BA (Hons) Politics and Social Policy - Full-time

Bachelor's degree

In Lincoln

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lincoln

  • Duration

    3 Years

Domestic and global politics are at the heart of society, and these courses provide an insight into how political institutions respond to the needs of a changing society and tackle some of its most pressing problems.

BA (Hons) Politics and Social Policy at Lincoln combines a detailed exploration of political ideas, institutions, and processes, with an in-depth analysis of how policies are developed and implemented to deal with the world’s social problems.

As well as addressing big questions about concepts such as democracy and equality, the course provides an opportunity to examine and experience the policy responses to social problems affecting our communities.

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Location

Start date

Lincoln (Lincolnshire)
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About this course

The programme includes a strong emphasis on skills development. Students can begin to collect and analyse data from day one, providing the chance to develop transferable research and analytical skills.

United Kingdom
GCE Advanced Levels: BCC
International Baccalaureate: 28 points overall

Non UK Qualifications:
EU and Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. For information regarding other English language qualifications we accept, please visit the English Requirements page

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Subjects

  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
  • International
  • Global
  • Full Time
  • Culture
  • Society
  • Understanding
  • Work
  • Resistance
  • Welfare Policy

Course programme

First Year
  • Applying Research (Social Sciences) (Core)
  • Key Social Science Concepts (Core)
  • Social Issues and Social Justice (Core)
  • Who Runs Britain? Power, Politics and Beyond (Core)
Second Year
  • (Re)Reading the Sociological Canon I (Option)
  • (Re)reading the Sociological Canon II (Option)
  • Applied Politics (Option)
  • Challenges of European Politics (Option)
  • Comparative Politics and Policy (Core)
  • Conceptualising Sex Work (Option)
  • Crime in Literature (Option)
  • Criminology in the Professions (Option)
  • Debating Welfare States (Core)
  • Diversity, Difference and Exclusion (Option)
  • Foreign Policy Analysis (Option)
  • Governing America (Option)
  • Ideology into Practice (Option)
  • Intelligence and Security Law (Option)
  • Internationalising Cultural Studies (Option)
  • Nations and Nationalism (Option)
  • Policing Crime and Deviance (Option)
  • Political Parties (Core)
  • Politics and Society in Contemporary China (Option)
  • Psychology in the Criminal Justice Process (Option)
  • Researching in Social Science (Option)
  • Researching Politics and International Relations (Option)
  • Social Engagement (Option)
  • Sociology of Education (Option)
  • Sociology of Religion (Option)
  • Thinking International Relations (Option)
  • Thinking Politics (Option)
  • Transnational Security Studies (Option)
  • Understanding the City (Option)
  • Understanding the European Union (Option)
  • Welfare Policy and Work (Option)
  • Work and Society (Option)
  • Youth Justice (Option)
  • Youth, Culture and Resistance (Option)
Third Year
  • Analysing the Policy Process (Core)
  • Body Politics (Option)
  • Care or control? Welfare institutions in Britain before the welfare state (Option)
  • Children, Families and the State (Option)
  • Counselling and Guidance Skills (Option)
  • Counter-Terrorism Studies (Option)
  • Crimes of the Powerful (Option)
  • Emotions in Everyday Social Life (Option)
  • Gender and Violence (Option)
  • Global Civil Society (Core)
  • Global Governance (Option)
  • Human Rights (Social Sciences) (Option)
  • Independent Study (Politics and International Relations) (Option)
  • Independent Study (Option)
  • International Law (Option)
  • International Relations of the Middle East (Option)
  • Multiculturalism and Britishness (Option)
  • Parliamentary Studies (Option)
  • Penology and Penal Policy (Option)
  • Police Studies (Option)
  • Psychology in Prisons (Option)
  • Race and Racism (Option)
  • The Colonial Present (Option)
  • The Developing World (Option)
  • The Politics of Energy (Option)
  • The Politics of Global Health (Option)
  • The Politics of Masculinity (Option)
  • The Politics of Migration in the UK and Western Europe (Option)
  • Understanding the Policy Process (Core)
  • War Crimes and Genocide (Option)
  • Working With Adults (Option)
  • Working With Children and Families (Option)

Additional information

full time
3-4 Years

International
£14,100 per level

BA (Hons) Politics and Social Policy - Full-time

Price on request