MA Gender and Politics - Part-Time

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.

To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in a social sciences subject. We will also consider graduates with an undergraduate degree in other subjects where you have substantial relevant professional experience.

We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.

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Our master's is one of a few in the UK that focuses specifically on politics and gender. This gives you the chance to stand out with a qualification in this important area.

You’ll have the opportunity to gain:

• a deep understanding of how gender dynamics influence policymaking and political theory at a local, regional, national and international level
• a greater professional network by engaging with leading researchers through workshops, events and guest lectures
• practical skills in preparation for a number of workplace roles through the critical analysis of real-world case studies, in-class role-play activities, and active discussions and debates about current challenges

Graduate prospects

Studying this course is excellent preparation for working in gender policy roles. You could take your expertise into international organisations, multinational corporations, public bodies or think tanks.

You could also take your studies further to doctoral level.

Year 1

Semester 1

Compulsory units

• Gender theory
• Research methods in political science and international relations

Optional units

• Critical approaches to international security
• European Union politics in a changing world
• International terrorism
• Statecraft and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region
• The global politics of cyberspace
• The resurgence of reactionary politics
• Theoretical approaches of international politics and foreign policy

Semester 2

Compulsory units

• The politics of gender inequality

Optional units

• Contemporary comparative Russian politics
• Democracy v technocracy: modernity and risk
• Gender, security and transitional justice from Global South to Global North
• Genocides, human rights’ violations, and transitional justice
• Memory cultures and memory politics
• The politics of Asia and the world
• The politics of organised crime
• The politics of the environment
• Theories of conflict and conflict resolution

Summer

Compulsory units

• MA in Gender and Politics dissertation