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MA Global Political Economy

Programme code:MA-GPE-FTUCAS code:
Duration:12 Months Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Charlie Dannreuther & Dr Owain Williams Contact address:C.Dannreuther@leeds.ac.uk/O.D.Williams@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Politics and International Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Programme specification:

This programme unites our academic commitment and expertise in helping understand and develop responses to the most pressing global political economy challenges facing humanity today.


In conjunction with a firm grounding in the key theories and concepts of global political economy, you will have the opportunity to analyse powerful global economic governance agencies like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, alongside the firms and sectors and markets that generate many of the global conflicts, instabilities, crises and challenges we face. In the first semester we tackle the key concepts and frameworks for political economy analysis. In semester 2 you will explore how sectors, markets and firms are linked to, for example, food and health insecurities, unemployment, job precarity, poverty, climate change and pollution.


The programme’s emphasis on real-world issues allows us to place special attention on how governance agenda and their impact are experienced, negotiated and responded to in everyday lives and to compare and assess how policymakers and communities seek change.


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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

PIED5527MTheories and Concepts in Global Political Economy30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED5528MCapitalism in Practice30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5800MDissertation60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

PIED5235MEducation in Development30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED5255MGender, Globalisation and Development30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5400MThe Rise of China30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5580MClimate Security30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5652MGlobal Governance30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED5734MAnalysing Data in Political Science30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

PIED5547MPopular Culture: World politics, Society and Culture30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED5562MInternational Relations and the Environment30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5625MThe Global Political Economy of Money, Debt and Finance30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5626MGlobal Justice30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED5660MEthics and Politics of Migration and Citizenship30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)


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