BSc Politics
City St George's, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall. A minimum of 5 in Standard Level English and a minimum of 4 in Standard Level Mathematics will be required.
About this course
BSc in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include programming, research methods, and policy analysis. The programme offers an optional placement or study-abroad year and includes a micro-placement at a politics-related institution such as an NGO, think tank, or parliament. Students may undertake a supervised research project on a topic of their choosing.
Modules
- Emerging Issues in International Politics
- Introduction to Politics
- Approaches in Comparative Politics
- Studying Politics
- Modern Political Thought: History and Theory
- The Bigger Picture: History in Contemporary Politics and Culture
- London in the World: History, Economics and Politics
- Finding your Future in Politics and History
- Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics
- Practical Politics
- Comparative Capitalism
- Authoritarianism and Democracy in the 21st Century
- Security Studies
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Analysing Political and Economic Data in the Real World
- The Global Political Economy of Development
- Global Governance
- Ethics and Global Politics
- International Political Sociology
- Fifty Shades of Red – Russia in the Twentieth Century
- The American Century: The United States in the Twentieth Century
- The Making of Modern South Asia
- The History and Politics of Modern China
- Interdisciplinary elective modules:
- Fundamentals of Business and Management
- Introduction to Programming and Algorithms
- Media and Communication for Practice and the Professions
- Sustainability and Climate Change
- Micro-Placement
- Language modules
- Politics Dissertation
- Ethnicity and nationalism: Global comparisons
- Sexuality and Gender in World Politics
- Populism: Economic, Political and Social Perspectives
- Political Psychology: Emotion and reason in politics
- European Politics
- Race and Capitalism
- Comparative Asian Politics
- International Politics of the Middle East
- American Foreign Policy
- Global Money and Finance
- Technology, Money, Power
- Researching the Corporation
- The Offshore World
- Protests, Social Movements and Global Change
- Strategic Studies
- Peace and Justice in Post-Conflict Societies
- Global South in International Politics
- Revolution: Rebels and Riots in Modern History
- Genocide and the Holocaust in History and Memory
- Humanitarianism and International intervention
- History of International Law
- The Politics of War
- Finance in the Global South
- Micro-Placement
- Industry Projects
- Summer Internship
- Language modules