Teaching & modules
Modules
Required Modules
You are required to take the following modules:
- Dissertation / Research Projects (60 credits)
- Prime Ministers and No.10 Downing Street 1945-79 (30 credits)
- Prime Ministers and No.10 Downing Street since 1979 (30 credits)
Optional Modules
- Chancellors and the Treasury: Managing the British Economy (15 credits)
- New Labour Years: The Blair Brown Revolution (15 credits)
- London: Governing the Global City (15 credits)
- Making Modern Britain: Pivotal Prime Ministerial Decisions (15 credits)
- The History of The Civil Service: Evolution of the Machinery of Government (15 credits)
- The Conservative Years: Governing in an Age of Turmoil (15 credits)
The Programme will be offered on both a part-time and full-time basis.
Pattern of study: 2 x 30 credit core modules, 60 credits of optional modules, 60 credit core dissertation. The options will also be available to be taken by students from other programmes and as free-standing modules. Students who have taken these as free-standing modules will be able to register for the MA Government Studies at a later date and use the successfully completed free-standing optional modules as credit towards the MA, up to the limits for transfer of credit in force at the time.
Part time students will undertake 90 credits each year:
Year 1: 1x30 credit compulsory module, 4x15 credits optional modules
Year 2: 1x60 credit core module, 2x15 credit optional modules
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Teaching methods - what to expect
Assessment
- Coursework
- Dissertation
- Essays
- Written assignment
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework. Forms of assessment typically include essays and other written assignments. All students also undertake a research-based dissertation.