Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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20 credit points from the following (Political Theory Options): | ||||
Contemporary Political Theory | POLI22202 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Rational Choice | POLI21203 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The History of Western Political Thought | POLI20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Principles of Quantitative Social Science | SOCI20069 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data | POLI20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought | POLI20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Global Justice | POLI20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
20 credit points from the following (International Relations Options): | ||||
Development Studies | POLI21213 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary International Relations | POLI20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
NGO Development & Practice | POLI20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia | POLI29008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa | POLI21231 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
International Organisations and Global Governance | POLI20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Understanding Genocide | POLI20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Governing Through Insecurity: Institutions and Issues in Contemporary Security Governance | POLI20013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
20 credit points from the following (Comparative and National Politics Options): | ||||
Modern British Government and Politics | POLI20014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Democracy and US Government | POLI21226 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Co-operation and Integration In Europe | POLI21214 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia | POLI20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Comparative and International Political Economy | POLI20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Russian Politics | POLI20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Choose a further 60 credit points of units in Politics from any listed above. | ||||
Students also have the option of taking a Teaching Block abroad as long as they meet all grade and other requirements set by SPAIS Study Abroad Programme: | ||||
Study Abroad (Term) | SPAI20030 | 60 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
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