Political Economy of the Middle East

Our MA Political Economy of the Middle East explores the politics and economics of one of the most vital and interesting regions in the world. You will develop solid regional expertise in addition to the theoretical and methodological skills necessary for a career in political and economic analysis.

Key benefits:

• Unique in combining political economy and comparative politics with the study of Middle East.
• Located in one of the globally leading Departments on the study of politics and economics.
• Wide range of optional modules taught by world-leading scholars in the study of the Middle East.
• Provides a strong theoretical and methodological foundation in the social sciences.
• Develop your critical and communication skills by presenting and disseminating research in written and oral forms, to classmates, tutors, and the wider academic community.
• Opportunity to study Arabic, Turkish, Farsi or Hebrew through King's Modern Language Centre.
• Join vibrant research communities in the Department of Political Economy and the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies.

Minimum 2:1 honours undergraduate degree in such an appropriate subject as politics, economics, international relations, political economy and Middle Eastern studies. Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 but have professional or voluntary experience will also be considered. Mature candidates will be considered favourably.

MA

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

King's College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study.

Required Modules:

• You are required to take the following modules:
• Political Economy of the Middle East: Theory & Practice (40 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)
• The Dissertation includes 16 hours of research/dissertation methods training spread out over terms 1 and 2.

Optional Modules:

In addition, you are required to take four modules (totalling 80 credits) from a range of optional modules that may include:

• Political Economy of Authoritarianism in the Middle East (20 credits)
• States, Markets and People in the Contemporary Middle East (20 credits)
• Protest and Revolution in the Middle East (20 credits)
• People, Protest, Mobilisation (20 credits)
• The US & the Middle East: Intervention & Mediation since 1945 (20 credits)
• Culture and Society in the Middle East & North Africa (20 credits)
• Comparative Political Economy (20 credits)
• Comparative Public Policy (20 credits)
• The Political Economy of Corruption (20 credits)
• The New Political Economy of the Media (20 credits)
• A History of Arab- Israeli Conflict (20 credits)
• Any Level 7 (Master's) modules offered in the Department of Political Economy
• Up to 40 credits from modules offered across the university subject to approvals
• You may also take modules in a foreign language at level 6 or 7, up to a maximum of 20 credits.

If you are a part-time student, you will take Political Economy of the Middle East: Theory & Practice and two optional modules in your first year.

Fees:

• Full time overseas fees:

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