Course Catalogue - Politics

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Politics

SCQF Level 08 (14 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PLIT08015		British Politics - Beginning of the End?	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT08008	SV1	Comparative Politics in a Globalized World	Semester 1	20
PLIT08010		Fundamentals 2: Politics & International Relations	Not delivered this year	0
PLIT08006		International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT08020	SV1	International Political Economy	Semester 1	20
PLIT08016	SV1	Introduction to British Politics	Semester 2	20
PLIT08009	SV1	Introduction to Political Data Analysis	Semester 2	20
PLIT08004		Introduction to Politics and International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT08011	SV1	Political Thinkers	Semester 2	20
PLIT08017	SS1	Politics and International Relations 1A: Concepts and Debates	Semester 1	20
PLIT08018	SS1	Politics and International Relations 1B: The Global Dimension	Semester 2	20
PLIT08012	SV1	Politics in a Changing World: An Introduction for non-specialists	Semester 1	20
PLIT08021	SV1	Theories of International Relations	Semester 1	20
SSPS08012	SV1	Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World	Semester 1	20

SCQF Level 10 (102 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PLIT10151	SV1	Advanced Topics in Global Security	Semester 2	20
PLIT10003	SV1	Africa in World Politics	Semester 2	20
PLIT10164	SV1	Anticolonial Political Thought	Semester 1	20
PLIT10060		Approaches to Politics and International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10153		Bargaining and Negotiation in International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10103	SV1	British Government	Semester 1	20
PLIT10168	SV1	Causal Inference for Social Sciences	Semester 1	20
PLIT10156		Chinese Foreign Policy	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10140	SV1	Chinese Politics	Semester 1	20
PLIT10118		Climate Justice	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10134		Comparative Politics of Secession	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10080	SV1	Comparing Scottish Devolution	Semester 2	20
PLIT10165		Conservatism and the Right	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10105		Contemporary Issues in International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10104		Contemporary Issues in Political Science	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10107		Contemporary Issues in Political Theory	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10048	SV1	Contemporary Russian Politics	Semester 1	20
PLIT10085		Contemporary War: Understanding Change & Continuity	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10059		Core Texts in Political Theory	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10166	SV1	Corporate Lobbying and Policymaking in the Global Economy	Semester 1	20
PLIT10108	SV1	Critical Theory and Cinema	Semester 1	20
PLIT10139		Democracy and contemporary capitalism	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10096		Democracy and its Discontents	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10169	SV1	Designing and Implementing Experiments in Political Science	Semester 2	20
PLIT10057	SV1	Dissertation (MA International Relations)	Full Year	40
PLIT10030	SS1	Dissertation (MA Politics)	Full Year	40
PLIT10062		EU as Global Actor	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10157	SV1	Eastminster: Decolonisation and State-Building in Asia	Semester 2	20
PLIT10158	SV1	Education and Social Justice	Semester 2	20
PLIT10167	SV1	Elite and Mass Political Behaviour	Semester 2	20
PLIT10102		Emerging Powers	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10136	SV1	Environmental Politics	Semester 1	20
PLIT10049		Environmental Politics in Europe	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10068	SV1	Europe and International Migration	Semester 1	20
PLIT10146		Europe in the World	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10129		Food, Drugs, and Precious Metals	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10154	SV1	Foundations in Global Security	Semester 1	20
PLIT10162	SV1	Freedom and Slavery in Political Thought	Semester 2	20
PLIT10130	SV1	Gender, Peace and Security	Semester 2	20
PLIT10113	SV1	Gender, Power and Representation	Semester 1	20
PLIT10163	SV1	Geopolitics	Semester 2	20
PLIT10127		Global Food Politics	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10054	SV1	Global Justice and Citizenship	Semester 1	20
PLIT10075		Global Politics Of Sex And Gender	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10094		Global Security	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10159	SV1	Global and Transnational Feminisms	Semester 1	20
PLIT10063		Human Rights in International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10018		International Political Economy	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10126		International Political Economy of Development	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10095		International Politics of Money	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10109	SV1	International Relations of the Asia Pacific	Semester 2	20
PLIT10125	SV1	Law, Violence, and Humanity	Semester 1	20
PLIT10170	SV1	Majoritarian Nationalism, Populism and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia	Semester 2	20
PLIT10143		Media and Protest	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10155	SV1	Model United Nations	Semester 2	20
PLIT10101		Neuropolitics	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10115		Parliamentary Placement: Research Project (S1)	Not delivered this year	40
PLIT10116		Parliamentary Placement: Research Project (S2)	Not delivered this year	40
PLIT10091	SV1	Parliamentary Studies	Semester 2	20
PLIT10138		Perspectives on Digital Capitalism	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10132	SV1	Political Behaviour: Opinions, Choices and Movements	Semester 2	20
PLIT10121		Political Economy of Latin America	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10160		Political Emotions	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10089		Political Islam	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10122		Political Parties in the 21st Century	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10076		Political and Cultural Summer Programme: Research Project	Not delivered this year	30
PLIT10077		Political and Cultural Summer Programme: Scottish Politics	Not delivered this year	10
PLIT10052	SS1	Politics Year Abroad Assessment	Full Year	40
PLIT10150	SV1	Politics and Public Policy	Semester 2	20
PLIT10123		Politics of Oil	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10036	SV1	Politics of the Middle East	Semester 2	20
PLIT10114	SV1	Populism: Pathology or Panacea?	Semester 2	20
PLIT10112		Public Policy In Scotland (S2)	Not delivered this year	10
PLIT10100	SV1	Public Policy: Agenda-Setting	Semester 1	20
PLIT10098		Public participation in democracy and governance	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10069		Realism in International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10106	SV1	Research Design in Politics and International Relations	Semester 1	20
PLIT10135	SV1	Russia's Foreign and Security Policy	Semester 1	20
PLIT10128	SV1	Social Movements and Collective Action in the Middle East	Semester 1	20
PLIT10137		Special Study in Politics and International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10120		Strategic Studies and its Critics	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10133	SV1	Technology, Politics and Government	Semester 1	20
PLIT10147	SV1	Terrorism and Counterterrorism	Semester 1	20
PLIT10124	SV1	The Middle Eastern State: Histories and Theories	Semester 2	20
PLIT10142	SV1	The Persian Gulf in International Relations	Semester 1	20
PLIT10141		The Political Psychology of World Leaders	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10067		The Politics of British Public Services	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10117	SV1	The Politics of the End of Empire	Semester 2	20
PLIT10119	SV1	The Politics of the UK Constitution	Semester 1	20
PLIT10053		Theories of International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10084		US Foreign Policy	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10027		US Government	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10088		Understanding Indian Politics	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT10161	SV1	Utopia	Semester 1	20
PLIT10021	SV1	War and Justice	Semester 2	20
PLIT10149	SV1	War and the Politics of Victory	Semester 2	20
PLIT10110	SV1	What's Wrong with Inequality?	Semester 1	20
PLIT10071		Zimbabwe: Politics of a Post-Colonial State	Not delivered this year	20
SCIL10073		Gender, Marginality and Social Change	Not delivered this year	20
SCPL10023		Governing The Social	Not delivered this year	20
SCIL10065	SV1	Nations and Nationalism	Semester 1	20
PLIT10111		Public Policy In Scotland (S1)	Not delivered this year	10

SCQF Level 11 (50 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PLIT11016	SV1	Climate Change, Justice and Responsibility	Semester 2	20
PLIT11018	SV1	Dissertation (MSc/Dip International Relations)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PLIT11013	SV1	Dissertation MSc International Political Theory	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PLIT11008		Dissertation MSc by Research Politics (100 credit)	Not delivered this year	100
PLIT11006		Dissertation MSc by Research Politics (60 credits)	Not delivered this year	60
PLIT11007		Dissertation MSc by Research Politics (80 credit)	Not delivered this year	80
PLIT11020		Gulf Politics	Not delivered this year	20
PLIT11012	SV1	The Politics of Migration in Europe	Semester 2	20
PLIT11011		War and Morality	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11525		Africa in International Politics	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11412	SV1	Analysing European Governance and Public Policy	Semester 1	20
PGSP11521	SV1	Asia Pacific in the World	Semester 2	20
PGSP11578	SV1	Contemporary Issues in Middle East Politics	Semester 2	20
PGSP11361	SV1	Dissertation (MSc Global Environment, Politics and Society)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PGSP11292		Dissertation (MSc International Relations of the Middle East)	Not delivered this year	60
PGSP11612	SV1	Dissertation (MSc The Middle East in Global Politics)	Block 5 (sem 2)	60
PGSP11052	SV1	Dissertation (MSc/Dip International & European Politics)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PLIT11018	SV1	Dissertation (MSc/Dip International Relations)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
LAWS11296	SS1	Dissertation MSc Global Crime, Justice and Security	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PGSP11507	SS1	Dissertation MSc by Research Social and Political Science (PIR)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	120
PGSP11552	SV1	Environmental Risk: Politics, Ethics, and Communication	Semester 2	20
PGSP11300	SV1	Foreign Policy Analysis	Semester 2	20
PGSP11614	SV1	Gender, Feminist Foreign Policy and Diplomacy	Semester 2	20
PGSP11542	SV1	Gender, Politics and Representation	Semester 1	20
PGSP11526	SV1	Gender, War and Peacebuilding	Semester 2	20
PGSP11358	SV1	Global Environment: Key Issues	Semester 1	20
PGSP11299	SV1	Global Environmental Politics	Semester 2	20
PGSP11520		Humanity, Law and Violence	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11599	SV1	Identity and Conflict in Multinational States	Semester 2	20
PGSP11170	SV1	Institutions and Policies of the European Union	Semester 1	20
PGSP11171	SV1	International Political Economy	Semester 2	20
PGSP11156	SV1	International Relations Theory	Semester 1	20
PGSP11490		International Relations and Contemporary Conflict	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11162	SV1	International Security	Semester 2	20
PGSP11543	SV1	Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc Global Environment, Politics and Society)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PGSP11546	SV1	Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc in International and European Politics)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
PGSP11527		Political Contestation in the Middle East	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11571	SV1	Political Theory and Critique in the Middle East	Semester 2	20
PGSP11621	SV1	Russia in Global Politics	Semester 2	20
PGSP11486	SV1	Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences	Semester 1	20
PGSP11572	SV1	Survey in Middle Eastern Politics	Semester 1	20
PGSP11603	SV1	Terrorism in Global Politics	Semester 1	20
PGSP11061	SV1	The European Union in International Affairs	Semester 2	20
PGSP11275	SV1	The Middle East in International Relations	Semester 1	20
PGSP11617	SV1	The Political Economy of Corporate Power	Semester 2	20
PGSP11616	SV1	The Politics and Governance of Crisis	Semester 2	20
PLIT11012	SV1	The Politics of Migration in Europe	Semester 2	20
PGSP11149		The Politics of Post-Soviet Russia	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11606		The State in Social and Political Theory	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11618	SV1	U.S. Grand Strategy and Foreign Policy	Semester 1	20