MSc in East Asian Development and the Global Economy

This programme aims to develop your interest in and understanding of the economic, cultural and social transformations of the East Asian region. In particular it explores East Asian development within the global economy, the contrasting fortunes of the region's key economies, the specific features of the business and commercial sectors in the region and the developing patterns of trade within East Asia and between East Asian nations and other regions of the world. Optional units offer more detailed examination of developments in the Chinese economy and the political and economic relations between Europe and East Asia. You can also choose from across the range of options offered within the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS).

Please note that the programme structure outlined below is currently being reviewed and may be subject to change.

The MSc programme lasts 50 weeks (September to September). It comprises six 12-week taught units and six assessed essays, followed by a dissertation.

Core units

You must complete the three required units:

• East Asia and Global Development
• International Political Economy
• Theories of Development

Optional units

Three optional units from the Teaching Block Two list offered by SPAIS. Topics vary each year but may include:

• Conflict, Security and Development
• Small Business Development
• Managing and Evaluating Development
• Development Skills in Practice
• Environmental Politics
• Governing the Global Borderlands
• International Development Organisations
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Research Methods
• Militarisation, Militarism and War
• Discourse Analysis
• International Human Rights
• Sino-US Relations
• Japan and East Asia
• East Asia, Europe and Global Integration
• Rethinking the State
• Global Civil Society
• China's International Relations
• Religion and Politics in the West
• Globalisation and Culture
• Interpreting Gender
• Philosophy of Social Science
• Nations and Nationalism
• European Foreign Policy
• Popular music and society
• Understanding risk
• Liberalism, Terror and the Policits of Insecurity
• Nuclear (In)security
• Gender, Masculinity/ies and international Relations

Third Term

• Independent study for dissertation