You will be given a foundation in the core discipline of politics and gain an understanding of politics at the national level and a thorough grounding in political theory.

A mix of compulsory and optional modules will help you to become an informed and engaged global citizen.

You will start to relate your studies to historical, global, national, and ideological contexts.

During your second year, you will build on your critical thinking, research, and communication skills as you cover key political actors, issues and organisations, including political parties, in more depth.

You’ll develop critical insight into the relationship between theory and practice and how research methods used in the social sciences shape our understanding of both fields.

You will deepen your knowledge of political theory and be able to choose from optional modules to broaden your understanding of key issues and of politics in differing national contexts.

You will begin to specialise in the political topics that are of interest to you. As a part of this, you will undertake a significant piece of independent research that harnesses your subject knowledge and the research skills you’ve developed throughout your degree.

You’ll complete your studies with optional modules covering topics across politics and its subfields.

Modules

You will choose at least 20 and not more than 60 credits of modules from the following list:  

You will take at least 60 credits of modules normally selected from the following list: 

*Permission to take this module subject to approval of the Degree Programme Director.

If you did not take an International Study Year module you can take one of the following modules subject to agreement from the Degree Programme Director.