入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree. Relevant work and voluntary experience will be considered, particularly in cases where candidates fall short of the academic requirement.
英语要求：IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.5 in Writing and 6.0 in the other sections. Internet TOEFL with 90 overall including 24 in Speaking and 25 in Writing.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £10,900
课程特征 Course Features：
The MA will be particularly relevant to those wishing to pursue a career in international organisations, development agencies, government ministries, NGOs or journalism and is an excellent training for doctoral study. No prior knowledge of economics is required, only a willingness to think critically about contemporary global transformations.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Autumn term: Contemporary Theories in Global Political Economy ▪ Global Political Economy.
Spring term: you take two options from Complex Humanitarian Emergencies ▪ East Asia the International Political Economy ▪ Genocide in World Politics ▪ Global Governance and Multinationality ▪ Human Rights in International Relations ▪ International Law in World Politics ▪ International Relations in World History ▪ Irregular Warfare ▪ NGOs, Social Movements and Global Civil Society ▪ Peace Processes and Post-Conflict Reconstruction ▪ Religions, Cultures and Civilisations in International Relations ▪ Rethinking Imperialism ▪ Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign and Security Policy ▪ The Ethics and Politics of Globalisation ▪ The Global Politics of Disease ▪ The Middle East in Global Order ▪ The Political Economy of Development ▪ The Political Economy of Global Finance ▪ War, Violence and Society.
Please note that not all of these options will necessarily be available in any given year. You may be allowed to take your second option from within other MA programmes at Sussex: for example, those in contemporary European studies, international development or social and political thought.
Summer term and vacation: you take Research Design and Method, which provides a forum to collaborate in developing your individual research project. You then undertake work on your dissertation.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Contemporary Theories in Global Political Economy is assessed by unseen examinations. The Global Political Economy course is assessed by a 5,000-word term paper. Each spring-term option is generally assessed by a 5,000-word term paper. The Research Design and Method course is assessed by a 2,500-word research outline paper. You will also submit a dissertation of 10,000 words.
职业机会Career opportunities:
The MA in Global Political Economy will be particularly relevant to those wishing to pursue a career in international organisations, development agencies, government ministries, NGOs or journalism and is an excellent training for doctoral study.