MSc Asian Politics (2019 Entry)

Overview:

Containing 60 percent of the world's population, Asia is the setting for many of the most important political issues in the world today. These issues include the rise of China and India, economic dynamism of the Asian-Pacific area, regional integration (ASEAN, SAARC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization), security hotspots (Korean Peninsula, Taiwan Straits, India-Pakistan, the 'global war on terror'), democratic transition and consolidation, the survival of non-democratic regimes, and identity conflicts of ethnicity, religion and language. To understand these and other political processes, this MSc programme draws upon the concepts and methods of the sub-disciplines of comparative politics (political sociology and political economy) and international relations. The evidence from Asia will also reveal the relevance and limitations of the concepts and methods derived from North American/European settings and suggest ways in which they may be modified. The expertise available in the Department enables students to concentrate on one of the sub-regions of Asia, (East Asia. South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia) should they choose to do so. Alternatively, they may follow a more comparative approach by selecting a mixture of units covering different sub-regions.

• Overview duration: One calendar year (full-time); Two or three years (part-time, daytime only)
• Fees 2019/20 UK/EU fees -

Interested Students.

Structure:

Learn a language as part of this programme

• Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students' command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Outline:

Students take taught modules to the value of 4 full units + dissertation:

• 90 credits from List A (compulsory)
• 30 credits from List B or C or any open option with the approval of the programme convenor
• Dissertation on some aspect of Asian Politics (compulsory).
• NB. A maximum of 30 credits may be selected from China-focused modules (15PPOC012, 15PPOC018 or 15PPOC252).

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