Content Official Master's Degree in Political Science

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Master description

The master's degree in Political Science comprises 60 ECTS credits to be taken in two terms (30+30) over one academic year. Of these 60 ECTS, 40 correspond to a compulsory module, 10 to optional modules and 10 to the Master Thesis.
 
During the first semester, students will enrol in three compulsory 10 ECTS credit modules ("Democracy and Citizenship", "Public Policy Analysis and Management" and "Introduction to Research").

In the second semester, students will enrol in one compulsory 10 ECTS credits module, "Research Techniques"; in the "Master Thesis" module worth 10 ECTS credits and in one of the optional 10 ECTS credits modules "Spanish and Catalan Politics" , "Socio-Political Marketing" or "Migration Policies, Integration, and Management of Religious Diversity").
 
The Master's Degree Committee may exceptionally permit students to enrol in the optional module of "European Integration: Theory and Political Process" during their first semester.

Course begins on

30/09/2024

Study plan structure

 

 

Type	Credits
Compulsory	40
Optional	10
Master Thesis	10
TOTAL	60

 

 

Subject	Credits	Type
Democracy and Citizenship	10	OB
Introduction to Research	10	OB
Master's Dissertation	10	OB
Public Policy Analysis and Management	10	OB
Research Methods	10	OB
Migration Policies, Integration, and Management of Religious Diversity	10	OT*
Socio-Political Marketing	10	OT*
Spanish and Catalan Politics	10	OT*
European Integration: Theory and Political Process	10	OT**

* Optional
** Optional, to take exceptionally after authorization by the Commission of the Master

 

OB: Compulsory
OT: Optional