MSc in Human Rights
Programme Code: TMHURI
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year course. Students are required to take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two units, and write a dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO424 Approaches to Human Rights (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: | |
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SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive: The Sociology of Empire and its Afterlives (0.5) | |
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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) | |
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SO4B8 Internationalism and Solidarity (0.5) | |
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SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism (0.5) | |
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SO4C6 Reading Black Thought (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following (unless taken in Paper 2): A | |
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AN436 The Anthropology of Development (0.5) | |
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DV418 African Development (0.5) | |
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DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5) | |
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DV428 Managing Humanitarianism (0.5) | |
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DV465 Global Health Work: Expertise and Labour (0.5) | |
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EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5) | |
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EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5) | |
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EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5) | |
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GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) 1 (not available 2023/24) | |
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GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5) 2 | |
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GI413 Gender, Race and Militarisation (0.5) | |
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GI420 Global Development and Its Discontents: Feminist Perspectives (0.5) 3 | |
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GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5) # 6 (not available 2023/24) | |
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GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5) | |
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GV408 Contemporary Disputes about Justice (0.5) # (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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GV4D7 Dilemmas of Equality (0.5) | |
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IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5) | |
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IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (not available 2023/24) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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LL475 Terrorism and the Rule of Law (0.5) | |
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LL4A6 Climate Change and International Law (0.5) | |
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LL4AR International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (0.5) | |
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LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5) | |
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LL4AX Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (0.5) | |
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LL4BA International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (0.5) | |
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LL4BB International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (0.5) | |
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LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (0.5) | |
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LL4E6 International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals (0.5) | |
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LL4L6 Theory of Constitutional Rights (0.5) | |
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SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive: The Sociology of Empire and its Afterlives (0.5) | |
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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) | |
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SO4B8 Internationalism and Solidarity (0.5) | |
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SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism (0.5) | |
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SO4C6 Reading Black Thought (0.5) | |
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SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5) | |
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SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5) # (not available 2023/24) | |
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Any of the MSc courses offered in any department or institute at LSE, so long as they are relevant to the programme of study, and subject to the approval of both Programme Director and course teacher. | |
Paper 4 |
SO496 MSc in Human Rights Dissertation (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
1 : GI407 can not be taken with GI409, GI420
2 : GI409 can not be taken with GI420, GI407
3 : GI420 can not be taken with GI409, GI407
4 : GI421 can not be taken with GI423, GI422
5 : GI422 can not be taken with GI421, GI423
6 : GI423 can not be taken with GI422, GI421
Footnotes
A : Registration for these options depends on availability, regulations and the conditions of the outside department. Some further restrictions apply to Law Department options that are part of the LLM degree. Access is not guaranteed for any option.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.