Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2017 | Page 97

Politics
Key Information
Overview

Contemporary societies are confronted with an array of complex
challenges: economic globalisation, democratic malaise, ecological
degradation, and terrorism, to name but a few. The pathway in Politics
is designed to provide students with the necessary conceptual tools
and research skills to critically examine such contemporary challenges.
The degree enables students to work across the various specialisms
of the School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and
Environment in the areas of Comparative Politics, Parties and Elections,
Policy Studies, Public Policy, Environmental Politics and Policy,
and Political and International Theory.
The course is taught over a 12 month period (September to September
and January to January). It is available both full-time and part-time.
Students completing an MA at Keele have gone on to a variety of careers
in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Course type
MA, MRes

Mode of study

Full-time or part-time

Indicative entry
requirements
2:2

For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

Indicative modules

You will study the following core modules:
• Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations*
• Perspectives in Politics and International Relations*
• Research in Action*
• Dissertation Module
The following is a list of indicative elective modules:
• Comparative European Politics
• Party Politics and the European Union
• Comparative Public Management Reform
• Parties and Democracy
*Please note: this is a pathway of the MA in Politics and International
Relations. For further details on the course, please visit our website
www.keele.ac.uk/spire/postgraduate

Dean Carroll

MA European Politics
The range of skills I developed as a
postgraduate student have helped
enormously in my professional life.
Aside from playing a part in my
appointment to a new job, the course
in general and my independ ent
research in particular also provided
a springboard for me to have my
work published in academic journals.
I was even offered the chance to
speak at a European Union Studies
Association conference in Thailand –
an opportunity I was happy to accept.

For more information please visit

keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

While studying part-time for my MA,
I worked as a journalist on Public
Servant magazine and its web portal.
Following completion of my MA
course, I was promoted to be editor
of a new European venture called
PublicServiceEurope.com

Smart minds choose Keele

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