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Human Rights – (M.Sc.)
City University London
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| Application Deadline: | We have no specific application deadline, and an early application is recommended | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,017 - ≈ € 13,035 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of City University London
This course builds on the research expertise of the Department of Sociology, offering advanced interdisciplinary study for those who wish to understand human rights in a rapidly-changing global context.
The last decade has seen a large increase in the demand for human rights expertise as the UN, nation states, regional political actors, NGOs and multi-national corporations have increased their sensitivity to and interest in human rights.
This course give you the theoretical knowledge, practical research skills and substantive expertise necessary to be an effective human rights policy maker, researcher with government departments and inter-governmental organisations, and advocate and evaluator working for a range of specialist NGOs and allied groups.
Our London location is of vital importance to the human rights course. This global city is a key centre for human rights activity (indeed Amnesty International's office is less than half a mile from the University), and is therefore an ideal place to pursue specialist study in human rights and related fields.
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching
We will teach you through a combination of lectures, classes and seminars, taking place in the first and second academic periods (September-April).
Assessment
The majority of postgraduate sociology modules are assessed by 100% coursework. However, some modules outside of the department may have different assessment methods so please check carefully. You are required to obtain a minimum pass mark of 50% in all assessment components.
Dissertation
The dissertation of 15,000 words accounts for one-third of the total marks for the MA degree.
Career Prospects
82% of City's Sociology graduates are in employment or further study within 6 months of completing their course.
Human Rights MA graduates are equipped with the theoretical knowledge, research skills and substantive expertise to be human rights policy makers, researchers, advocates or evaluators in government departments, intergovernmental organisations and specialist NGOs.
Contents
Course Content
This course builds on the research expertise of the Department of Sociology, offering advanced interdisciplinary study for those who wish to understand human rights in a rapidly-changing global context.
The last decade has seen a large increase in the demand for human rights expertise as the UN, nation states, regional political actors, NGOs and multi-national corporations have increased their sensitivity to and interest in human rights.
This course give you the theoretical knowledge, practical research skills and substantive expertise necessary to be an effective human rights policy maker, researcher with government departments and inter-governmental organisations, and advocate and evaluator working for a range of specialist NGOs and allied groups.
Our London location is of vital importance to the human rights course. This global city is a key centre for human rights activity (indeed Amnesty International's office is less than half a mile from the University), and is therefore an ideal place to pursue specialist study in human rights and related fields.
Course Structure
You complete six taught modules: three compulsory core modules and three elective options. You also take part in a dissertation workshop and produce a dissertation over the summer.
Core modules:
* Human wrongs
* Human rights and social theory
* Approaches to social research
* Sociology dissertation
Elective modules - choose three from:
* Globalisation: challenges and transformations
* Communities and social action
* Rights, multiculturalism and citizenship
* Political sociology
* Theories of race and ethnicity
* Global migration
* Crime, justice and security
* International human rights law
* Media, violence and culture
* Global insecurity
* Surveillance studies: theories and concepts
* Feminisms and the media: representation, technology and change
* Victimology
* Global politics of human rights
* Global conflict and security
* International organisations in global politics
* Theories of international politics
* Development and international politics
* Political Islam in global politics
* Political economy of global finance
* The politics of forced displacement and resettlement
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
The normal requirement is a good honours degree in any subject but applicants are also welcome from those who with substantial experience in the media, information services or the communication sectors.
If your first language is not English you must show evidence that your command of the English Language is suitable for entry to Postgraduate study. You would be expected to have one of the following English Language qualifications:
* A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by the University as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions in Australia, Canada or the USA.
* GCE O-level/GCSE English language or English literature, grade C minimum.
* Cambridge ESOL CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) at grade C or above.
* An overall score of 6.5 in the English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum of 6.0 for each subtest.
* A score of 600 minimum (computer score 250) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
* Satisfactory standard in the verbal section of the Princeton Test (GMAT).
* US SAT with 500 in verbal performance.
* Warwick English Language Test (WELT) with pass grades of BBC minimum.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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