Optional modules
In POLSIS, we are proud of the extensive range of modules that are available to our students; allowing you to tailor your course and study topics that interest you the most.
Optional modules in the final year
- African Politics (from the International Development Department)
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy
- Conflict and Peace: Theory and Practice
- Contemporary Political Economy
- Corruption and Clientelism
- Debates in Political Theory
- Development: the environmental challenge (from the International Development Department)
- Environment and Climate Politics
- Gender and World Politics
- Global Security
- Human Rights and Development (from the International Development Department)
- Identity, Inequality and Inclusive Development (from the International Development Department)
- International Negotiation
- Law, Politics and the International System
- New Media, Social Media and Politics
- Parliamentary Studies
- Parties and Voters Across the Globe
- Regionalism and the Global South
- Rising Powers
- Social Justice and Politics
- Strategy, Leadership and Foreign Policy
- Topics in British Politics
- Understanding Migration
Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.