Politics BSc (Hons) – 2020 entry

Bachelor's degree

In Guildford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Guildford

  • Duration

    3 Years

On our BSc Politics course, you’ll get a full grounding in the discipline as a whole, as well as a wide set of transferable skills. You’ll be introduced to a range of concepts, approaches and methods to study the public sphere and the political system.

You’ll be able to explore the meanings of vital and contentious political concepts, including ‘justice’, ‘equality’ and ‘liberty’.

You will also learn about the way power is exercised, diffused across different groups and how it provides organisational structures in government, as well as how decisions in politics are made.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Guildford (Surrey)
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GU2 7XH

Start date

On request

About this course

Politics is about people and power: who gets it, how they use it and what makes a society fair. This innovative course explores the active role that citizens can play in shaping politics internationally, nationally and locally. A distinctive feature of the course is its emphasis on institutional structures, government and civil society, focusing on the way they bring about political and social change, whether at a local, national or international level.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.
Graduates over the last few years have secured roles such as:

Events Coordinator, AQA Education
Education Officer, Department for Education
Researcher, Westminster Forum Projects
Graduate Intern, Ipsos MORI
Corporate Finance Advisor, Department for Transport
Bid Analyst, Serco Ltd
Researcher, Society Ltd.
In addition, many of our graduates have gone on to study for masters degrees in a range of programmes and countries. We are also proud of our record of alumni who have continued education up to doctoral level and become academic scholars in their own right.

Overall: BBB.

Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • International
  • Public
  • Government
  • International History
  • Contemporary
  • Introduction TO POLITICS
  • Integrated EUROPE
  • Identity
  • Crisis

Course programme

Year 1

Module
  • CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
  • DEBATES IN BRITISH POLITICS
  • INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS
  • EVOLUTION OF AN INTEGRATED EUROPE
  • IDENTITY, POLITICS AND REPRESENTATION
  • POLITICS OF CRISIS
  • SOCIAL & POLITICAL THINKERS FROM PLATO TO MARX
Year 2

Module
  • APPROACHES TO RESEARCH
  • EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION
  • INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
  • MAKING PUBLIC POLICY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
  • THEORISING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND VOTING BEHAVIOUR
  • INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
  • INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: THE RETURN OF GREAT POWER POLITICS
  • POWER AND IDEAS: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
  • RESEARCH METHODS
  • THEM AND US: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Optional modules for Year 2 - FHEQ Level 5
  • Students should choose 5 from the listed modules, bearing in mind the semester they fall in.
Year 3

Module
  • ENGENDERING WORLD POLITICS
  • HATE CRIME
  • NEGOTIATING POLITICS AND POLICY
  • POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
  • POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
  • POLITICS OF THE GREATER CHINA REGION
  • POPULISM AND DEMOCRACY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
  • US FOREIGN POLICY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
  • CRITICAL TERRORISM STUDIES
  • DEMOCRACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CHALLENGES
  • GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
  • POLICING AND THE POLICE
  • RESEARCH LAB
  • SECURITY AND DIPLOMACY IN EUROPE
  • STATES AND MARKETS IN EAST ASIA
  • DISSERTATION
Optional modules for Year 3 - FHEQ Level 6
  • Choose 4 modules out of the listed options

Politics BSc (Hons) – 2020 entry

Price on request