BA Politics (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 48 - 96 tariff points, from Level 3 qualifications* e.g. A Levels (including: AS-levels, General Studies) International Baccalaureate Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) BTEC Diplomas and Certificate are accepted and Cambridge Technical Diplomas / Certificates Cambridge Technical Diplomas and Certificates City & Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted Scottish Highers Irish Leaving Certificate is accepted T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis We also welcome applications from mature learners. Mature students and/or those with other qualifications are considered on individual merit
About this course
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations, combining political theory with historical and sociological perspectives. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme includes a foundation year designed as an alternative entry route, after which students progress to Year 1 of the standard three-year degree. Some modules are available through the medium of Welsh.
Modules
- Debating the Disciplines
- Essential Skills for the Arts and Humanities
- Arts, Humanities and the Future
- Introduction to Research and Inquiry
- Foundation Project
- Academic Skills
- Introduction to English Literature and Language
- Digital Communication
- Language of Music
- Transnational Cultures
- Beginners' Spanish
- Beginners' French
- 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
- Introduction to Modern History, 1815-1914
- 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
- Exorcism
- Poverty and Inequality
- Classical Social Theory
- Crime and the Media
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Media, Politics and Society
- Privacy and the Media
- Applied Ethics
- Re-igniting the Dragon: Wales since 1939
- Reawakening the Dragon
- Work Placement
- Sociology of Religion
- Media Law
- Law, Justice and Rights
- Housing Policy
- Theorizing Society and Politics Today
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Crime and the Media
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Applied Ethics
- Work Placement
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