What you study

Full-time and part-time study

Full-time students will complete the programme in one calendar year. Part-time students take the three courses in Research Methods, Advanced Statistical Techniques and Politics and Welfare in Britain and Europe in their first year and one full course option or two half-unit options together with the dissertation in the following year. The dissertation must be completed and submitted by mid-September of the year of completion. Teaching takes place between 10.00am and 8.00pm. Please contact the Department for information regarding specific teaching days.

The MRes consists of three core units and one optional unit (comprised of either one full unit or two half units). In addition, you carry out original research, under supervision, and write a dissertation.

Core courses

Research Methods (one unit)
Advanced Statistical Techniques (one unit)
Politics and Welfare in Britain and Europe

Options

You choose one unit from the following:
Government and Politics of the European Union (one unit)
Contemporary British Politics 1 (half unit)
Contemporary British Politics 2 (half unit)
Continental Political Theory (half unit)
Order and Disorder in the Post Cold War World (half unit)

Please note: owing to staff research interests, not all the above courses will be available in any one year.

Research supervision

You are assigned a member of staff qualified to supervise your research throughout your period of registration. You can find out more about our staff publications at Research.