B.A. Politics and Economics (Hons)

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• ECO1002 Economic Analysis

• ECO1005 Economic Applications and Data Analysis

• ECO1010 Mathematics for Economics

• POL1131 Studying Political Economy: Ideas, Theories and Skills

Optional modules

You choose two modules from the list below:

• POL1017 Governing Under Pressure: The Politics of the UK and EU

• POL1032 Introduction to International Politics

• POL1046 Order and Disorder: The Shaping of the 21st Century

• POL1047 Power, Participation and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives

• POL1048 Foundations of Modern Political Thought

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• ECO2003 Economic Modelling

• ECO2004 Microeconomic Analysis

• ECO2005 Macroeconomic Analysis

Optional modules

You choose up to three modules from the following list:

• POL2012 Politics of the Middle East

• POL2022 Government and Politics of the USA

• POL2033 Traditional East Asian Political Thought

• POL2034 The Politics and Policy of the European Union

• POL2078 Critical International Politics

• POL2082 Political Violence and the Modern State

• POL2087 Contemporary Russian Politics

• POL2088 The Politics of Africa

• POL2090 Contemporary Political Philosophy

• POL2091 The Politics of Happiness

Other optional modules may also be available from within the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology or the wider University.

Stage 3

Optional modules

You choose 60 credits of optional Economics modules from the list below:

• ECO3001 Advanced Microeconomics

• ECO3002 Advanced Macroeconomics

• ECO3004 Labour Economics

• ECO3005 Behavioural Economics and Experimental Methods

• ECO3006 Economics of Banking

• ECO3009 Price Discrimination

• ECO3014 Public Economics

• ECO3018 Financial Economics

• ECO3021 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty

• ECO3022 Health Economics

• ECO3026 Industrial Economics and Policy

• ECO3027 Economics of Development, Transition and Reform

You choose 60 credits of optional modules from the following list, to bring your total up to 120 credits:

• POL3046 Dissertation in Politics

• POL3047 Project in Politics: Semester 1

• POL3048 Project in Politics: Semester 2

• POL3059 Democracy and the Constitution

• POL3063 European Union: Decision-Making Simulation

• POL3071 Student Exchange: Semester 1

• POL3076 Student Exchange (Dissertation Students)

• POL3077 Global Poverty and Global Politics

• POL3078 Britain and the European Union

• POL3079 The Government and Politics of Italy

• POL3084 Student Exchange Semester 2 (Dissertation/research project)

• POL3085 Student Exchange: Semester 2

• POL3090 The Rise and Fall of New Labour

• POL3092 Political Parties and Elections in the UK

• POL3095 The United Nations in a Global World

• POL3098 War, Genocide, Terror: Understanding Organised Violence

• POL3100 History of World Political Thought

• POL3101 Race, Identity and Postcolonial Politics

• POL3102 Peace in (Western) Political Philosophy and International Relations

• POL3103 Community Based Research in Politics

• POL3104 The Fall and Rise of China

• POL3105 The New Scramble for Africa

• POL3106 Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies

• POL3107 Documentary Film and World Politics

Other optional modules may also be available from other subject areas offered by the University.