Politics (Ba): 3-Year, Full-Time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
The BA Politics will help you to understand and analyse major political issues that affect the lives of millions in the UK and beyond, such as populism, terrorism, austerity and war.
Politics can be understood as decisions about who gets what, when and how, but complex issues are rarely the result of a single factor or process. This means that students need access to a broad range of expertise. This is what our Department of Politics - one of the best known in London and beyond - offers.
Our academics are experts in a variety of geographical areas, including Britain, America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They publish books and articles in major academic journals on the full range of sub-fields in political studies, including:
public policy (when faced with an economic crisis, why do some governments opt for ‘austerity’ measures but others do not?)
international political economy (how do emerging powers such as Brazil and India seek to affect major international political and economic decisions?)
voting behaviour (what factors underpin the electoral success of European radical right parties?)
political theory (what is the fundamental nature of democracy?)
You will be taught on the basis of new knowledge generated by the people teaching you. We seek to engage not only with the wider public by publishing articles in newspapers and journals, but also with politicians and policy-makers who make crucial political decisions. The Department of Politics hosts the Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life which brings together political practitioners, activists and elected political actors to debate the big democratic questions about contemporary British politics.
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About this course
Our graduates go on to careers in local and national government, the diplomatic service, policy work, the voluntary sector and as researchers and journalists.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
Awarding Body
University of London
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Subjects
- Government Study
- Foreign Policy
- Democracy
- British Politics
- Public
- Global
- Surveying
- Political Theory
- International Politics
- Conflict
- Politics
- International
- Government
- Full Time
Course programme
The programme consists of three 'skills' modules worth 30 credits each, and compulsory and option modules worth 15 credits each; the dissertation option is worth 30 credits.
In Year 1, you take one skills module and six compulsory modules.
In Year 2, you take one skills module, four compulsory modules and two option modules.
In Year 3, you take one skills module, two compulsory modules and either six option modules or five option modules including a dissertation.
YEAR 1 SKILLS MODULE
- The Study of Politics
- Comparative Government - Concepts, Methods, and Institutions
- Comparative Government - Processes
- Conceptualising Politics
- Democracy and Authoritarianism
- How the West was Made: Transformations in Global Politics
- Political Ideologies and Imaginaries
- Governing by Numbers (Level 5)
- Contemporary British Policy
- Contemporary British Politics
- Liberal Order and Disorder in Global Politics
- Liberalism and its Discontents
- Surveying Political Research
- Classic Texts
- Contemporary Social and Political Theory
- Capitalism and the Politics of Markets
- Capitalism: histories and theories
- Comparative European Politics: Europeanisation, Contestation, Integration (Level 6)
- Food, Politics and Society
- Gender in the Global Political Economy
- Issues in European Political Economy
- Parliamentary Studies: Power, role and influence
- Parliamentary Studies: representation and reform
- Political Economy in the Middle East
- Politics and the Arts (Level 6)
- Politics Dissertation
- Politics in the Middle East
- Race in the Global Political Economy
- The Domestic Politics of US Foreign Policy
- The Politics of the Global Food System
- The Rise of the Modern Food System
- The United States in Global Politics: Theories and Histories
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.
Additional information
FEES
Full-time international students: £ 14280 pa
Politics (Ba): 3-Year, Full-Time