BA (Hons) Politics

Entry Requirements

• A-level: BBB
• BTEC: DMM
• International Baccalaureate: 33 points including three HL subjects

English Language Requirements

• IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in the written test and no individual test lower than 6.0

Curriculum

Level 4

• Political Theory and Ideologies
• UK and European Comparative Governance and Politics
• World Politics 
• Introduction to Political Economy/The Politics of Other Cultures

Level 5

• An(other) Japan: Politics, Ideology and Culture
• Chinese Politics: The Revolutionary Era
• Contemporary International Relations Theories 
• Europe Since 1945
• Global Governance and World Order 
• Ideologies and Interests: Political Thought in Modern Britain  
• International Trade 
• International Monetary Economics  
• Liberalism and its Critics
• Modern Britain: Thatcher and After 
• Modern Political Theory 
• Political Economy
• Politics and International Relations of the Middle East 
• Politics of Vision
• Rough Politics 
• US Politics and Foreign Policy

Level 6

• An(other) China: Streetscenes of Politics
• An(other) IR – Views from the South
• Anarchism
• Beyond All Reason
• Britain and Europe
• Colonialism and Non-Western Political Thought 
• Companies in the World Economy  
• Critical Security Studies 
• Ethics and Economics of Environmental Protection
• Feminist Politics 
• Finance in the Global Political Economy   
• International Political Economy  
• Liberal Government and Power 
• Movements and Conflict in the Middle East: from the Arab Spring to ISIS
• Nationalist Conflict and International Intervention
• New Radical Political Economy
• Political Economy of the European Union 
• Politics of Conflict and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa  
• Rhetoric and Politics
• Work Placement

Assessment
Most modules in the first and second years are assessed by a combination of written essays and unseen examinations. Some might involve other forms of assessment such as blogs and policy reports.

In the third year, there is a greater focus on coursework, and a substantial dissertation on a topic chosen by you.