MA Italian and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Italian and Politics, a politics and international relations and Italian degree examining governance, political theory, and cultural contexts. The programme includes a full academic year abroad spent studying or working in Italy. The first year covers core subjects through Politics and International Relations 1A - Concepts and Debates, Politics and International Relations 1B - The Global Dimension, and Political Thinkers (an introduction to political theory), alongside additional options across subjects such as business, economics and informatics and philosophy, divinity and law. The second year focuses on cultural and literary themes with modules including Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, Gender and Culture, The Coming-of-Age Narrative, Introduction to European Cinema, Dynamics of Language and Power, and Languages Beyond University. The third year is spent abroad, offering destinations such as Bologna, Catania, Florence, Milan, Pisa, Rome, Siena, Verona, and Venice, where students can undertake study, work, or volunteering placements.
Modules
- Politics and International Relations 1A - Concepts and Debates
- Politics and International Relations 1B - The Global Dimension
- Political Thinkers (an introduction to political theory)
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Bologna
- Catania
- Florence
- Milan
- Pisa
- Rome
- Siena
- Verona
- Venice
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)