Philosophy: Philosophy of Law, Governance and Politics

The two-year programme consists of the following components:

• MA courses in the discipline outside philosophy 
• Two specialist courses in Philosophy of Political Science
• The core seminar 
• One mandatory course in Practical Philosophy 
• Two elective courses in Philosophy
• Master’s thesis, thesis seminar, and exam 

Students have the opportunity to do an internship, and/or to participate in an exchange programme with another research university.

Future employers are interested not only in the subject-related knowledge that you acquired during your study programme, but also in the ‘transferable skills’. These include cognitive skills, such as critical thinking, reasoning and argumentation and innovation; intrapersonal skills, such as flexibility, initiative, appreciating diversity and metacognition; and interpersonal skills, such as communication, accountability and conflict resolution. In short, they are skills that all professionals need in order to perform well.

It is therefore important that during your study programme you not only acquire as much knowledge as possible about your subject, but also are aware of the skills you have gained and the further skills you still want to learn. 

The skills you may encounter in the various courses are:

• Collaboration
• Persuasion
• Research
• Self-directed learning
• Creative thinking