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Home > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociology Programmes > Postgraduate > Human Rights > Programme Structure

Programme Structure: MA Human Rights

Mode of Study

Students may take the MA programme on a full or part time basis.

Duration

Teaching is delivered in the format of lectures, classes and seminars, taking place in the first and second academic periods (September-April).

Full-time students will normally attend for two or three days a week, and complete their dissertation in the third academic period.

Part-time students will normally attend for one or two days each week over two years. Students take three modules per year, comprising of three core modules and three elective modules. Dissertation tutors are allocated towards the end of year one to allow ample time to complete the dissertation due at the end of year two.

Dissertation

The dissertation of 15,000 words accounts for 60 credits out of a total of 180 credits for the MA degree. Full time students should present their dissertations by September of the year following entrance.

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