Swansea University 2022 Postgraduate Prospectus

POLITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

• Politics in Contemporary Britain • The Policy Making Process • Violence, Conflict and Development PUBLIC POLICY MA FT PT The Public Policy MA provides a solid grounding in the key theoretical approaches to the study of public policy, and seeks to develop the knowledge and skills of those wishing to engage in further academic study. At the same time, it focuses on the necessary skills involved in working in a public policy landscape now increasingly characterised by change and interdependence. Consequently, it will also develop the knowledge and skills of those wishing to, or already, pursuing a career in public policy research, policy advice, lobbying, public sector management or journalism. • Critical Security • Democracy and Constitutional Design • Devolution in Comparative Perspective • The Global Governance of Drugs • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • Politics in Contemporary Britain • The Policy Making Process • War, Identity and Society PUBLIC POLICY MA (EXTENDED) FT PT This extended MA programme combines the MA Public Policy with a period of study abroad. This study abroad is one additional semester taken at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M, USA. The additional semester makes the EMA equivalent in credits to a European MA. Modules typically include: • Comparative Governance in Complex Systems

Modules typically include: • Critical Security

• The Global Governance of Drugs • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism • Rights-based Approaches to Development • Violence, Conflict and Development INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT MA (EXTENDED) FT PT This Extended MA programme combines the MA International Security and Development with a period of study abroad. The study abroad is one additional semester taken in the Department of International and Area Studies at The University of Oklahoma, USA. The additional semester makes the EMA equivalent in credits to a European MA. POLITICS MA FT PT The MA in Politics provides a broad introduction to the study of politics, covering the structures and processes of contemporary politics. It then allows students to select options that focus on global, comparative and/or British politics as well as political theory and philosophy. The degree is enriched by possible opportunities (awarded on a competitive basis) for work-based placement learning in a variety of governmental and non-governmental sectors within Wales. Modules typically include: • Comparative Governance in Complex Systems • Critical Security • Democracy and Constitutional Design • Devolution in Comparative Perspective • The Global Governance of Drugs

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