BA Politics
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted Access to HE: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations, combining the study of political systems with international affairs. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Historical Research, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The course includes a work placement module where students arrange their own placements. The programme incorporates Welsh political context, including modules on devolution and the Welfare State in Wales.
Modules
- Principles of Politics: Studying the political world
- Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World
- Social Policy and Society
- The Welfare State and Social Policy in Wales
- Issues in Media, Journalism and Politics
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Living the Good Life
- Introduction to Modern History, 1815-1914
- Introduction to Modern History
- Introduction to Sociology
- Sociology and the Contemporary World
- Social Divisions
- Wales in the Modern World
- Twentieth Century Ideas and Movements
- Contemporary Social and Political Debates
- Social and Political Research
- Research Methods
- Sociology of Religion
- Poverty and Inequality
- Classical Social Theory
- Crime and the Media
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Media, Politics and Society
- Applied Ethics
- Work Placement
- Exorcism
- Media Law
- Law, Justice and Rights
- Housing Policy
- Theorizing Society and Politics Today
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Political Philosophy
- Applied Ethics
- Media History
- History of the Media
- Re-igniting the Dragon: Wales since 1939
- Reawakening the Dragon
- Work Placement
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