American Politics & Foreign Policy

  • Students should be able to communicate in academic language about American politics and foreign policy using historical and theoretical concepts.
  • apply knowledge in a variety of professional settings or in the form of further study, including at the doctoral level.
  • demonstrate an ability to communicate in writing and in public speaking with a variety of specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  • develop significant expertise in a chosen subject by writing a MA thesis of approximately 12,000 words with individual supervision from an academic member of staff.
  • develop sophisticated judgments about American politics and foreign policy that encompass domestic and international/comparative perspectives.
  • learn skills that will enable them to accumulate further knowledge in this or other subjects in an autonomous manner.