Teaching & modules
Modules
Required Modules
You are required to take:
Part-time students are required to take the 45 credit required module in Year 1, and the 15 credit Research Design module and the 60 credit dissertation in Year 2.
Optional Modules
In addition, you will take a range of optional modules totalling 60 credits offered by both European & International Studies and other departments.
Grouped here to give prospective students a sense of the breadth of our teaching offer, optional modules in this programme may typically include:
- Democratic Legitimacy of International Cooperation (15 credits)
- Capitalism, liberalism and democracy (15 credits)
- The Political Economy of International Migration (15 credits)
- Global Politics: Transatlantic, Transpacific, and Eurasia (15 credits)
- Lobbying and Policy Making in the EU (15 credits)
- Introduction to Economics for International Political Economy (15 credits)
- International Political Economy of Energy Markets (15 credits)
- The Political Economy of Europe (15 credits)
- The political economy of platform capitalism (15 credits)
- The International Political Economy of Production (15 credits)
- The European Union and Global Capitalism (15 credits)
- Power and Poverty in Africa-EU Relations (15 credits)
- Global Governance and International Organisations (15 credits)
- The Politics of Economic Inequality (15 credits)
- Quantitative Research Methods (15 credits)
- Macroeconomics of demand, distribution and finance (15 credits)
- Postcolonial Political Economy (15 credits)
- Multinational Corporations and Global Supply Chains (15 credits)
- China's Global Rise: Great Power Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics (15 credits)
- EUROPEAN UNION HISTORY INSTITUTION AND POLITICS (15 credits)
- The State in Comparative Perspective (15 credits)
Optional Modules from Contributing Departments - No credit points
Various credit level 7 modules offered by contributing departments (Department of Political Economy, War Studies, the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s Russia Institute and the Global Institutes) to a value of 15 –30 credits that are deemed appropriate by the Department of European & International Studies.
You may choose to take optional credits from level 7 modules outside of the programme’s approved module list, subject to approval by the Programme Director.
You may also take up to 30 extra credits, in addition to the required 180 credits.
Students may also take a non-assessed 15 credit language module from King’s Language Centre.
Please note, we cannot guarantee spaces on modules listed that are run by other departments outside of European & International Studies.
Teaching methods - what to expect
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You will have regular contact with our staff, who are world-leading experts in their fields, through lectures, seminars and supervision. Lectures, seminars and feedback |
Self-study |
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6 - 8 hours per week f/t |
32 - 34 hours per week f/t |
We use lectures, seminars, and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.
At King’s, all students on a taught programme are allocated a personal tutor who will play a key role in helping you to get the most out of your studies, providing support and encouragement for your time at university.
Personal tutors provide you with the opportunity to periodically take stock of your learning, academic progress, and general wellbeing as you progress through your studies, offering guidance on how to seek further support if you need it, and how to access the range of opportunities available to you as a King’s student.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work. You will typically have six-to-eight hours per week of teaching per 10-week term, as well as 32-to-34 hours of self-study per week.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/Practical Examinations
- Assessed Essays
- Presentations
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include written examinations, coursework, assessed essays and presentations. You may also benefit from some informal assessment during individual modules to help steer your studies and enhance your learning.