Politics, BA Hons

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University of Greenwich

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• Objectives
  To provide students with a range of courses which provides an appropriate introduction for their programme in politics, and which then, dependent on their programme, allows them to follow up to four of the main strands within the academic discipline of politics: international, comparative, government and citizenship, and political theory To offer students the opportunity to develop skills that are useful in the political arena, as well as academic knowledge of the discipline of politics To nurture the development of open, creative and critical thinkers, who are able to work in a variety of contexts
• Academic title
  Politics, BA Hons
• Course description
  We are all affected by politics. Many of us play an active role in politics and a few people make politics a career but some may have a different approach – they want to know how politics works.
  
  Why do people vote the way they do? What is the difference between New Labour and Old Labour? How is the US political system different from the British? What are the moral and practical issues involved in the British intervention in Iraq? What do words such as "democracy", "power", "freedom", "rights" and "liberty" mean? Questions like these and other issues within international and comparative politics, government, citizenship and political theory/philosophy are covered in this politics degree.
  
  In the final year, students may be offered a work placement in regional or local politics, or within one of the many interest and pressure groups based in London or even in the House of Commons. Reflecting critically on this experience forms a part of the assessment.
  
  Year 1
  
  -Governance and Citizenship in Modern Britain
  -Introducing Politics: Ideas, Concepts and Practices
  
  One option from:
  -War, Culture & Society
  -Political Communication, Propaganda and Spin
  -Option chosen from another discipline
  
  Year 2
  -Modern Political Thought
  
  Two options from:
  -Politics of European Integration
  -British Party Politics
  -Political Systems: American and Russian Politics
  -Environment, Politics and the Mass Media
  
  Option chosen from another discipline
  
  Year 3
  
  Three options from:
  -Contemporary Political Philosophy: Violence, Sexuality and Art
  -International Organisations: Politics and Policy-Making
  -Political Protest and the State in Britain
  -The Cold War
  -Dissertation
  
  Option chosen from another discipline

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