Course, master’s level
15 credits
Malmö | daytime | 100%
19 January 2026 - 29 March 2026
Course code: GP629L

This course is offered as part of programme:

Course content

The course engages with important aspects of theory of science, methodology and research methods relevant to Global Politics. Covering all aspects of the research process, the objective is to enhance the students capacity to plan, carry out and report research as well as critically review and compare the research of others. The course combines general overview and comparison of philosophical standpoints and research designs, with concrete specialization in methods of data collection and interpretation.

Entry requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social science, and the equivalent of English 6 from Swedish upper secondary school

Course literature

Current literature list is available in the syllabus for the course

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Contact

For more information about the education:

GPSstudent@mau.se