MA French and Politics (5 years)
Entry requirements
A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is 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.
About this course
MA in Politics and International Relations and French and Francophone Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students take an employer-led interdisciplinary project module involving group work on a consultancy-style assignment hosted by an external organisation.
Modules
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
- Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- French Culture and Society: from Occupation to Decolonisation
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Qualified French Language 1
- Qualified French Language 2
- Beginners French Language 1
- Beginners French Language 2
- Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
- Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
- Revolution and Revolt in Modern and Contemporary France
- Decentering France: Social Movements and Cultural Transformation
- Advanced Introductory French Language 1
- Advanced Introductory French Language 2
- Advanced French Language 1
- Advanced French Language 2
- Junior Honours French Language
- Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
- Employer - Led Interdisciplinary Project
- International Security
- Political Parties in Britain
- Soviet and Post - Soviet Russian Foreign Policy
- International Terrorism Counterterrorism & International Relations
- Memory and Politics of the Past
- Human Rights in Global Politics
- The Global Politics of Secession
- Senior Honours French Language
- Dissertation in French
- Dissertation
- Comparative Constitutional Systems
- Extreme Right in Western Europe
- Maritime Security
- Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Practices
- International Migration and Europe
- Gender and Politics
- Northern Ireland: Small, Dirty War
- Corruption and Good Governance
- US Presidents