Policy Analysis & Global Governance

Overview

This programme equips students to investigate and evaluate the ways in which a variety of state and non-state organisations come together to address global problems.

Equally, the programme concerns how to analyse the development and impact of complex public policies. It is delivered by an international team of leading academics in the field.

Course details

The MSc Policy Analysis and Global Governance degree has been designed to be flexible and allows for part-time and full-time study, while also blending on-campus, and online delivery techniques.

The MSc comprises five core and one optional taught, 20-credit modules followed by a 60-credit research dissertation.

If you chose to exit the course before undertaking the research dissertation, you can exit with the award of Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip).

You will be required to design and undertake an extended piece of written research focused around a specific research question via the MSc Dissertation.

For the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) stage, you will study the following modules:

Policy Analysis and Practice (core, 20 credits)
Comparative Governance & Public Administration (core, 20 credits)
Applied Research Methods in Social Sciences (core, 20 credits)
Contemporary Social Issues (optional, 20 credits)
Global Crisis Management (core, 20 credits)

To complete the PgDip stage, you will select one 20-credit module from the following options:

Social Research Today (optional, 20 credits)
Power, Politics & Civil Society (optional, 20 credits)
International Relations (optional, 20 credits)

The selection of the optional taught 20-credit module is based both on your interests and on their availability (which can change from year-to-year).

Successful completion of the PgDip allows you to proceed to the master's module:

MSc Social Sciences Dissertation

The Dissertation will give you the opportunity to specialise in an area of public policy and governance that interests you, while under academic supervision.

Teaching and Assessment

There are no written examinations on our course and you will develop your project management, team working, and written skills in order to be equipped for graduate-level employment.

Assessment will be a combination of:

Class presentation
Peer-review assessments
Role plays
Poster design
Reporting writing (briefings papers and extended versions)
Essay writing

Our course provides a rich variety of integrated learning and assessment opportunities and experiences, increasing discipline knowledge and understanding while developing key transferable skills.

LEARNING AND TEACHING