MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Entry requirements
A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English and SL in Mathematics are also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3. O4 in Mathematics is also required.
About this course
MA in Economics and Politics and International Relations and Business and French and Francophone Studies and Philosophy. Core topics include Project Management, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students can undertake an employer-led interdisciplinary project involving consultancy work hosted by an organisation or charity.
Modules
- The Economics of Business and Society
- Experience, Knowledge and Reality
- The Global Economy
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Academic Writing for Social Sciences
- Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
- Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
- Controversial Questions
- How Should One Live?
- Environmental Ethics
- Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Building Skills and Experience for Career Success
- US Politics
- Employer - Led Interdisciplinary Project
- International Security
- Political Parties in Britain
- Soviet and Post - Soviet Russian Foreign Policy
- Memory and Politics of the Past
- Human Rights in Global Politics
- The Global Politics of Secession
- Science, Technology & International Relations
- International Political Psychology
- Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Practices
- Northern Ireland: Small, Dirty War