MA Politics and Spanish & Latin American Studies (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 Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, exploring global systems alongside advanced language training. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Language & Translation. As an integral part of the five-year programme, students spend the entire third year abroad in a Spanish-speaking country as a teaching assistant or visiting student.
Modules
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
- Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
- Spanish Language 1
- Spanish Language 2
- Spanish Language 3
- Spain and Spanish America: History, Culture, Politics
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
- Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
- Spanish Language 3
- Spanish Language 4
- Spanish Language 5
- Latin America: Texts and Contexts
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Residence Abroad Project (SP30AB)
- Spanish Language 6 (SP30A3)
- 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
- Spanish Language 7 (SP40A5)
- Dissertation in Spanish
- Contemporary French Politics: Race, Religion and Social Change B
- Science, Technology & International Relations
- War and Peace in International Politics
- International Political Psychology
- Scottish Politics
- 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
- Dissertation