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Political Science postgraduate modules for 2023/24. Module links will take you to the UCL Module Catalogue where you can find detailed descriptions and more information.
Department of Political Science Students Only - By Degree | All Students in Political Science and those within other departments
Department of Political Science Students Only
Political Science Postgraduate Students can see the below list of Modules important to your Degree Qualification and available for your programme of study:
MSc Democracy and Comparative Politics Only
MSc European Politics and Policy Only
- PUBL0043 | The European Union: Institutions & Politics
- PUBL0054 - C | Dissertation
- PUBL0095 | European Politics, Policy, and Law in Practice
MSc Global Governance & Ethics Only
MA Human Rights Students Only
- PUBL0032 | International Law and Human Rights
- PUBL0035 | Human Rights: Politics and Practice
- PUBL0054 - A | Dissertation
- PUBL0057 | Normative Methods, Legal Analysis and Research Skills
- PUBL0096 | Doing Human Rights Work
MSc International Public Policy Only
MA Legal and Political Theory Only
- PUBL0022 | Meanings of Liberty: Applied Methods in Political Theory
- PUBL0070 | Peer Assisted Learning Sessions (PAL)
- PUBL0073 | Dissertation (LPT)
MPA in Public Administration and Management Only
- PUBL0054 - B | Dissertation
- PUBL0062 | Data Analysis for Public Policy
- PUBL0063 | Governance & Public Management
- PUBL0064 | Impact Evaluation Methods [Students need to have done some basic statistics covering regression methods and hypothesis testing. Students cannot do PUBL0064 in combination with PUBL0055 as the material covered is similar but at a more basic level in PUBL0064]
MSc Public Policy Only
- PUBL0040 | Theories & Actors of the Policy Process
- PUBL0054 - C | Dissertation
- PUBL0104 | Policy Proposal Project (Public Policy)
MSc Security Studies Only
- PUBL0041 | International Peace and Security
- PUBL0054 - C | Dissertation
- PUBL0083 | Violent and Non-Violent Conflict
Department of Political Science Students Only - MA/MSc/MPA Students
- PUBL0010 | Qualitative Methods: Interviews, Observation and Mixed Methods
- PUBL0011 | Public Policy Economics & Analysis (PPEA)
- PUBL0050 | Causal Inference
- PUBL0055 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods
- PUBL0085 | Qualitative Methods: Using Texts, Transcripts, and Images
- PUBL0086 | Qualitative Methods: Case Studies and Comparative Analysis
Modules with Access limitations
- PUBL0009 | Health Policy and Reform [Only available to PGT students in the Political Science Department and to those students registered on the Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health MA and the Health Humanities MA.]
- PUBL0049 | Global Public Policy [Not open to MSc IPP students in the Department of Political Science]
- PUBL0097 | Data, Evidence and Public Policy [Only open to MSc Data Science and Public Policy students co-taught by the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics]
- PUBL0098 | The Politics of Public Policy [Only open to MSc Data Science and Public Policy students co-taught by the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics]
- PUBL0099 | Quantitative Text Analysis for Social Science [Open to MSc students in the Department and Political Science as well as students on MSc Economics and MSc Economics and Finance. A7U also open to BSc PIR students who have attended POLS0083 Quantitative Data Analysis co-requisite: ECON0127 Statistical Learning for Public Policy or PUBL0055 Introduction to Quantitative Methods or equivalent. Pre-requisite for PIR students: POLS0083 Quantitative Data Analysis]
All Students in Political Science and those within other departments
The below list highlights modules available to you from the Department of Political Science. Please click on the links for pre-requisites and departmental restrictions. To discover a full selection of modules available to you at UCL please review the UCL Module Catalogue.
If you're not based in the UCL Department of Political Science but are interested in taking some options/electives that we have available, please check first with the Module Leader and your Programme Director for prior permission.
Please note some of our modules are restricted to the Department of Political Science students only and/or may require a pre-requisite module to have been selected/taken. We recommend you read the criteria listed within the module catalogue.
- PUBL0004 | International Political Economy
- PUBL0008 | Public Management: Theories and Innovations
- PUBL0013 | The Ethics of Poverty
- PUBL0014 | Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Management and Policy
- PUBL0015 | Terrorism
- PUBL0016 | Energy and Climate Policy
- PUBL0017 | Making Policy Work
- PUBL0018 | The Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights
- PUBL0019 | Policy-Making & Regulation in Europe
- PUBL0021 | The Transformation of Politics in Europe
- PUBL0023 | Equality, Justice, and Difference
- PUBL0024 | Theories of International Relations
- PUBL0026 | Public Ethics
- PUBL0027 | Agenda Setting and Public Policy
- PUBL0028 | Policy Implementation
- PUBL0029 | Strategy and Organisational Change
- PUBL0030 | British Government & Politics
- PUBL0031 | Law & Regulation I
- PUBL0033 | Parliaments, Political Parties & Policy Making
- PUBL0034 | Democratic Political Institutions
- PUBL0036 | Governing Divided Societies
- PUBL0037 | Foreign Policy Analysis
- PUBL0038 | Gendering the Study of Politics: Theory and Practice
- PUBL0044 | Rebellion
- PUBL0045 | Global Ethics
- PUBL0046 | Conflict Resolution and Post-War Development
- PUBL0048 | Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
- PUBL0051 | War and International Law
- PUBL0056 | Governing Global Business
- PUBL0061 | Global Governance
- PUBL0065 | Public Finance & Budgeting
- PUBL0071 | Contemporary Political Philosophy 1
- PUBL0072 | Contemporary Political Philosophy 2
- PUBL0074 | The Political Economy of Development
- PUBL0082 | Voters, Public Opinion & Participation
- PUBL0084 | Social Justice, Social Mobility, Education, and the Family
- PUBL0087 | From Cyberwarfare to Robots: The Future of Global Conflict in the Digital Age
- PUBL0088 | International Negotiation
- PUBL0093 | The Politics of Immigration
- PUBL0094 | The Ethics of social media
- PUBL0102 | American Foreign Policy
- PUBL0103 | LGBTIQ Movements and Rights
- PUBL0108 | The Rise of Global China
Modules listed below are not available for the Academic Year 2023-24:
- PUBL0020 | The European Union in the World
- PUBL0025 | Globalisation
- PUBL0047 | Democracy and Accountability: Holding Power to Account
- PUBL0053 | Capstone Project
- PUBL0059 | Human Rights, Accountability and World Politics
- PUBL0060 | International Trade Policy
- PUBL0066 | Ethics of Counter Terrorism
- PUBL0067 | Good Governance in Developing Countries
- PUBL0068 | Performance Management
- PUBL0076 | Politics of Economic Policy in Post Industrial Democracies
- PUBL0089 | International Organisation: Theory and Practice
- PUBL0091 | Business and Government
- PUBL0092 | Middle East Politics
- PUBL0101 | Innovation Policy
- PUBL0105 | Applied International Public Policy
- PUBL0106 | Education Policy
- PUBL0107 | International Conflict
The modules listed on this page are those expected to run for the next academic year. Over the course of the year we may need to cancel or amend an advertised module, but the Department will make every effort to inform you as soon as possible.