Course details
Government affects our day-to-day lives. It affects the food we eat, the healthcare we receive and the taxes we pay. Modern-day governance occurs at many levels: local, regional, national, European and international.
The MSc in Government helps you understand contemporary government governance. In doing so it examines issues such as developments in democratic theory, regulatory reform, governance and international relations. It also examines contemporary policy debates at the local, national, European and international levels, looking at political reform in the Irish context, the changing dynamics of European governance as well as the challenges faced by democracy and the protection/advancement of human rights in the twenty-first century.
The MSc in Government is suitable for graduates of social science, arts, commerce, law or related disciplines.
Course Details
The course combines six taught modules with a 15,000–20,000 word research dissertation.
Modules (60 credits)
- GV6102 Political Science Research Methods (10 credits)
- GV6103 Democracy and Rights in a Changing World (10 credits)
- GV6104 Political Participation and Mobilisation (10 credits)
- GV6113 Regulatory Reform (10 credits)
- GV6114 Changing Dynamics of Governance (10 credits)
- GV6115 European Security: Challenges, Policy, Institutions (10 credits)
All modules are examined through continuous assessment.
The course will enable you to develop your research and analytical skills in the areas of government, political science and public policy. It will also give you a number of other skills, including:
- data analysis
- research, communication and writing skills
- policy analysis, critical, systematic and independent thinking
- presentation skills
The course will prepare you for positions in government, international organisations, the private, community and voluntary sectors and PhD research. Our graduates have found employment as parliamentary researchers, journalists, analysts in the banking and IT industries, press officers, teachers and some have gone on to PhD research.
Course Practicalities
Lectures for full-time students of the MSc Government take place all day Thursday and Friday. The course is designed in this way to provide students with ample time to read the materials discussed in advance of the seminar style classes and to prepare the presentations that are part of the ongoing continuing assessment.
This format also facilitates part-time students.
In year 1, part-time students take the following modules:
- GV6104 Political Participation and Mobilisation
- GV6113 Regulatory Reform
- GV6114 The Changing Dynamics of Governance
- GV6115 European Security: Challenges, Policy, Institutions
These modules take place on Fridays in semesters 1 and 2.
In year 2 part-time students take:
- GV6102 Political Science Research Methods
- GV6103 Democracy and Rights in a Changing World
- GV6106 Dissertation
These modules are timetabled for Thursdays in semesters 1 and 2.
In recent years, students on the MSc Government have travelled on a field trip to PSAI (Political Science Association of Ireland) public events in Dublin.
Assessment
All of the modules on this course are examined through continuous assessment. A variety of assessment methods are used. Examples include:
- in-class presentations
- reports
- article reviews
- book reviews
- blog contributions
- posters
- portfolios and essays
Course Location
About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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