MA Philosophy and Politics
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 Philosophy, combining two disciplines to examine global affairs and moral thought. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students undertake an employer-led interdisciplinary project involving collaborative work with an organisation, as well as an independent dissertation in their final year.
Modules
- Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
- Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- Controversial Questions
- How Should One Live?
- Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
- Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
- 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
- Dissertation