MA Economics and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (View source data of all entry requirements for this course.).
About this course
MA (Hons) in Economics and Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Policy Analysis, Financial Analysis, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Research Methods, and Global & Comparative Perspective. At Levels 3 and 4, students can specialise in areas such as Russian, Irish, and Middle Eastern politics, nations and nationalism, political theories, and human rights and humanitarian intervention. The programme also offers optional language modules in French and Spanish alongside core mathematics.
Modules
- International Business Environment
- Making of the Modern Economy
- Politics and Public Policy
- Global Challenges
- Global Economic Perspectives
- Environment, City and Society
- Social and Environmental Challenges in an Unequal World
- Revolutions in World History
- The Rise of Atlantic Empires, 1500-1750
- Core Mathematics I
- Core Mathematics II
- Applied French 1A (Beginner)
- Applied French 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 1B (Beginner)
- Applied French 1B (non-beginner)
- Plato and the Good Life
- Descartes, Thought and Reality
- Applied Spanish 1A (Beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1B (non-beginner)
- Introductory Psychology:1
- Introductory Psychology:2
- Microeconomics
- Skills for Economics and Finance
- Macroeconomics and Applied Policy
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Economics of an Unequal World
- Business Internship Module
- Earth Systems and Resources
- Earth System Function and Measurement
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- Scotland and the Wider World
- Core Mathematics III
- Core Mathematics IV
- Applied French 2A (beginner)
- Applied French 2A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 2B (beginner)
- Applied French 2B (non-beginner)
- Thinking about life: Existentialism, Life World and Dasein
- Aesthetics
- Applied Spanish 2A (beginner)
- Applied Spanish 2A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 2B (non-beginner)
- Understanding the Mind
- Business Microeconomics
- Business Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Applied Human Resource Management
- Competition and Market Regulation
- Portfolio, Asset Selection, and Valuations
- Decision Science for Business
- Multinational Strategies for Global Markets
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Generative AI for Data Analytics
- The Politics of the United Nations
- Macroeconomic Policy in Practice
- School of Business Dissertation
- Business Strategy
- Microeconomic Policy
- Macroeconomic Theory
- Principles of Marketing Research
- Options, Futures, and Valuations
- Asset Pricing
- Business and Economics in a Changing World
- International Trade and Investment
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
- European Union Politics (Advanced)
- Data Mining for Business
- Predictive Analytics