWO courses from List A, ONE course (or TWO half-courses) from List B and ONE course (or TWO half-courses) from List C

List A - TWO Core Research Methods Modules (taught by Birkbeck College) - Qualitative Social Research - Quantitative Social Research

List B - ONE Language Module (or TWO 15 Credit modules) offered by the Faculty of Languages and Cultures (taught by SOAS)

Students should choose the language they wish to take from the list below. They should then make contact with the relevant Module Convenor during welcome week who will assess which level of module would be appropriate, and will advise re. changing module enrolments if necessary.

  • Amharic 1 (PG)
  • Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic
  • Bengali Language 1 (PG)
  • Burmese Language 1 (PG)
  • Chinese 1 (PG)
  • Hausa 1 (PG)
  • Elementary Hebrew (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 1 (PG)
  • Japanese 1 (PG)
  • Nepali Language 1 (PG)
  • Elementary Written Persian
  • Sanskrit Language 1 (PG)
  • Somali 1 (PG)
  • Swahili 1 (PG)
  • Thai Language 1 (PG)
  • Elementary Written Turkish
  • Urdu Language 1 (PG)
  • Vietnamese Language 1 (PG)
  • Yoruba 1 (PG)
  • Zulu 1 (PG)
List C - ONE 30 Credit module or TWO 15 Credit modules offered by the Department of Politics and International Studies (taught by SOAS)
  • Government and politics of modern South Asia
  • State & society in Asia & Africa
  • International Politics of Africa
  • State and society in the Chinese political process
  • Politics of Globalisation and Development in Asia and Africa
  • China and international politics
  • Comparative politics of the Middle East
  • International politics of the Middle East
  • Government and politics in Africa
  • Government and politics of modern South East Asia
  • International politics of East Asia
  • Taiwan's politics and cross-strait relations
  • Northeast Asian politics: Japan, Korea and Taiwan
  • Islam and politics
  • Islam and political ideologies
  • Political society in the Middle East
  • Political violence
  • Politics of resistance in the Middle East
  • State and transformation in the Middle East
  • International migration and diaspora politics
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • International theory
  • The Politics of Global Security
  • Identity in International Relations
  • Conflict, rights and justice
  • Violence, justice and the politics of memory
  • Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • Comparative International Political Thought
  • State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • International Politics of Human Rights
  • The Indian Ocean in World Politics
  • Political Thought on the Just Rebellion
  • Approaches to Comparative Political Thought
  • The Law & Politics of State Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
  • Islamic/Democratic Political Thought
  • Japan Unravelled
  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Social Research
Year 2 - ONE course (or TWO half-courses) from List D, ONE course (or TWO half-courses) from List E, ONE course from List F and the Dissertation in Politics with (language).

List D - ONE Language Course (or TWO half-courses) offered by the Faculty of Languages and Cultures (taught by SOAS)

Students should choose from the languages under list B above. The level of the Y2 language course will follow on from the level of course taken in Y1.

List E - ONE Course or TWO Half-Courses offered by the Department of Politics and International Studies (taught by SOAS)

Students should choose from the options under list C above. Courses taken in Y1 may not be taken again in Y2.

List F - ONE core research methods module (taught by Birkbeck College - Masterclass in Social Research

Compulsory Dissertation (undertaken at SOAS)

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.

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