MSc in Human Rights and Politics
Programme Code: TMHURIP
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
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 |
SO4B1 Contemporary Politics of Human Rights (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) 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) | |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive (0.5) | |
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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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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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SO4C7 Patriarchy and Society (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following (unless taken in Paper 2): | |
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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 Labour, Social Services and Development (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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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 2024/25) | |
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GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) 2 | |
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GI413 Gender, Race and Militarisation (0.5) | |
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GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5) # 6 (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5) | |
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GV4D7 Dilemmas of Equality (0.5) | |
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IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (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) | |
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SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive (0.5) | |
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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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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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SO4C7 Patriarchy and Society (0.5) | |
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SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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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) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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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 |
SO4B2 MSc in Human Rights and Politics 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 GI407, GI420
3 : GI420 can not be taken with GI409, GI407
4 : GI421 can not be taken with GI422, GI423
5 : GI422 can not be taken with GI421, GI423
6 : GI423 can not be taken with GI421, GI422
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.