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world shaped by these forces. As well as the usual two core MA in Politics
courses, you take an additional five-week module developing
practical IT skills. The full list of options includes modules taught in
Director of Studies: Dr Julie Hearn.
Sociology, Law, Linguistics, Management, Gender and Women’s
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
Studies and Cultural Research.
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
Core modules
equivalent. Relevant professional qualifications and experience will also
Globalization: Its meanings, causes and consequences
be considered.
States, Markets and Globalization
Assessment: Combination of coursework and dissertation.
IELTS: 6.5
MA in Security and War
Funding: See page 196.
Further Information:
www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/politics/pgrd/master.htm
national Relations
Director of Studies: Dr Mark Lacy.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
This is a fully flexible programme allowing you to choose, from the
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
full range of modules offered in the department, the combination
equivalent. Relevant professional qualifications and experience will also
of modules that best suits your background and future interests in
be considered.
the broad area of politics – from the domestic to the global - in
Assessment: Combination of coursework and dissertation.
consultation with the Director of MA Studies.
IELTS: 6.5
Funding: See page 196.
Further Information:
www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/politics/pgrd/master.htm
MA in Politics (Theory and Modernity)
Security and War is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that explores
Director of Studies: Dr Graham Smith. Politics and Inter
in depth the transformation of security and war following the
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
dissolution of the Cold War at the end of the 20th century. It
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
addresses changes in the character of war including peace making,
equivalent. Relevant professional qualifications and experience will also
peace keeping, operations-other-than-war, and humanitarian
be considered.
intervention. Similarly, it addresses changes in the interpretation of
Assessment: Combination of coursework and dissertation.
security - from state security to human and environmental security. IELTS: 6.5
The scheme is, however, distinguished by the way in which it Funding: See page 196.
addresses the relation of security and war to changes in Further Information:
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information society. The MA draws on theories and methods of
analysis available throughout the social sciences, science studies
The advent of Modernity represents a profound reorientation for
and the humanities where these address how knowledge,
the task of both thinking about, and being, political. In particular,
information, code, networks and complexity impact upon the
the hopes of the Enlightenment – the dream of creating a secular
problematics of fear, danger and violence.
political order based on universal reason and self-evident truths –
fragments into uncertainty and a quest to re-establish and re-
Core modules
evaluate both what it means to be a person, and what it means to
Theorising Security and War
be political. European political thought has inherited this legacy,
Theory and Methods in International Relations
and if we are to understand the questions and challenges of the
Arts and Social Sciences:
political in contemporary times (both domestically and on the
global level) we must engage with this body of thought, its
themes, and its seminal figures.
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