This programme is for students who want to explore international politics more widely and then drill down to follow their unique interests and specialize their knowledge. The MA is designed to give you the chance to pursue your own questions about the way the world works - and to shape arguments where you feel it doesn't. This is a course where you will challenge your own point of view. We probe the ideas that structure the way we think about the world and examine the institutions that determine events. We then focus on how you can use this new understanding to judge global affairs for yourself. This course is an expansive and ever-changing subject so you learn about the broad contours of the field while developing specialism's backed by real-world research. This keeps the content of the course effective and current, giving students a contemporary lens from which to view rapid political change. Students will graduate with the ability to undertake in-depth research, challenge received explanations of topics in social and political life and to examine and critically evaluate the complex structure of relationships between governments, transnational actors, transnational networks and intergovernmental or governmental organizations. During this course students will also achieve PgCert and PgDip awards.