Politics with Study Abroad BA

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In Exeter

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    Course

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    Exeter

The University of Exeter featured in the UK’s top 10 in the past 3 years (The Times Good University Guide) and ranks in the top one per cent of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education international rankings. We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research intensive universities; the UK’s equivalent to the Ivy League.

The quality of education and experience received at the University of Exeter means we have never been out of the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.

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Exeter (Devon)
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Prince Of Wales Road, EX4 4SB

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Course programme

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 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.

Depending on your programme you can also take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module. Study Abroad students normally take a language module in year 1 and 2.

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

Year 1

The first year will introduce you to key methodological and theoretical debates within the study of politics and provide foundational knowledge.

Modules

CodeModuleCredits POL1001BState of Britain15 POL1006State and Society15 POL1025Classical Political Thought15 POL1026Early Modern Political Thought15 POL1019Power and Democracy 15 POL1020Politics in Europe 15 POL1905Employability0 Year 2

The core modules in the second year will develop your understanding of the theory and practice of public policy, comparative politics and modern political thought.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits POL2059Political Thought of Modernity 15 POL2060Public Policy and Administration 15 POL2046The Economics of Politics15 Optional modules

CodeModuleCredits POL2071Experimental Research in the Social Sciences15 POL2052Foreign Policy: Leadership, Power and Responsibility 15 POL2067Gendering World Politics15 POL2068Global Justice and Transnational Democracy15 POL2042International Relations - Order and Justice15 POL2037International Relations, Rethinking Third World Politics 15 POL2038International Relations, War and Peace in the Middle East 15 POL2063Introduction to Middle East Politics 15 POL2049Media, Public Opinion and Campaigns15 POL2026Political Analysis: Behaviour, Institutions, Ideas15 POL2022Political Ideologies15 POL2050Political Philosophy 15 POL2059Political Thought of Modernity15 POL2053Power Politics and Leadership15 POL2060Public Policy and Administration 15 POL2003Public Policy and Administration30 POL2070Quantitative methods in political science15 POL2072Race Ethnicity and Politics15 POL2057Security Studies 15 POL2046The Economics of Politics 15 POL2064The Political Economy of Globalization 15 POL2027The Politics of the World Economy15 POL2082Changing Character of Warfare15 POL2083Introduction to Strategic Studies 15 Year 3

Students will spend the third year of their studies in a partner university [on an Erasmus/Socrates exchange or other approved programme of study]. The year abroad comprises 120 credits and assessment is 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.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits POL3040Dissertation 30 Optional modules

CodeModuleCredits 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

I chose my course because of the range of modules and year abroad options. The lecturers are great, and being elected to the Politics Society committee for the forthcoming year has been really exciting for me, as it's going to give me loads of opportunities both at the University and after I graduate.

After my degree I want to work for an NGO, be able to speak other languages, and have experienced living abroad, as well as gain experience in the field of politics.

Izzy Duddy, BA Politics with Study Abroad (1st year, 2013/14 - 2016/17).

Politics with Study Abroad BA

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