What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
The following units are must pass: POLI20001 and SOCI20069. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms.
This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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Principles of Quantitative Social Science | SOCI20069 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data | POLI20001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
80 credit points from the following | ||||
Contemporary International Relations | POLI20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
International Organisations and Global Governance | POLI20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
NGO Development & Practice | POLI20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Understanding Genocide | POLI20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Russian Politics | POLI20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought | POLI20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Global Justice | POLI20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Rational Choice | POLI21203 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Development Studies | POLI21213 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Co-operation and Integration In Europe | POLI21214 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary Political Theory | POLI22202 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK | POLI21222 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Democracy and US Government | POLI21226 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa | POLI21231 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia | POLI20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia | POLI29008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.