M.PHIL. POLITICAL SCIENCE
Each course is equivalent to 3 credit hours. All students shall have to pass the four (04) compulsory courses in the
first semester. In the second semester they can take any optional courses given bellow:
Compulsory Courses:
PS-101 Research Methodology in Social Sciences
PS-102 Comparative Politics Theory
PS-103 International Relations Theory
PS-104 International Political Economy
Optional Courses:
PS-201 Issues in Global Politics
PS-202 Organization Theory and Management
PS-203 Public Policy Governance and Sustainable Development
PS-204 Western Political Philosophy Selected Thinkers.
PS-205 Modern Islamic Political Philosophy
PS-206 Political Sociology
PS-207 The Muslim World and International Politics since 1945
PS-208 International Organizations in the contemporary World.
PS-209 Local Government; theory and Practice
PS-210 Area Study (Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, South Asia Etc.) The course will be
focused on one region only. Covering domestic politics of international relations or both.
PS-211 An in-depth study of a country or one of two inter-related issues
PS-212 Media and International Politics
PS-213 Representation, Elections and Electoral Process
PS-214 Politics and Society in Pakistan: An Issue-oriented course
PS-215 Issues and Dynamics of Muslim Identity and State Formation in South Asia in the 20th
Century (If any given semester, the course offering depends on the availability of Instructors.