Double MA in Policies and Governance Europe

Structure

Required modules

Teaching will take place at King’s College London, England.

Courses are divided into modules. You will take modules totalling 210 credits (180 King’s credits, including 60 credits from the dissertation submitted at the end of Year 2; and 15 ECTS transferred from Luiss, amounting to an additional 30 King’s credits) .

You are required to take the below modules, for a total of 45 credits:

• European Union: History, Institutions and Politics (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Europe (15 credits)
• Research Design (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take a range of modules totalling 75 credits over the two years offered by both European & International Studies and other departments from a range of modules, which may typically include:

• European Identities and the EU (15 credits)
• Democratic Legitimacy of International Cooperation (15 credits)
• Capitalism, liberalism and democracy (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of International Migration (15 credits)
• Global Politics: Transatlantic, Transpacific and Eurasia (15 credits)
• Lobbying and Policy Making in the EU (15 credits)
• International Political Economy of Energy Markets (15 credits)
• Research Methods for Social Sciences (15 credits)
• Platform capitalism: platform firms and the state (15 credits)
• States and Citizens in Political Anthropology (15 credits)
• The Middle East In The Global Political Economy (15 credits)
• Power and Poverty in Africa-EU Relations (15 credits)
• Foreign Policy Analysis (15 credits)
• Political Economy of Development in Muslim Societies (15 credits)
• Global Governance & International Organisations (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Development (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis (15 credits)
• The Politics of Economic Inequality (15 credits)
• Quantitative Research Methods (15 credits)
• Multinational Corporations and Global Supply Chains (15 credits)
• Russia’s War in Ukraine (15 credits) [King’s Russia Institute]
• Politics of Energy Security in Eurasia (15 credits) [King’s Russia Institute]
• Clandestine Side of Globalisation: Organised Crime, Terrorism and Corruption (15 credits)
• Displacement and Development in the Contemporary Era (15 credits)
• Environment and Development: Crises, Power, and Transformations (15 credits)

Teaching will take place at Luiss University in Rome, Italy.

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 72 credits (36 ECTS), while the dissertation will amount to 48 credits (24 ECTS).

You are required to take the below modules, totalling 84 credits (42 ECTS)

Dissertation (24 ECTS, including Elective professional and training activities and Final work)

b) Specialisation in Cultural/Heritage Policy

• The Politics of Cultural Heritage in Europe (6 ECTS)
• Managing and Developing Heritage (6 ECTS)
• Comparative and International Law of Heritage Protection (6 ECTS)

c) Specialisation in Economic Governance and Markets

• Regulation by Independent Agencies (6 ECTS)
• Social and Labour Market Regulation (6 ECTS)
• Industrial Policy in Europe (6 ECTS)

Optional modules

Year 2 - Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 36 credits (18 ECTS) from a range of modules, which may typically include:

• Public Economics
• Regulation by Independent Agency
• Constitutional Adjunction in Europe
• Health Care Policy
• Introduction to Network Science
• Social Science and Public Policy
• Migration Policy
• Ethics and Public Policy
• Multilevel System in Europe
• The Policy of EU Structural Funds
• Energy and Environmental Policy
• Nudging: Behavioural Insights for Regulation and Public Policy
• Economic Policy in Europe

The modules run in each academic year are subject to change in line with staff availability and student demand so there is no guarantee every module will run. Module descriptions and information may vary depending on year. Moreover, minor changes in course content or titles, teaching arrangements, before or after enrolment, might be made if required or desirable.

Track 2: Luiss-King's

Year 1 - Required Modules

Teaching will take place at Luiss in Rome, Italy.

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 120 credits (60 ECTS).

You are required to take the below modules, for a total of 120 credits (60 ECTS).

• Comparative Public Policy in Europe (6 ECTS)
• EU Institutions and Decision Making (6 ECTS)
• EU Law and Regulation (6 ECTS)
• The Integration of Europe (6 ECTS)
• Policy Evaluation and Implementation (6 ECTS)
• The Economics of Europe (6 ECTS)
• Data Analysis for Social Sciences (6 ECTS)
• Demography, Society and Policy in Europe (6 ECTS)
• Digital Lab (2 ECTS)
• Learning Innovation Activities (4 ECTS)
• Academic and Professional Communication Skills (4 ECTS)
• Training Lab (2 ECTS)

The modules run in each academic year are subject to change in line with staff availability and student demand so there is no guarantee every module will run. Moreover, there may be situations in which it is desirable or necessary to make changes in course content and teaching arrangements, either before or after enrolment. Module descriptions and information may vary depending on the year.

Year 2 - Required Modules

Teaching will take place at King’s College London, England.

Courses are divided into modules. During your year at King’s, you will take modules totalling 180 credits (90 ECTS)

You are required to take the below modules, totalling 105 credits:

• The EU and Global Capitalism (15 credits)
• Research Design (15 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

a) Specialisation in European external relations:

• Foreign Policies of the European Union (15 credits)

or

b) Specialisation in Finance in Europe

• The Political Economy of Europe (15 credits)

Year 2 - Optional Modules.

In addition, you are required to take a range of modules totalling 75 credits over the two years offered by both European & International Studies and other departments from a range of modules, which may typically include:

• European Identities and the EU (15 credits)
• Democratic Legitimacy of International Cooperation (15 credits)
• Capitalism, liberalism and democracy (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of International Migration (15 credits)
• Global Politics: Transatlantic, Transpacific and Eurasia (15 credits)
• Lobbying and Policy Making in the EU (15 credits)
• International Political Economy of Energy Markets (15 credits)
• Research Methods for Social Sciences (15 credits)
• Platform capitalism: platform firms and the state (15 credits)
• States and Citizens in Political Anthropology (15 credits)
• The Middle East In The Global Political Economy (15 credits)
• Power and Poverty in Africa-EU Relations (15 credits)
• Foreign Policy Analysis (15 credits)
• Political Economy of Development in Muslim Societies (15 credits)
• Global Governance & International Organisations (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of Development (15 credits)
• The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis (15 credits)
• The Politics of Economic Inequality (15 credits)
• Quantitative Research Methods (15 credits)
• Multinational Corporations and Global Supply Chains (15 credits)
• Russia’s War in Ukraine (15 credits) [King’s Russia Institute]
• Politics of Energy Security in Eurasia (15 credits) [King’s Russia Institute]
• Clandestine Side of Globalisation: Organised Crime, Terrorism and Corruption (15 credits)
• Displacement and Development in the Contemporary Era (15 credits)
• Environment and Development: Crises, Power, and Transformations (15 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered regularly to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.

Students undertaking this course would be ideally placed to work in both the public and the private sector. The former would include governments, international organisations, regulatory agencies, as well as ministries and local government authorities more directly dealing with European and EU-related matters.

Private sector institutions would primarily include firms and interest groups that are active at the national, subnational, and EU levels. In addition to this, graduates from this programme would also be well-placed to gain roles in journalism, consultancies, and think tanks focusing on politics, policies, and economics in Europe.