BSc Politics
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Politics, a politics and international relations degree focused on political systems, political thought, and public policy. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The final year includes an independent dissertation project allowing investigation into a specific political topic. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory study of A (Dis) United Kingdom? An introduction to British Politics, Comparative Politics, Crises of the 21st Century, and Engaging Political Ideas. The second year examines the theoretical underpinnings of democratic states through compulsory modules such as The Struggle for Democracy. Optional modules across later stages allow specialisation in areas like Chinese Politics, Ethics of War, and Philosophy and Ethics in Psychology and AI. The final year centres on the completion of the Dissertation in Politics & International Relations alongside advanced optional study.
Modules
- A (Dis) United Kingdom? An introduction to British Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Crises of the 21st Century
- Engaging Political Ideas
- Introduction to International Relations
- Simple Liars, Damned Liars and Experts: the use of empirical research in social science
- Understanding the Social World
- Foundations of Modern Politics
- Global Dilemmas: Reading Contemporary Politics
- Population and Society
- The Struggle for Democracy
- Animal Ethics, Animal Minds
- Children and Human Rights
- Chinese Politics
- Collective Action and Social Change
- Comparative Party Politics
- Contemporary Theories of Justice
- Democratic Theory
- Education Policy and Reforms: Global Experiences and Local Contexts
- Ethics of Global Poverty
- Ethics of War
- European Power and the Geopolitics of Europe and Asia
- Gender and Society
- Gender, Power and Politics
- Global Justice: Poverty, Inequality and the Environment
- Globalisation and World Politics
- Green Political Thought: Humans and other stories
- Introduction to Experiments in Social Science
- Introduction to Social Data Analytics
- Migration, Borders, Refuge: Political Ethics in an Age of Mobility
- Moral Philosophy
- Partisans, Public Opinion and Elections: Understanding the Political Mind
- Political Philosophy
- Political Thinking
- Politics and Protest
- Population Change in Low and Middle Income Countries
- Public Opinion in Action: What we know and how we know it
- Qualitative Research in Politics & International Relations
- Race and Ethnicity in Society
- Reinventing Democracy: Innovation, Participation and Power
- The Government Lab
- Dissertation in Politics & International Relations
- Children and Human Rights
- Chinese Politics
- Collective Action and Social Change
- Comparative Party Politics
- Contemporary Theories of Justice
- Democratic Theory
- Education Policy and Reforms: Global Experiences and Local Contexts
- Ethics of War
- European Power and the Geopolitics of Europe and Asia
- Gender and Society
- Gender, Power and Politics
- Global Justice: Poverty, Inequality and the Environment
- Globalisation and World Politics
- Green Political Thought: Humans and other stories
- Introduction to Experiments in Social Science
- Migration, Borders, Refuge: Political Ethics in an Age of Mobility
- Partisans, Public Opinion and Elections: Understanding the Political Mind
- Philosophy and Ethics in Psychology and AI
- Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
- Politics and Protest
- Population and Reproductive Health
- Public Opinion in Action: What we know and how we know it
- Race and Ethnicity in Society
- Reinventing Democracy: Innovation, Participation and Power
- The Ethics of Climate Change
- The Government Lab