MA Geography and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: CCC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry).
About this course
MA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and Geography, combining the study of political systems, international relations, and human and physical geography. Core topics include statistics, laboratory techniques, research methods, fieldwork, and policy analysis. Students can undertake field research in varied environments, including polar regions, and work with GIS software. An optional internship module provides work experience alongside university study.
Modules
- Environment, City and Society
- Social and Environmental Challenges in an Unequal World
- Politics and Public Policy
- Global Challenges
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Environmental Remote Sensing
- Geographies of Health and Disability
- Geohazards
- Research Methods in Human Geography and Politics
- Field and Laboratory Skills in Physical Geography
- Advanced Field Research (Human Geography)
- Environmental Criminology
- Geographical Information Systems
- Geographies of Power
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict
- Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility
- Applying Theory to Research and Practice
- Data-driven Geography: Statistics in R
- Advanced Field Research (Physical Environments)
- Polar Environments
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- The Politics of the United Nations
- Nations and Nationalism
- British Politics
- Russian Politics
- Directed Reading on Research Design
- European Union Politics
- Sustainable Water Resources Management
- Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing
- Biogeography (Advanced)
- Geography Dissertation
- Advanced Environmental Criminology
- Advanced Geographies of Health and Disability
- Geographical Information Systems (Advanced)
- Geographies of Power (Advanced)
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict (Advanced)
- Advanced Tourism, Transnationalism and Mobility
- Polar Environments - Advanced
- Comparative Constitutional Law (Advanced)
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
- Politics of the Middle East
- Scottish Politics and Policy
- European Union Politics (Advanced)
- Greening Politics
- British Politics (Advanced)
- Russian Politics (Advanced)
- Human Rights Advocacy Internship
- Nations and Nationalism (advanced)
- The Politics of the United Nations (Advanced)
- Advanced Environmental Assessments