Postgraduate courses

Postgraduate subject specialisms span all the major disciplines within the Faculty and our Masters programmes offer expert teaching in all these areas. We are also keen to encourage students who wish to pursue a PhD research degree to bring their own ideas and interests to us so that we can discuss your needs and identify the right supervisors.

Taught courses

Economics

• Applied Econometrics MSc
• Business and Economic Forecasting MSc
• Economics courses:
  • Business Economics MA
  • Development Economics MA
  • Economics (Political Economy) MA
  • Financial Economics MA
  • International Economics MA
• International Politics and Economics MA
• Philosophy, Politics, Economics MA

Education

• Continuing Professional Development
• Child Centred Interprofessional Practice MA
• Education Doctorate EdD
• Education (English Language Teaching) PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Primary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status PGCE
• Professional Studies in Education PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Secondary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status PGCE

Humanities

• Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching MA
• Creative Writing courses:
  • Creative Writing MA
  • Creative Writing MFA
  • Creative Writing Low Residency MA
  • Creative Writing Low Residency MFA
  • Creative Writing and Pedagogy MA
  • Creative Writing and Publishing MA
• Criticism, Literature, Theory MA
• English Literature MA
• Journalism courses:
  • Fashion Journalism MA
  • Journalism PgDip/MA
  • Journalism MFA
  • Journalism in Open Societies MA
  • Magazine Journalism MA
• Language and Society MA
• Media and Communication MA
• Philosophy courses:
  • Aesthetics and Art Theory MA
  • Modern European Philosophy MA
  • Philosophy and Contemporary Critical Theory MA
• Publishing MA
• Translation Studies MA

Performance and Screen Studies

• Classical Theatre MA
• Film Making MA
• Film Studies MA
• Music courses:
  • Composing for Film and Television MMus
  • Electroacoustic Composition MMus
  • Music Education MA
  • Music MA
  • Music Performance MMus
  • Production of Popular Music MMus
• Playwriting MA

Social Science

• Applied Social Research Methods MSc
• Criminological Psychology (minor field) MA
• Criminology MA
• Cybercrime (minor field) MA
• Environmental Politics MSc
• History courses:
  • History (Early Modern) MA
  • History (European) MA
  • History (International) MA
  • History (Local) MA
  • History (Modern) MA
  • History (Modern British) MA
  • History (Women's and Gender) MA
• Human Rights MA
• Human Rights and Genocide Studies MA
• International Conflict MSc
• International Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc
• International Relations MSc
• Law combination courses:
  • Criminology with Law MA
  • Human Rights with Law MA
  • International Relations with Law MSc
  • International Conflict with Law MSc
• Nationalism MSc
• Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc
• Politics MSc
• Psychology courses:
  • Child Psychology MSc
  • Clinical Applications of Psychology MSc
  • Developmental Psychology MRes
  • Psychology MRes
  • Psychology MSc
• Terrorism and Political Violence MSc

The Media and the Creative Economy

• Creative Writing and the Creative Economy MA
• Film Making and the Creative Economy MA
• Journalism and the Creative Economy MA
• Publishing and the Creative Economy MA

The Performing Arts and the Creative Economy

• Music and the Creative Economy MA

Collaborative partnerships

• Life Academy (Guildford):
  • Life and Retirement Planning

Research courses

• Masters by Research MA/MSc - available in the following areas:
  • Criminology
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Film and Television
  • History
  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • Languages
  • Media
  • Music
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Suburban Studies