MSc Political Science and Political Economy

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown below.

Paper

Course number and title

1

GV481

Political Science and Political Economy (H)

2

GV4C8

Game Theory for Political Science (H)

3

MY452

Applied Regression Analysis (H)
(Must be taken in Term 1. Course can be substituted with an option from paper 6 if a student can demonstrate they have already taken a course with multivariate regression).

4

MY457

Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H)

5

One of the following:

 

GV454

Parties, Elections and Governments (H)

GV482

Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (H) (n/a 13/14)

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H)

GV4A3

Social Choice Theory and Democracy (H)

GV4C4

Legislative Politics: US (H) (cannot be taken with GV4C6)

GV4C5

Politics of Economic Policy (H)

GV4C6

Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (cannot be taken with GV4C4)

GV4F8

Institutions in the Global Economy (H) (n/a 13/14)

GV4G1

Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (H) (n/a 13/14)

6

One half unit course (or if MY452 is not taken under paper 3, courses to the value of one full unit).

 

A second course listed under 5, above

 

DV409

Economic Development Policy*

DV431

Development Management*

EC453

Political Economy* (n/a 13/14)

EC440

Micro and Macro Economics for Public Policy*

 

EU439

Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H)

 

EU446

The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H)*

 

EU449

Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H)*

 

EU453

The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H)*

 

GV441

States and Markets (H)

 

GV4D4

The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H)

 

GV4E2

Capitalism and Democracy (H)

GV4E4

Public Budgeting and Financial Management*

GV4E8

Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H)

IR407

International Political Economy of the Environment*

 

IR451

Politics of Money in the World Economy*

 

IR457

The Politics of International Trade*

 

IR460

Comparative Political Economy (n/a 13/14)

MY455

Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (H)

MY459

Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Advanced Regression Modelling (H)

SA4F7

The Economics of European Social Policy (H)*

SA4F8

Behavioural Public Policy (H)

 

Another half-unit or full-unit course taught in the Government Department or elsewhere in the school, with the approval of the Programme Convenor.

7

GV499

Dissertation

Notes

* courses with restricted access, which require the approval of the course convenor.