BA Politics

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BA Politics

  • Objectives A Politics degree from the University of Surrey gives you the opportunity to study power in the real world and develop the skills to make sense of that world. You will learn to apply political ideas to real-world concerns at an international, national and local level. You will benefit from being taught by staff engaged in international-quality research and whose teaching has been rated as excellent. You will have the opportunity of spending a professional training year with an organisation committed to social or political change. This might be a voluntary sector organisation, a government or local authority department, an MP or MEP, or perhaps an international organisation.
  • Entry requirements Typical entry requirements A level grades BBB (300 points) One social science or humanities preferred.
  • Academic title BA Politics
  • Course description Programme Structure

    Level 1

    Introduction to Politics and International Relations
    Introduction to Social and Political Theory
    Social Problems and Social Policy
    Contemporary International History
    Introduction to Study and Research Skills
    British Politics

    Level 2

    Negotiating Politics
    Research and Evaluation
    Evolution of an Integrated Europe
    Comparative Government and Politics

    The International System (International Politics pathway)
    Social Policy Analysis (Policy Studies pathway)
    International Political Economy

    Optional professional training year

    Level 3   

    Political Ideologies and Representations
    Electoral Politics and Representation
    International Relations and Globalisation
    Contemporary Political and Social Theory
    Dissertation

    Global Justice and Democracy
    Nationalism, Migration and Identity
    International Defence and Security
    International Environmental Policy and Practice
    The European Social Dimension
    Political Communication and the Media

    Also, BA International Politics, BA Politics with Policy Studies.
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