MSc in Human Rights and Politics
Programme Code: TMHURIP
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year course. Students are required to take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two units, and write a dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO4B1 Contemporary Politics of Human Rights (1.0) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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AN436 The Anthropology of Development (0.5) | |
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DV418 African Development (0.5) | |
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DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5) | |
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DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5) | |
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EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5) | |
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EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5) | |
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EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5) | |
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GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) 1 (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) 2 | |
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GI413 Gender, Race and Militarisation (0.5) | |
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GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5) # 6 (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5) | |
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GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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GV4D7 Dilemmas of Equality (0.5) | |
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IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5) # | |
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SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO482 Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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SO483 Social Change Organizations (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive (0.5) | |
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SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) | |
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SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5) | |
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SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
Paper 4 |
SO4B2 MSc in Human Rights and Politics Dissertation (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
1 : GI407 can not be taken with GI409, GI420
2 : GI409 can not be taken with GI407, GI420
3 : GI420 can not be taken with GI409, GI407
4 : GI421 can not be taken with GI422, GI423
5 : GI422 can not be taken with GI421, GI423
6 : GI423 can not be taken with GI421, GI422
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