MSc Asian Politics

Master

In City of London

£ 11,545 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Containing 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia is the setting for many of the most important political issues in the world today. These issues include the rise of China and India, economic dynamism of the Asian-Pacific area, regional integration (ASEAN, SAARC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization), security hotspots (Korean Peninsula, Taiwan Straits, India-Pakistan, the ‘global war on terror’), democratic transition and consolidation, the survival of non-democratic regimes, and identity conflicts of ethnicity, religion and language. To understand these and other political processes, this MSc programme draws upon the concepts and methods of the sub-disciplines of comparative politics (political sociology and political economy) and international relations. The evidence from Asia will also reveal the relevance and limitations of the concepts and methods derived from North American/European settings and suggest ways in which they may be modified. The expertise available in the Department enables students to concentrate on one of the sub-regions of Asia, (East Asia. South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia) should they choose to do so. Alternatively, they may follow a more comparative approach by selecting a mixture of units covering different sub-regions.
Convenors
Dafydd Fell

Facilities

Location

Start date

City of London (London)
See map

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open
Different dates availableEnrolment now open

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Who would you like to address this question to?

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 7 years

Subjects

  • Politics
  • Security
  • IT
  • International
  • IT Security
  • Political Thought
  • Intercultural awareness
  • International Politics
  • Analytical skill
  • Critical skills
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Visual culture
  • Asian Politics
  • Caucasus
  • Japan Unravelled

Course programme

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Students take taught modules to the value of 4 full units + dissertation:

90 credits from List A (compulsory);
30 credits from List B or C or any open option with the approval of the degree convenor
Dissertation on some aspect of Asian Politics (compulsory).

NB. A maximum of 30 credits may be selected from China-focused modules (15PPOC012, 15PPOC018 or 15PPOC252).A. 90 credits:
  • Government and politics of modern South Asia
  • Government and politics of modern South East Asia
  • State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Northeast Asian politics: Japan, Korea and Taiwan
  • State and society in the Chinese political process
  • China and international politics
  • Taiwan's politics and cross-strait relations
  • International politics of East Asia
  • Japan Unravelled
  • The Indian Ocean in World Politics
B. 30 credits from list B or C or any open option with the approval of the degree convenor
  • Politics of Globalisation and Development in Asia and Africa
  • State & society in Asia & Africa
  • Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • Comparative International Political Thought
  • Political Thought on the Just Rebellion
  • Islamic/Democratic Political Thought
  • Approaches to Comparative Political Thought
  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Social Research
C. 30 credits from list B or C or any open option with the approval of the degree convenor:
  • The economic development of South East Asia
  • Economic problems and policies in modern China
  • Japanese Modernity I
  • Japanese Modernity II
(Students wishing to take 15PHIH013 must also take 15PHIH014)
  • Elementary Spoken Cantonese (PG)
  • Elementary spoken Hokkien (Minnanyu, Taiwanese) (PG)
  • Chinese 1 (PG)
  • Japanese 1 (PG)
  • Bengali Language 1 (PG)
  • Nepali Language 1 (PG)
  • Urdu Language 1 (PG)
  • Burmese Language 1 (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 1 (PG)
  • Khmer (Cambodian) Language 1 (PG)
  • Thai Language 1 (PG)
  • Vietnamese Language 1 (PG)
  • Dissertation in Political Studies

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.

Programme Specification
  • MSc Asian Politics Programme Specification 2012 (pdf; 191kb)
Disclaimer

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules

MSc Asian Politics

£ 11,545 + VAT