Course Overview

Our postgraduate degrees are an excellent way to enhance your expertise and career prospects. A postgraduate course in politics and international relations provides a foundation for many career options. For example, you may seek to use your knowledge to work in government service, international organizations, or areas of political research and journalism. Or you may opt to look for employment in an unrelated field, such as banking, business, or teaching, where your MA will be respected as a postgraduate qualification.

Our politics and international relations courses are offered via distance learning, enabling you to tailor your study around your other commitments. The wide range of option modules provides you with the flexibility to tailor your course around your interests and also provides you with the skills and knowledge to move into a variety of careers or postgraduate research. By taking this course, you will gain a thorough grounding in the political and international theory of human rights and global ethics. You will develop your knowledge of the different theoretical and political perspectives on human rights and study the global political context of pressing ethical issues in depth.

The degree will equip you with the competencies and skills to understand and participate in contemporary debates on human rights and global ethics and to analyze politics and international relations using a mixture of normative, theoretical, and empirical tools.

You will gain the knowledge and skills relevant to employment and career development in government, media, business, non-governmental organizations, and any professional context in which cross-cultural sensitivity and ethical awareness are required.

General Eligibility

2:1 degree or equivalent in Politics, History, International Relations, or other related subjects.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability.