School of Government & International Affairs

MSc Global Politics

We live in an increasingly globalized world. Nuclear proliferation, terrorism, failed states, global poverty and inequality, financial market instability, biodiversity losses, and climate change - are among the global challenges we face and which demand global cooperation if they are to be to adequately resolved. The MSc Global Politics provides students with the tools to understand and critically assess these challenges and the forms of cooperation required to address them. The programme's core modules concentrate on the institutional drivers of global politics and offer an incisive overview of the main theoretical and applied moral debates concerning the ethics of globalization.

Students in the MSc Global Politics will benefit from a vast choice of elective modules within Durham's School of Government and International Affairs, the Law School, the Department of Geography, and the Durham University Business School. The generous choice of electives guarantees the possibility to tailor study paths and to enhance career opportunities in fields such as international and non-governmental organisations, management, public service, consultancy, media and international business.

MSc in Global Politics

MSc in Global Politics

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Find out about what the MSc in Global Politics entails.

The new MSc Global Politics examines the multilateral order founded in 1945 and the emerging network of transnational institutions and processes that have developed as a response to the challenges of globalization.

The programme analyses the main institutions of the international system such as the UN, the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, and also explores how the multilateral order has responded to more recent global problems such as climate change, nuclear proliferation and global financial crises. In so doing it, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of policy making and policy implementation at the global level.

The MSc Global Politics thus aims to provide students with knowledge of the political, economic, cultural and moral debates about how and to what extent the effects of globalization can be governed.

It will provide the means for students to develop the analytical and conceptual skills necessary to understand and discuss:

  1. The key international and transnational structures, organizations and institutions that have developed in the era following the Second World War;
  2. The range of the academic debates in the area of global governance;
  3. Policy developments and innovations in the fields of economics, security, and environment;
  4. The moral justification for different and sometimes competing regimes of global governance;

Students will also benefit from the wide range of academic resources within the School of Government and International Affairs, the Law School, the Department of Geography, and the School of Economics, Business and Finance, making the MSc Global Politics a truly unique interdisciplinary programme.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of:

4 taught Core Modules

Plus a 12,000 word research dissertation providing students with the opportunity to develop an in depth understanding of one field of global politics

Plus a choice of up to 4 modules from the list of Elective Modules both within the School of Government and International Affairs and within other Schools and Departments at Durham University.

Apply on line

Updated fees will be announced later. When applying, use code MIK807 Research Methods (International Relations).

For more information and/or advice contact: sgia.pgadmissions@durham.ac.uk

**Subject to Faculty and University approval

The breadth of the MSc Global Politics provides students with a wide range of skills suitable for diverse employment opportunities. Graduates are expected to develop careers in both governmental and non-governmental international organizations, the public sector in the UK and abroad, as well as in any number of private sector positions.

Sector

Role
Private Sector

Consultancy

(For example: Political Risk; International Economic Integration; Environmental Risk ; International Technical Standards
IGOs/INGOs

Advocacy;

Technical Roles Within Organizations;

Research Departments;

Project Design;
Public Sector

Civil Service;

Technical Roles Within Specific Government Offices;

Diplomacy;

EU institutions;

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Apply on line

Updated fees will be announced later. When applying, use code MIK807 Research Methods (International Relations).