BA Politics
Entry requirements
A-Level: AAB IB: 34/665 BTEC: DDD
About this course
BA in Politics, a politics and international relations degree centred on political philosophy, governance structures, and international affairs. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme includes options for an employment experience pathway and flexible module choices across all years. The first year covers core foundations through modules such as Critical Skills for Politics and International Relations, Classical Political Thought, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Global Sustainability Policy and Governance. The second year advances analytical abilities with compulsory studies including The Economics of Politics, Political Thought of Modernity, Explaining Public Policies, and Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations. Optional modules allow students to explore specialised areas ranging from Middle Eastern politics and security studies to social data analysis and environmental governance.
Modules
- Critical Skills for Politics and International Relations
- Classical Political Thought
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Global Sustainability Policy and Governance
- Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival
- Globalisation of World Politics
- The Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century
- Early Modern Political Thought
- International Politics of the Global South
- The State of the UK: Identifying Marginalised Identities and Addressing Inequalities
- The Politics of Development
- Introduction to Public Policy and Administration
- Population and Society
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Social Data
- Data Analysis in Social Science 1
- The Economics of Politics
- Political Thought of Modernity
- Explaining Public Policies
- Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations
- Employment Experience HASS
- Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
- Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East
- Islamic Law and Society
- Ethnography of the Middle East
- Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel
- Muslims in Britain
- A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014
- Contemporary Theories of World Politics
- The Politics of the World Economy
- American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- Security Studies
- Comparative Electoral Systems
- Environmental Governance
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3