BA Politics and Sociology
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall. BTEC: BTEC options considered
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Sociology and Politics and International Relations, a degree situated within the fields of sociology, politics, and international relations. Core topics include Research Methods, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a final-year dissertation as part of their studies. The first year introduces foundational themes through modules such as Introduction to Political Theory, Introduction to Social Divisions, and The Sociological Imagination. The second year progresses to advanced study with modules including Modern Sociological Theory, Comparative Politics, and Research Design. The final year involves further specialisation through options like Contemporary Social Theory, Social Policy, Inequality and the Life Course, and Environmental and climate politics, alongside a dissertation project.
Modules
- Pathways to Political Research I
- Pathways to Political Research II
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Introduction to Social Divisions
- Social Problems and Social Policy: Social Science in Action Part 2
- The Sociological Imagination
- Understanding Politics
- Modern Sociological Theory
- Comparative Politics
- Research Design
- AI Essentials and Geopolitics
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy in Europe
- Enterprising Solutions to Social Problems
- Gender and Sexuality
- Global Governance
- Globalisation, Capitalism and Welfare
- Housing, Home and Place: Issues in Policy
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of East Asia
- International Relations Theory
- International Security
- Parties and Voters across the Globe
- Politics of Sex and Sexuality
- Politics of Sustainable Development
- Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging
- Race and Racism
- Russian Politics: From Revolution to Putin
- Sexuality and Identity Politics
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict
- The Politics of the European Union
- US Politics
- Contemporary Social Theory
- Dissertation
- Social Policy, Inequality and the Life Course
- Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation
- American Foreign and Security Policy
- Corruption and Clientelism: Global Perspective
- Environment and climate politics: from global to local
- Global Capitalism and Migration
- Global Security
- Identity in Middle East International Politics
- International Cooperation among Developing states
- International Negotiation
- Nuclear Crises
- Parliamentary Studies
- Rising Powers & Global Order
- Social Justice and Politics
- Statelessness and Citizenship
- The Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Politics of Protest and Dissent
- Sociology of Success and Spectacle
- Technology & Society