Politics and Sociology with Study Abroad BA

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The BA Politics and Sociology with study abroad degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

You'll take half of your credits in Politics and the remaining credits in Sociology.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1 Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits SOC1037Introduction to Social Analysis: Classical Social Theory 15 SOC1038Introduction to Social Analysis: Contemporary Social Theory 15 SOC1019Contemporary Society – Themes and Perspectives 15 SOC1020Contemporary Society – Fields and Case Studies 15 Optional modules

Students take 60 credits from the Level 1 Politics Programme.

CodeModuleCredits Politics modules POL1001ABritish Government and Politics15 POL1006State and Society15 POL1016AHistory and Political Thought I15 POL1016BHistory of Political Thought 2 15 POL1017Globalization of World Politics 15 POL1018Facing the Challenges of World Politics in the Twenty-First Century 15 POL1019Power and Democracy 15 POL1020Politics in Europe 15 POL1023Politics and Economy of the Contemporary Middle East15 POL1905Employability0 Year 2 Optional modules

Students to choose 60 credits of modules from Level 2/3 of the Sociology Programme

AND

Students to choose 60 credits of modules from the Level 2 Politics Programme

CodeModuleCredits Sociology level 2 modules SOC2004Into the Field 15 SOC2005Theoretical Sociology 30 SOC2050Knowing the Social: perception, memory and representation15 Sociology level 3 modules SOC3016Gender and Society30 SOC3028Media in Society15 SOC3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 SOC3030Sociology of Art and Culture15 SOC3040Dissertation 30 SOC3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 SOC3074Cyborg Studies 30 SOC3084Ethnomusicology15 SOC3085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 SOC3086Addiction 30 SOC3087Disability and Society15 SOC3088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 SOC3333Career Planning Workshops0 Politics level 2 modules POL2020Contemporary Theories of World Politics 15 POL2026Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas15 POL2027The Politics of the World Economy15 POL2038International Relations, War and Peace in the Middle East 15 POL2046The Economics of Politics 15 POL2047American Politics15 POL2050Political Philosophy 15 POL2057Security Studies 15 POL2059Political Thought of Modernity15 POL2060Public Policy and Administration 15 POL2062Comparative Politics: Approaches and Concepts 15 POL2068Global Justice and Transnational Democracy15 POL2070Quantitative methods in political science15 POL2071Experimental Research in the Social Sciences15 POL2072Race Ethnicity and Politics15 Year 3

Students spend this stage in a partner University on an Erasmus/Socrates exchange or other approved programme of study. The year abroad comprises 120 credits. Assessment is normally based on the credits gained at the partner institution

Year 4

The centre-point of the final year is the dissertation. This provides you with the opportunity to explore an area of interest and to demonstrate what you have learned over the previous years of your degree. You will also take up to three other specialist modules to create a programme of work fully reflecting your interests.

Optional modules

Students to choose 60 credits from Level 2/3 of the Sociology Programme.

AND

Students to choose 60 credits from the Level 3 Politics programme

CodeModuleCredits Sociology level 2 modules SOC2004Into the Field 15 SOC2005Theoretical Sociology 30 SOC2019Introduction to quantitative research15 SOC2050Knowing the Social: perception, memory and representation15 SOC2222Career Planning Workshops0 Sociology level 3 modules SOC3016Gender and Society30 SOC3028Media in Society15 SOC3029Sociology and Philosophy of Globalisation15 SOC3030Sociology of Art and Culture15 SOC3040Dissertation 30 SOC3046AThe Holocaust, Genocide and Society30 SOC3084Ethnomusicology15 SOC3085Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control15 SOC3086Addiction 30 SOC3087Disability and Society15 SOC3088Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society15 Politics level 3 modules POL3069Globalisation and the Politics of Resistance 30 POL3070Electoral Politics 30 POL3074The Politics of Climate Change30 POL3120War and Public Opinion30 POL3123Strategy in the Twenty-First Century: From Idea to Practice30 POL3124Anarchism and World Ordering30 POL3125The History and Political Development of Iraq15 POL3126Ethno-Politics: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies15 POL3127EU Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and North Africa30 POL3128Armed Islamist Movements: Jihadism and Beyond15 POL3129Politics and Reform in the Gulf15 POL3136Political Psychology30 POL3148Human Rights and the Political 30 POL3153Justice, Democracy and Civil Society.30 POL3156Central Asian Politics 30 POL3166Comparing Western Democracies: Parties, Elites, Institutions30 POL3168War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict30 POL3170Marxism and Post-Structuralism 30 POL3174International Security and US Foreign Policy 30 POL3175Nationalisms in the Middle East15 POL3177The Refugee Crisis in the Modern World30 POL3179City Politics: Power, Policy and Conflict30 POL3180Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections30 POL3184Politics of Semi-democratic and Authoritarian Countries30 POL3186BGender, Militarization and Resistance 30 POL3187Sub-National and Local Governance: A Practice Approach30