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POLITICS POSTGRADUATE COURSE CYCLE

Departmental postgraduate courses are offered on a two-year cycle.  While some courses repeat every year, there are some that will only be held every alternate year.  For an idea as to how this works, see the plan below.  Please note that this list does not necessarily mean these courses will be offered during the year in question.  For confirmation on the course listings for the current and following years, please refer to the course list.

 

COURSES OFFERED EVERY YEAR

 

Description

Code

Theories Of International Relations

POL4002F/S

Public Policy

POL4006F/S

Comparative Politics POL4012F/S
Comparative Public Administration POL4013F/S

Democratisation

POL4018F/S

Third World Politics POL4046F/S

Public Management

POL5006F/S

Policy Evaluation & Implementation

POL5007F/S

International Organisations

POL5014F/S

Political Behaviour & Research

POL5023F/S

International Political Economy

POL5032F/S

Conflict in Africa POL5034F/S
Data Analysis in Political Sciences (1/2 course in Research Methodology) POL5035F/S

 

 

ALTERNATING COURSES

 

Even Year Cycle

 

Description

Code

 

Regionalism In Africa

POL4008F/S

(alternate to POL4033F/S)

Comparative Transitional Justice

POL4032F/S

(alternate to POL4003F/S)

Political Ethics POL5029F/S (alternate to POL4044F/S

 

Odd Year Cycle

 

African Politics

POL4033F/S

(alternate to POL4008F/S)

Post-Conflict Justice in Africa POL5037F/S (alternate to POL4032F/S)
Global Political Thought POL4044F/S (alternate to POL5029F/S

 

 

 Other courses offered on occasion

 

South African Politics

POL4001F/S

Theories of Rights and Justice POL4003F/S
Developmental Local Government POL4011F/S
Local Government POL4015F/S

Public Policy Analysis

POL4019F/S

Development Management

POL4026F/S

Peace Operations in World Politics

POL4039F/S

Public Administration and Governance POL4045F/S

Internships I and II

POL4005H

POL5005H

Comparative Politics

POL5001F/S

Public Sector Reform POL5019F/S

Financial Administration

POL5020F/S

Comparative Political Institutions

POL5022F/S

Special Topics I and II

POL5026F/S

POL5036F/S

Public Administration Thought POL5027F/S

 

 

COMPULSORY RESEARCH COMPONENTS for all degrees on offer

 

Description

Code

 

Research Project

POL4007H

Honours (all Politics programmes, including Interdisciplinary Programmes - unless supervised in different departments)

Minor Dissertation

POL5010W

Coursework Masters (all Politics programmes, including Interdisciplinary Programmes - unless supervised in different departments)

Masters In Political Studies

POL5000W

Research Masters

Masters in Public Administration POL5003W Research Masters

PhD In Political Studies

POL6000W

PhD Thesis

PhD in Public Administration POL6001W PhD Thesis

 

 

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