BSc Politics and Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: CCC - CDD
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods and Social & Cultural Analysis. The course covers regional politics across the Middle East, Europe, North America, East Asia, and South Asia, and offers an optional placement year for professional experience.
Modules
- Introduction to Studying and Researching Politics
- British Politics since 1990
- Introduction to Social Theory
- Becoming a Social Scientist
- The Making of the Modern World
- What’s Trending (Current Affairs in Politics and International Relations)
- Political Theories and Ideologies
- Comparative Government and Politics
- Research Methods
- Advanced Research Methods
- Politics and Society of the Middle East
- West European Politics and Society
- North American Politics and Society
- East Asian Politics and Society
- South Asian Politics and Society
- The Politics and Policies of the European Union
- Political Economy: Approaches, Concepts and Issues
- International Climate Politics
- Social Theory for a Changing World
- Global Society
- Embodiment and Feminist Theory
- Media and Society
- Kith and Kin: Family Lives in a Social Context
- Material Worlds: Culture, Objects and Practices
- Racisms
- Digital Methods for Social Science and the Humanities
- Integrated Placement Year
- Research Skills and Politics Dissertation
- Dissertation (Sociology)
- African Politics: From the Colonial Period to the Present Day
- The American Presidency
- Chinese Politics and Society
- Writing and Reporting of Conflict and Violence
- EuroSim: Learning Negotiation through Simulation Games
- Gender and Politics
- Interest Groups and Lobbying
- Politics and Islam: Past and Present
- Politics of Development
- Religion and Politics in Contemporary Europe
- Sport and Politics
- Technology and Digital Politics
- Debates in Contemporary British Politics
- Political Parties
- Understanding Foreign Policies
- Work, Organisations and Society
- Bodies, Power and Resistance
- Contemporary Social Movements
- Corporate Power
- Pregnancy and Politics
- Education for the 21st Century
- Religion and Society
- Migration, Borders and Belonging
- Health Policy
- The Challenges of Climate Change
- Community Engagement
- Elites