Social and Political Theory (MSc)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
Our MSc Social and Political Theory explores pressing contemporary issues using political theory and sociology. Our focus is on the nature and workings of political power and authority and we will consider the relationships between states and societies, and the place of politics and power in everyday life.
As well as reading key classical texts of political theory and sociological analysis, we also analyse real-world contemporary problems and address fundamental questions of political power and social order. You will examine how political power originates and operates at an individual, social and political level, its relationship to sovereignty and the state, and how it intersects with issues such as justice and human rights, civil identity, democracy and economics. You will be equipped with the conceptual ideas, theoretical approaches and analytical research skills needed to study politics at postgraduate level.
Your option modules can be drawn from the Department of Politics, and also from the Department of Psychosocial Studies and the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, thus offering you access to historical and psychosocial approaches to theory, politics and the social sciences.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in the media and journalism, local and national government, the diplomatic service, policy research and political lobbying, the voluntary sector, teaching and researching. Possible professions include political lobbyist, Diplomatic Services operational officer, or high education lecturer. This degree may also be useful in becoming a government social research officer, charity officer, or newspaper journalist.
A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in a social science or other relevant subject.
Applications are reviewed on their individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.
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Subjects
- Political Sociology
- Conflict
- Politics
- Options
- Political Theory
- Sociology
- Archaeology
- Classics
- International
- Law
- Democracy
Course programme
The two core modules will give you the theoretical framework and confidence to explore and deepen your knowledge.
You can then choose two option modules from a wide variety of topics within the Departments of Politics, Psychosocial Studies and History, Classics and Archaeology.
They include:
- International relations and international security
- War, conflict, nationalism, politics and religion
- ‘Race’, racism, postcoloniality
- Culture, community, identity
- Lacanian psychoanalysis - theory and practice
- Sexing the body - psychoanalytic and other framings
- Visual culture: power and the image
- Gender, space and time.
You will also learn research techniques that will enable you to specialise and undertake the researching and writing of a dissertation or a research portfolio on the subject that interests you most.
CORE MODULES- Political Theory and Contemporary Politics
- The Political Sociology of the Modern State
- Dissertation MSc Social and Political Theory
Additional information
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Full-time home students: £8820 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
Full-time international students: £16020 pa
Social and Political Theory (MSc)