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Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT01	Research Thesis - Year 1		P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	0	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
HR610	Personal and Professional Development	5	Year long	0	100	2
LC600	English for Academic Purposes	5	Autumn Semester	0	100	1
LC604	Navigating the Academic Publishing Landscape	5	Year long	0	100	1
LG5024	EU Institutional Law	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5028	Legal and Socio-Legal Research Skills	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5036	Research & Methods in EU Law & Policy	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5058	Counter-Terrorism in Europe	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG5059	Law and Politics of Brexit	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG602	Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences 1	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG608	Research Methods	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG609	Research Design for the Social Sciences	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT610	Qualitative Research Methods	5	7	0	100	2
MT611	Quantitative Research Methods	5	Year long	0	100	2
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP603	Philosophical Texts: A Reading Group	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT02	Research Thesis - Year 2		P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT03	Research Thesis - Year 3		P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT04	Research Thesis - Year 4		P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT05	Research Thesis - Year 5		P	100	0	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT06	Research Thesis - Year 6		P	100	0	1

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT01	Research Thesis - Year 1		P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules,

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	0	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
HR610	Personal and Professional Development	5	Year long	0	100	2
LC600	English for Academic Purposes	5	Autumn Semester	0	100	1
LG5024	EU Institutional Law	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5028	Legal and Socio-Legal Research Skills	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5036	Research & Methods in EU Law & Policy	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
LG5059	Law and Politics of Brexit	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG608	Research Methods	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG609	Research Design for the Social Sciences	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MT610	Qualitative Research Methods	5	7	0	100	2
MT611	Quantitative Research Methods	5	Year long	0	100	2
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP603	Philosophical Texts: A Reading Group	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT02	Research Thesis - Year 2		P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT03	Research Thesis - Year 3		P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT04	Research Thesis - Year 4		P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT05	Research Thesis - Year 5		P	100	0	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPT06	Research Thesis - Year 6		P	100	0	1