Politics (Single Honours)

Entry Requirements

• A Level: BBB/ ABC
• International Baccalaureate: 32 points
• BTEC: DDM.   
• GSCE: English Language and Mathematics or Science at C or above
• Completion of Diploma 1 with 7 or above. 
• STPM Principal passes in a minimum of three subjects. Distinction comparable to A level grade A, Credit (higher) comparable to A level grade B and Credit (lower) comparable to A level grade C. Check A level requirements for your chosen course.

English Language Requirement

• IELTS: 6.0 (subtests 5.5)             
• Pearson, PTE: 59 (components 51)           
• Cambridge English First(foundations) and Advanced: 169 (subtests 162)

Curriculum

First year

Core modules: 

• Why Politics Matters
• British Politics Since 1945
• Modern Democracies
• Authority & Power

Elective modules: 

• Introduction to International Relations
• The Changing World: A History of International Relations since 1945
• The Politics of Sustainability
• Media in America
• Debates in American Politics
• Environmental Ethics
• Introduction to Global Political Economy
• Securing Global Order

Second year

Core modules:

• Approaches to Political Analysis

Optional core modules: 

• Freedom and Equality
• Why Policy Changes

Elective modules: 

• Balkan Politics & Society
• Contemporary International Relations Theory
• Environmental Politics & Policy
• German Government & Politics
• Russian Politics and Society
• The United Nations inWorld Politics
• U.S. Government & Politics
• Study Abroad
• British Government & Politics
• Comparing the US and UK
• International Relations of Eurasia
• Peace, Conflict and Security: Theories and Practice
• Power to the People: understanding the origins of Western politics
• Quantitative Methods
• The European Union: Institutions and Policies
• The Practice of Politics
• Work Experience in Politics, International Relations and Philosophy 

Third year

Core modules:

• Researching and Dissertation Writing in Politics and International Relations 

Elective modules:

• Arms Control and Disarmament
• Communism and Post-Communism in Eastern Europe
• Democracy in Post-authoritarian states: Austria in Comparative Perspective
• Eco-Cities
• Education Politics and Policy
• The European Union and Eastern Europe
• Feminist Theory
• Human Rights: Concepts, Norms and Identities
• Individual and Community
• Political Parties: Origins and Organisation
• Russia and Europe: Hopes for Partnership, Legacy of Confrontation
• Soviet Foreign Policy from Khrushchev to Gorbachev
• Sport in Global Politics: A Neglected Dimension
• The European Union and Eastern Europe
• The Global South
• The Left in Modern Politics
• The Missing Dimension: Conspiracies, Spying and International Relations
• The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
• The Modern Middle East: Conflict, Competition and Cooperation
• The US Presidency
• Understanding Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• British State and Society in the Cold War
• Citizenship and the Environment
• Citizenship in Theory and Practice
• Complex Social-Ecological Systems
• End of Empire
• Environmental Politics in the US
• Gender, Justice and the Environment
• Modern Russia
• Party Systems and Elections
• Policing International Order
• Political Parties in Divided Societies: Austria in Comparative Perspective
• Proliferation
• Protest and Social Movements
• Risk, Security and Liberal Governance
• The Extreme Right inWestern Europe
• The Foundations of Political Economy
• The Northern Dimension: Resources, Environment and Security in the Arctic
• The Other Middle East: Power, People and Politics
• Urban Politics