BA Politics

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BA Politics

  • Objectives This joint honours course explores fundamental questions of politics: who has power over whom and why, and how it is and should be exercised. The curriculum addresses issues such as the tension between freedom and equality, the nature of terrorism, the importance and development of human rights, and the various ways in which such issues are debated and resolved in different places and different times. You do not need to have formally studied politics before.
  • Entry requirements Entry Requirements -a degree (level 6) in an Early Years subject or a degree (level 6) in any subject plus a level 3 qualification in an Early Years subject -a GCSE grade C in English and Maths -a current Criminal Records Bureau clearance -recent and considerable experience across whole 0-5 years age range
  • Academic title BA Politics
  • Course description BA Politics

    Programme

    Year 1

    -Introduction to International Relations
    -Issues in International Politics
    -Studying Politics
    -UK Government and Politics

    Year 2

    -Apocalypse Now: International Politics goes to the Movies
    -Comparative European Politics
    -Freedom and Equality: Themes in Modern Political Thought
    -International Organisation and Integration
    -Introduction to Middle Eastern Politics
    -Introduction to Latin American Countries
    -Nationalism
    -Terrorism in the Modern World
    -The Holocaust

    Year 3

    -A Change is Gonna Come: Global Perspectives & Cultures of Popular Music
    -Contemporary US Foreign Policy
    -Dissertation Stage1
    -Human Rights and Armed Conflict
    -Party Politics in European States: Crisis or Transformation
    -Politics Dissertation Stage 2
    -Politics of Globalisation
    -Special Topic:Crimes of the Powerful
    -The Politics of Conflict: The New Tribalism
    -The Politics of Mass Murder
    -The Politics of Nationalism in the Contemporary Middle East
    -Themes in Latin American Politics
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