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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: International Relations with Quantitative Methods (MA) (Full-time) (UTMAHINRQM1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: This programme will only be available for admission into 1st year from academic year 2015/16.
    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SSPS08009 Mathematics for Social Science As available 20
    SSPS08008 Introduction to Statistics for Social Science As available 20
    PLIT08004 Introduction to Politics and International Relations As available 20
    PLIT08011 Political Thinkers As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students having taken Introduction to Statistics for Social Science- Summer School (SSPS 08066) will be allowed entry to 2nd year 2015/16. Students who did not take Mathematics for Social Science in their 1st year will be expected to do so in their 2nd year. Students intending to transfer to single honours Politics or single honours International Relations must take Introduction to Political Data Analysis."


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SSPS08007 Doing Social Research with Statistics As available 20
    PLIT08006 International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond As available 20
    PLIT08008 Comparative Politics in a Globalized World As available 20
    LAWS08114 International Law Ordinary (semester 1) As available 20
    PLIT08010 Fundamentals 2: Politics & International Relations As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA. As part of their honours curriculum, students must take at least three and no more than four Quantitative Methods courses.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT10054 Global Justice and Citizenship As available 20
    PLIT10053 Theories of International Relations As available 20
    PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations As available 20
    SSPS10027 Statistical Modelling As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10003    Africa in World Politics   20  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10027    US Government   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    PLIT10061    Comparative Politics   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    PLIT10074    Freedom In Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10092    Egypt: Political Dynamics in a Changing Middle East   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10097    Referendums in Comparative Perspective   20  
    PLIT10060    Approaches to Politics and International Relations   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10024    Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science   20  

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: As part of their honours curriculum, students must take at least three and no more than four Quantitative Methods courses.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT10057 Dissertation (MA International Relations) As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Full Year
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SSPS10016    Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists   20  
    SSPS10022    Advanced Social network Analysis using UCINet and R   20  
    SSPS10018    Researching Contemporary Britain (Individuals, Households and Families): A Course on Analysing Longitudinal Household D   20  

     
    AND   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  

    Notes:In Year 4, students MUST take either Global Security or International Political Economy.
     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10036    Politics of the Middle East   20  
    PLIT10048    Contemporary Russian Politics   20  
    PLIT10075    Global Politics Of Sex And Gender   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    PLIT10080    Comparing Scottish Devolution   20  
    PLIT10074    Freedom In Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10018    International Political Economy   20  
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10070    South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy   20  
    PLIT10062    EU as Global Actor   20  
    PLIT10084    US Foreign Policy   20  
    PLIT10063    Human Rights in International Relations   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    PLIT10096    Democracy & its Discontents   20  
    PLIT10095    International Politics of Money   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    PLIT10094    Global Security   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    PLIT10068    Europe and International Migration   20  
    PLIT10054    Global Justice and Citizenship   20  
    PLIT10060    Approaches to Politics and International Relations   20  
    PLIT10106    Research Design in Politics and International Relations   20  
    SSPS10027    Statistical Modelling   20  
    PLIT10083    Parties & Party Systems In Contemporary Democracies   20  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10088    Understanding Indian Politics   20  
    SSPS10026    Social and Political Science in Practice   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   20  
    PLIT10049    Environmental Politics in Europe   20  
    PLIT10100    Public Policy: Agenda-Setting   20  
    PLIT10101    Neuropolitics   20  
    PLIT10103    British Government   20  
    PLIT10102    Emerging Powers   20  
    PLIT10098    Public participation in democracy and governance   20  

    Notes:In Year 4, students MUST take either Global Security or International Political Economy.
     


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