BA Politics with Contemporary History-Media-Sociology

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University of Huddersfield

Comments about BA Politics with Contemporary History-Media-Sociology - At the institution - Huddersfield - West Yorkshire

• Objectives
  This suite of degrees offers a choice of routes for those wishing to combine a critical understanding of the political factors that shape our world with a second discipline. They also develop your written and oral communication skills, whilst the work placement programme develops your employability skills and enhances your career prospects. By combining academic rigour with the development of vocational skills, graduates are able to enter the employment market with confidence.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements The UCAS tariff range is 260-280 points, which must include, as a minimum, one 6-unit award. A level Politics is not a requirement. We welcome applicants with alternative entry qualifications provided that they can demonstrate their suitability to the course.
• Academic title
  BA Politics with Contemporary History/Media/Sociology
• Course description
  Course Structure
  
  Year 1
  Politics core modules:
  
  British Politics
  Global Politics
  Political Philosophy
  Social Research Methods
  
  Year 2
  
      * Work Placement
  
  Option modules:
  Choose three from
  
      * Conservative Party Politics
      * Political Philosophies
      * Development Studies
      * American Politics
  
  You may also spend part of the year on a foreign study exchange.
  
  Year 3
  
      * Project
  
  Option modules:
  Choose three from
  
      * Labour Party Politics
      * Ethics and Politics in Society
      * African Politics
      * European Politics
      * Global Terrorism and Society
  
  Contemporary History modules
  
  Year 1
  
      * Modern British History
      * Modern European History
  
  Year 2
  Option modules:
  Choose two from
  
      * Modern French History
      * Modern American History
      * Heritage as History
      * 19th Century Britain
  
  Year 3
  Option modules:
  Choose one or two from
  
      * French Revolution
      * Britain in the 1970s
      * Slavery and American Society
      * Britain on the Breadline (double)
      * The Great War; Combat, Atrocity and Cultures of War (double)
  
  Sociology modules
  
  Year 1
  
  Structures of Society
  Issues of Identity
  
  Year 2
  
  Core module:
  
  Inequality and Difference
  
  Option modules:
  Choose one from
  
  Gender Sexuality and Crime
  Popular Cultures
  Social Theory
  Investigating the Social World
  
  Year 3
  Option modules:
  Choose two from-
  
  Representing the Social
  The State, Politics and Society
  Culture and Society
  or an additional Politics option
  
  Media modules
  
  Year 1
  
  Media Perception and Enquiry
  Reporting Fact
  
  Year 2
  
  Core module:
  
  Media Sociology, Journalism and Industry
  
  Option modules:
  Choose one from
  
  Journalism: Writing Techniques
  Journalism: Practical Techniques
  
  Year 3
  
  Media Case Study
  Media Policy: UK and International Perspective

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