Programme structure: Politics with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) - what's running in 2018/19

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
Advanced Quantitative Research project	SPAIM0039	40	Mandatory	TB-2
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social and Policy Research	POLIM0021	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Choose one from
Spatial data analysis, spatial regression modelling and GIS in R	GEOGM0023	20	Optional	TB-1
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis	GEOGM0024	20	Optional	TB-2
Plus
40 credit points from the following
Conflict, Security and Development	POLIM1007	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Gender and Development	POLIM2032	20	Optional	TB-2
Environmental Politics	POLIM2041	20	Optional	TB-2
Gender, Masculinity/ies and International Relations	POLIM3016	20	Optional	TB-2
Foreign Policy Analysis	POLIM3017	20	Optional	TB-2
Discourse Analysis: Research Methods for Politics and International Relations	POLIM3024	20	Optional	TB-2
Europeanisation	POLIM3028	20	Optional	TB-2
International Human Rights	POLIM3030	20	Optional	TB-2
Sino-US Relations in Global Politics	POLIM3033	20	Optional	TB-2
East Asia, Europe and Global Integration	POLIM0011	20	Optional	TB-2
China's International Relations	POLIM0023	20	Optional	TB-2
Theories of Violence	POLIM0018	20	Optional	TB-2
European Security	POLIM0019	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Insecurity	POLIM0020	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of (Un)sustainability	POLIM0028	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding Popular Culture in/and World Politics	POLIM0002	20	Optional	TB-2
Climate Change and International Security	POLIM0004	20	Optional	TB-2
Global Justice	POLIM0005	20	Optional	TB-2
Northern Ireland: A case study in ethno-national conflict and resolution	POLIM0031	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of HIV / AIDS in Africa	POLIM2042	20	Optional	TB-2
The Middle East in International Relations Theory	POLIM0037	20	Optional	TB-2
Japan and East Asia: Socio-Economic Development	POLIM0027	20	Optional	TB-2
International Development Organisations	POLIM2048	20	Optional	TB-2
Researching Organisations, Institutions and Management	EFIMM0045	20	Optional	TB-2
Research for a Sustainable Society	EFIMM0044	20	Optional	TB-2
China’s Political Economy: Trade and Finance in China	POLIM0040	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of Disasters	POLIM0038	20	Optional	TB-2
International Political Economy	POLIM3015	20	Optional	TB-1
Theories of Development	POLIM3018	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.