作为理解我们人类状况的关键部分，政治理论一直被认为是一项有价值的活动。然而，近来，当代社会的变化使得这种对政治的系统思考对于理解和参与我们自己国家和一个新的全球化世界的生活是必不可少的。政治理论解决了政府，媒体，民间社会团体和个人公民所关心的更为直接的政治和政策实践问题。结合了严格的分析方法和富有想象力的解决方案来分析这些问题。该计划旨在让学生成为批判性思维和对政治理论关键问题的反思的专家，能够在实践政治领域中参与最前沿的哲学辩论及其实际应用
As a crucial part of understanding our human condition, political theory has always been held to be a valuable activity. More recently, however, changes in contemporary societies have made such systematic thinking about politics indispensable to understanding and participating in the life of our own state and a newly global world.Political theory addresses the more immediate practical concerns of politics and policy that are of concern to governments, the media, civil society groups and individual citizens.Combines a rigorous approach to analysing these problems with an imaginative search for solutions.Careers EmployabilityGraduates work with a wide variety of international private-sector employers, government agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations in roles such as: academics, policy analysts, diplomats, lawyers, journalists.Recent graduates of UCD School of Politics International Relations now work in: UK Foreign Office, US State Department, Irish Civil Service, University College London, and University of Melbourne.DURATION:1 Years 2 Years