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BA Politics

University of Leicester

Institution
University of Leicester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Politics BA
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
L200
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. Politics has been taught at the university since the 1940s, and students may spend a year studying abroad. A dissertation is required in the final year, and guest speakers have included MPs and members of the US Congress.

Modules

  • Feminism
  • The American Presidency
  • The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
  • International Migration in the Age of Securitisation
  • The Conservatives: Crisis and Recovery
  • Global Justice and Human Rights
  • Political Legacies of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  • Emotions in Conflict and Cooperation
  • Comparative Public Opinion
  • Animals and the Environment
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
  • Daring to be Free: The Women's Movement, 1850s to 1970s
  • Brexit and British Politics
  • American Political Development
  • Politics of Contemporary War and Conflict
  • The Politics of Slavery
  • The Politics of Contemporary British Foreign Policy
  • Gender, Race and War
  • Politics, Conflict and Statecraft in Africa
  • Grenfell: Violence and the Possibility of Non-Violence
  • Race, Caste and Political Theory
  • The Political Theory of Disobedience and Protests
  • Queer IR: Sexuality and Global Politics
  • The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World 1830-1914
  • The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
  • The Death Penalty and its Abolition: A Global History
  • How to change the world
  • Key Concepts in International Relations
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics: Europe and the USA
  • Fake News Studying a World in Crisis
  • Key Concepts in Politics
  • Order and Disorder: International Relations 1945 to the Present
  • Political Parties in Contemporary Britain
  • Preparing for your Dissertation
  • European Union Politics
  • Contemporary Political Philosophy: Theories of Justice
  • Political Ideas
  • International Theory
  • The Curious Feminist: Gender in Global Politics
  • Politics of the Global South
  • A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1950
  • Beastly Histories
  • Fight the Power! Race, Rights and Protest in the USA
  • International Security Studies
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • Governing Societies in Conflict
  • Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
  • History in the Classroom
  • Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
  • World's End: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Environmental Crises