Program Overview

As an international student, you might need, or benefit from, a pathway course before you start to a degree. A pathway course is often necessary because of different education systems of UK and your home country.

A Graduate Diploma will prepare you for direct entry to a postgraduate degree. During the program you will develop academic and postgraduate research skills while improving your English language abilities.

Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences is a 3-Terms program offered by INTO Group. It prepares students for direct entry to a postgraduate degrees such as History, Law, Politics and Translation at Queen's University Belfast.

Politics

The MA Politics is a broad based programme, offering students a good grounding in the discipline of political science. Students may tailor their programme to their own interests, by their choice of optional modules, from conflict to ethics, gender and environmental politics, which build on the strengths of the school's research. The masters offers a unique perspective on multi-level politics in Europe, at the regional, national and European levels.

The aim of the MA in Politics is to deepen students' understanding of important contemporary issues in political studies through the enhancement of students' analytical skills, research and writing talent, and capacity for utilising theoretical approaches. These are all important transferrable skills, highly valued in the job market. The programme is of particular interest to those wishing to know more about Irish politics (North and South), European politics, political conflict, and political theory.

Belfast is a globally significant location and Politics is about conflict, debate and the contest of ideas, making Belfast, where such things are part of everyday reality, an ideal place to study the subject. Northern Ireland is viewed as a model of conflict resolution and peace building across the world.

Students can directly benefit from the School and University’s wider expertise in political theory, security studies, border studies, terrorism and political violence, Irish and Northern Irish politics, gender and environmental politics.

In this programme students will have the opportunity to study key issues in contemporary politics and normative theory, British Politics, Irish Politics, European Politics, International Relations, Policy, and Comparative Ethnic Conflict.

This MA gives students the opportunity to engage with core theories, concepts, issues and debates in politics.