BA Politics
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall.
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. Students may undertake a Politics in Action placement in the third year, working one day per week in settings such as Parliament, local government, NGOs, media organisations, and political parties. The course culminates in an independent dissertation researched and written under one-to-one supervision.
Modules
- Introduction to Politics and Government
- Introduction to International Relations
- Classic and Contemporary Readings in Politics and International Relations
- Researching Politics and International Relations: Methods, Techniques and Analysis
- Researching Politics and International Relations: Analysis, Design and Practice
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Democracy in Britain
- Modern Political Thought
- Introduction to Political Communication
- International Political Economy
- War and Security in World Politics
- Government and Politics of the United States
- Politics Outside the West
- Politics and/or International Relations Dissertation
- European Union Public Policy
- Politics in Action: The Politics and International Relations Experience Placement
- Radical Political Theory I: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche
- The Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe
- US Foreign Policy - History
- The Politics of Africa
- Political Theories of Freedom
- Politics of the Law and Rights
- Comparative Political Leadership
- Military Change in the 21st Century
- Young People's Politics
- Leadership, Power and the British Prime Ministership
- American Political Development
- Global Health Policy
- Politics of South Asia
- Social Diversity and Political Representation
- Parliamentary Studies
- Freedom of Expression: Concepts and Controversies
- Latin American Politics
- Defence and Security Governance
- The Political Economy of Racial Injustice
- Narrative in World Politics
- Radical Political Theory II: Critical Theory and Poststructuralism
- Why and How People Vote
- Identity, Emotions and Trauma in International Politics
- Ethnic Politics and Ethnic Conflict
- Global Environmental Politics
- Issues in Democratic Theory
- Gender and Nationalism in the Middle East and South Asia