Postgraduate Module Outlines

Please find below module outlines for postgraduate political science students for 2025/2026.

Please note, while the modules and module descriptors are set out below as accurately as possible, additions or removals of available modules, and changes of module content, instructors, and assessment procedures are often unavoidable because of changes in staff availability, resource constraints, and other pressures. Thank you for your understanding.

MSc in Applied Social Data Science

Michaelmas Term

Hilary Term

MSc in International Politics

Michaelmas Term

Core Modules

Hilary Term

Core Module

POP88162: Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods

Optional Modules

Students select either option 1 or option 2

Option 1:
Two 5 ECTS modules in the first half of term and two 5 ECTS modules in the second half of term

Option 2:
POP88212 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (10 ECTS) and choose one 5 ECTS module in the first half of term and one 5 ECTS module in the second half of term

Note: MSc modules may involve two or more hours of instruction per week, please check Module outlines

POP88212 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (10 ECTS)

First half (weeks 22 - 26)

Second half (weeks 29 - 33)

PhD Programme

The first year of the integrated Ph.D. programme includes the following compulsory modules in the 2025-26 academic year (Variations from the Quantitative Methods I module and/or the Quantitative Methods II module can be granted by the Ph.D. Director):