BA Politics and Sociology
About this course
BA in Politics and Sociology, a sociology and politics and international relations degree centred on the study of social organisation, political institutions, and their interplay. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme offers a diverse range of optional modules across both disciplines to tailor studies. The first year builds foundational knowledge through compulsory modules including Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case Studies, Imagining Social Worlds, Power and Democracy, Classical Political Thought, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Global Sustainability Policy and Governance. Students can also choose from optional subjects such as Introduction to Social Anthropology, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analysis in Social Science 1. The second year advances learning with compulsory modules such as The Economics of Politics, Political Thought of Modernity, and Explaining Public Policies. Optional choices in later stages cover fields like Digital Society, Data Science in Society, Security Studies, and Sociology of Family and Gender.
Modules
- Contemporary Society: Themes, Perspectives and Case Studies
- Imagining Social Worlds
- Power and Democracy
- Classical Political Thought
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Global Sustainability Policy and Governance
- Introduction to Social Anthropology
- Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East
- 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
- Social Analysis
- Media and Society
- 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
- Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities
- Anthropology of the State
- Anthropology of Forced Migration
- Animals and Society
- Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
- Gender-Identity and Modernity in the Middle East
- Islamic Law and Society
- Conflict and Peacemaking Palestine/Israel
- Muslims in Britain
- A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014
- Forensic Science, Conflict and Justice
- On Violence
- Contemporary Theories of World Politics
- The Politics of the World Economy
- American Politics
- Political Philosophy
- Security Studies
- Introduction to Research Design in Politics and International Relations
- Comparative Electoral Systems
- Environmental Governance
- Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- Power and Domination
- Pharmaceutical Cultures
- Sociology of Family and Gender
- Disability and Society
- Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance
- Deception
- Digital Society
- Data Science in Society
- Aging, Health and Society
- Science, Technology and Society
- Politics of Food and Farming
- Emotions, the Body and the Social
- Addiction
- Bodies and Society
- BioSocieties
- Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism
- Cyborg Studies
- Environments and Societies
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3