MA Human Rights

As a minimum, an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard; Applicants should ideally have a background in any social, historical, political science or humanities subject (history, international relations, philosophy, law, political theory, geography, development studies, economics) or a related subject. Relevant practical or work experience in a related field may also be taken into account.

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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies

The MA in Human Rights has been running for over 10 years with graduates working in an impressive number of international, national, governmental and non-governmental institutions and organisations as researchers, policy-makers and campaigners.

Compulsory modules

• The Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights
• International Law and Human Rights
• Human Rights: Politics and Practice
• Dissertation
• Doing Human Rights Work
• Qualitative Methods: Interviews, Observations and Mixed Methods
• Causal Inference
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods
• Normative Methods, Legal Analysis and Research Skills
• Qualitative Methods: Using Texts, Transcripts and Images
• Qualitative Methods: Case Studies and Comparative Analysis

Optional modules

• Qualitative Methods: Interviews, Observations and Mixed Methods
• Causal Inference
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods
• Normative Methods, Legal Analysis and Research Skills
• Qualitative Methods: Using Texts, Transcripts and Images
• Qualitative Methods: Case Studies and Comparative Analysis
• reasonable adjustments
• Student Support and Wellbeing Services
• UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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• UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services.