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Degree Programme Table: International Relations and Law (MA Hons) (UTINTRELAW)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: After enrolling on your courses, please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT08004 Introduction to Politics and International Relations As available 20
    LAWS08114 International Law Ordinary (semester 1) As available 20
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08123 Public Law of the UK and Scotland 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 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: 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 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT08006 International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond As available 20
    PLIT08008 Comparative Politics in a Globalized World As available 20
    LAWS08127 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment As available 10
    LAWS08132 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 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

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08134    Business Entities   10  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08131    Commercial Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  
    LAWS08135    Delict   10  
    LAWS08141    Evidence (Ordinary)   10  
    LAWS08142    Criminal Law (Ordinary)   10  

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, 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.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT10053 Theories of International Relations As available 20
    PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations As available 20




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


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   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  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10099    Democracy in Divided Societies   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10108    Critical Theory and Cinema   20  
    SSPS10028    Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SSPS10024    Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science   20  

    Notes:You must choose 40 credits from this box, and 20 from the box below if choosing a 40 credit course.
     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10198    International Law: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10194    Advertising, Commercial Speech and the Law   20  
    LAWS10191    Books, Law and Lawyers in Scotland: From Humanism through Enlightenment   20  
    LAWS10192    Centralizing Justice: Scotland in Early Modern Europe   20  
    LAWS10150    Contemporary issues in Competition Law and the Single Market   20  
    LAWS10193    Current Issues in Administrative Justice   20  
    LAWS10195    International Civil and Commercial Litigation   20  
    LAWS10152    Law, Information and Technology   20  
    LAWS10197    Law, Legitimacy and Globalisation   20  
    LAWS10196    Robotics and the Law   20  
    LAWS10154    Taxation of transactions   20  
    LAWS10155    Unjustified Enrichment   20  

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students must take one of Global Security and International Political Economy.
    Students must pass the Dissertation to be awarded an MA Honours.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PLIT10057 Dissertation (MA International Relations) As available 40
    Notes: Students must pass the Dissertation to be awarded an MA Honours.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    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  
    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  
    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  
    PLIT10104    Contemporary Issues in Political Science   20  
    PLIT10107    Contemporary Issues in Political Theory   20  
    PLIT10090    African Politics: Theories and Debates   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  
    PLIT10021    War and Justice   20  
    PLIT10099    Democracy in Divided Societies   20  
    PLIT10089    Political Islam   20  
    PLIT10108    Critical Theory and Cinema   20  
    SSPS10028    Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SSPS10024    Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10198    International Law: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  

     

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10194    Advertising, Commercial Speech and the Law   20  
    LAWS10191    Books, Law and Lawyers in Scotland: From Humanism through Enlightenment   20  
    LAWS10192    Centralizing Justice: Scotland in Early Modern Europe   20  
    LAWS10150    Contemporary issues in Competition Law and the Single Market   20  
    LAWS10193    Current Issues in Administrative Justice   20  
    LAWS10195    International Civil and Commercial Litigation   20  
    LAWS10152    Law, Information and Technology   20  
    LAWS10197    Law, Legitimacy and Globalisation   20  
    LAWS10196    Robotics and the Law   20  
    LAWS10154    Taxation of transactions   20  
    LAWS10155    Unjustified Enrichment   20  

     


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