Course summary
The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (October/November 2022). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas The MPhil in Global and Area Studies draws on the multidisciplinary and area expertise of OSGA's seven regional centres, to deliver an innovative Comparative Area Studies programme, which addresses contemporary global challenges through developing innovative multidisciplinary approaches. The overall objectives of the MPhil are:
- To provide you with a multi-/interdisciplinary and comparative understanding of different regions of the world;
- To allow you to work on key thematic global challenges from a comparative area studies perspective;
- To equip you with the conceptual and theoretical expertise to interrogate the notions of ‘area’, ‘comparative area’ and the implications for disciplinary enquiry;
- To embed inter-cultural understanding and global citizenship in the study of area;
- To develop research methods and skills that are appropriate for the comparative study of areas and regions including through the development of new digital approaches for area studies; and
- To promote a wider international network of area studies scholars and practitioners.
- Theories and Approaches in Global and Area Studies
- Comparative Area Studies
- Research Methods for Social Sciences and Humanities
- Area Studies immersion
- Specialist Area Studies Options
- Comparative Area Studies Research Thesis.
- Core Course 1- Competing Approaches in Area Studies
- One Comparative Area Studies Course from a list of options
- Research Methods: Qualitative Methods
- One additional research methods course: Quantitative Methods or Historical Methods
- One Area Studies course from a list of options.
- Core Course 2 - Global Area Studies Seminar
- Two Area (or Comparative Area, or other approved) Studies courses from a list of options.
Entry requirements
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