Modules choices for the MPhil in Politics and International Studies may include the following areas. Please note that these are subject to change each year and cannot be guaranteed in advance.
Michaelmas Term 2020
- Global Capitalism and the Anthropocene
- China and International Security
- Comparative Political Economy
- Cultures of War
- International Relations and International Law: Theories and Histories
- Transnational Authority in World Politics
- The Crisis of Multilateralism
- Montesquieu - The Spirit of the Laws
- Religion and Politics
- The Middle East in Global Politics
- The Politics of Africa: Past, Present, Future
Lent Term 2021
- Advanced Political Analysis
- Politics and the Anthropocene
- Architecture and Political Theory
- Geopolitics 1555-1763
- Communication Technology and Politics
- Ecology and Violence
- Crisis, Decline and Change in International Politics
- Religion and Politics: Islam, Secularism, Global Movements
- The crisis of party democracy: origins, consequences, remedies
- The political thought of Michel Foucault
- States, Corporations and Robots
- Political Regimes: The End of Democratisation?
- Elections, Polls and Policy in South Asia
- The Politics of Intersectionality
- Political Economy of the Global South: Paradigms, Crises, Alternatives
- Punishment
- Modern Democracy - Hobbes to Schumpeter
Module descriptions can be found here.
Further options may become available in due course. Please note that the courses above may be subject to change and to size limits. We cannot guarantee that students will receive their first choice of modules.
We will ask you to choose six modules from the options above, as well as one reserve choice. Students will also have to complete a mandatory statistics course and a Research Methods module; more information on these will be sent to you nearer the time.
Please note courses may not run if fewer than seven students sign up.
If you have any questions about the courses, please contact the Graduate Secretary, amc242@cam.ac.uk.