BSc Politics
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. An optional placement year offers work experience in organisations such as the House of Commons or HM Treasury. Students can also study abroad at partner universities in Europe, China, or the USA.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Explaining Politics: Quantitative Political Science in Practice
- From Student to Scholar: Successful Research in the Modern World
- Theories of International Relations
- Climate Politics
- Gender, Sexuality and Feminism
- Insurgency and Counter-insurgency
- Issues in American Politics
- Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
- Military History and Strategic Thought
- National Security Intelligence
- Plato’s Republic
- South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
- The State and Revolution
- Advanced Research Skills for History
- Dissertation
- Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Environment and Sustainability
- European Union Politics: Problems and Prospects
- Great Power Competition: Russia, China and the USA
- International Development: Politics and Policy
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Media, Politics & Power in America
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Parliamentary Studies
- Politics and Digital Cultures
- Political Economy of the Changing World Order
- Political Satire and Comedy
- Public Policy Analysis
- Terrorism and Counterterrorism
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict