Course Type: Postgraduate (taught)
Training Provider: University of Bath
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Department of Economics

• To review systematically, and to evaluate critically the literature on the causes of globalisation and the impacts of globalisation on international policymaking from the perspective of different social sciences and schools of thought.
• To demonstrate a critical understanding of the institutional and policy environment within which governments, business and other actors are shaping the global system.
• Analyse the policy choices and conflicts with which these actors are presenting each other and the issues of public and private responsibility which these raise.
• To relate alternative theories of globalisation and policy making to students' own experience, enabling them to bring to bare a wider range of ideas and perspectives.
• To review in more depth the globalisation and international policymaking literature in specialist areas/fields of students' own choosing.
• To enable students to identify, research and develop their own original arguments in specialist areas of international policymaking of their own choosing.
• Develop practical skills of policy analysis and evaluation (learning by doing).
• To enable students to identify and pursue in depth an original research question relating to some aspect of globalisation and/or international policy making of their own choosing.

Programme Structure

Semester 1

• Globalisation 1: political and social perspectives
• International Policy Analysis 1

• Economics of Development

Semester 2

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Staff:
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Entry Requirements:
Academic requirements: - 2.2 or higher first degree or equivalent in a social science subject, or a - 2.1 in another subject, or substantial prior appropriate experience. Underlying these conditions is a belief that students must bring a minimum combination of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to the programme. Marginal cases may be interviewed.

Minimum English language requirements: Applicants should have a good command in English, oral as well as written. In particular, non-Anglophone students should have obtained a minimum score in English language tests of: - IELTS 7.0 (with not less than 6.5 in each of the four components), or - TOEFL 600 (paper-based test) or 250 (computer-based test).

If you wish to improve your English proficiency before commencing your studies, pre-sessional language training can be arranged through the English Language Centre.

Course Duration:
MSc 12 month f/t, up to 5 years p/t
PGDip 9 months f/t, up to 3 years p/t


The Masters Programmes are available for part-time study. We recognise the often significant challenges associated with balancing study and other activities, and so adopt a flexible approach (wherever possible) to part-time study. A typical example might be: to take two or three taught units in each of the four semesters over a two-year period - the aim being to complete the taught component of your studies by the end of semester 2 in the second year. Development of the Dissertation may be commenced in the first summer, being completed in the second summer, possibly extending into the third year. {If the compulsoiry units are taken in the first year, this might provide the necessary key knowledge to be able to identify and pursue the dissertation in the first summer.]

Obviously, such a pattern will not be suitable to all students - our recommendation would be to meet with the Director of Studies to identify a tailor-made study programme to suit your particular requirements.

[Whilst there will be constraints regarding timetabling and that some units require other units to be taken before them, we continue to strive to reduce such constraints. For example, the MRes core units are delivered on just two days of the week - Tuesdays and Fridays in both semesters 1 and 2 ).]

We also recognise that studying a programme on a part-time basis can impose a range of problems, different to those encountered by full-time students, particularly regarding the balance between studying and other life activities (such as home or work). We therefore provide advice to students as to how to tackle this balance, and expect Directors of Study to maintain regular contact with p/t students. To enable part-time students to adapt study arrangements as they continue to juggle study and outside commitments, students can suspend their registration for a period of one or more semesters ? this is sometimes useful to work-around outside activities although should only be considered where absolutely necessary.

Language(s) of Instruction:

• English

Mode of Study:

• residential

Thematic Focus:

• Development Economics
• Development Studies
• Globalisation
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Poverty Analysis
• Research Methods
• Social Policy and Development
• :Other:

Country(ies):

• United Kingdom

Town(s) or City(ies):
Bath

Course fees:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/study/pgtaught/finance/fees/hss.html

Scholarships & Awards:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/soc-pol/postgraduate/funding/funding-uob-taught.html All students coming on the programme should make sure that they have sufficient resources before starting their studies.

Further Funding Information:
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Course's Webpage:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/soc-pol/postgraduate/mgipa.htm