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Undergraduate courses
Bachelor
of Arts (BA)
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BA Economics and Politics (LL12)
Economic and political events dominate domestic
and international news and impact on our
day-to-day lives as well as shaping the future.
In this course, you will explore all major areas
of economics and political science, including
macro- and microeconomics, political systems and
political ideas, and the use of modern research
techniques.
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BA Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (L290)
(subject to approval)
Our BA Elections, Public Opinions and Parties
provides a thorough training in all major areas
of political science. You will discuss the most
important concepts in the study of democracy and
political representation: political parties and
their policies, political participation and
elections, voters and public opinion. In
addition, you will be trained in the use of
modern techniques of political research.
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BA International Relations (L258)
Explore all major areas of international
relations, including conflict and security
studies, international political economy,
political theory, and the use of modern research
techniques.
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BA
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (L0V0)
Why do political ideas, from Platos Republic to
Rawls Law of Peoples, matter so much? Why is the
state of the economy so important for the
outcome of elections? How and why do governments
try to regulate markets? This course can not
only give you an insight into these questions
and many more, but also encourages you to
reflect critically on fundamental theoretical
and ethical issues.
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BA Political Economics (L150) (subject to
approval)
Our BA Political Economics focuses on political
and commercial decision-making in an
interconnected world. The course prepares
students to work in international and national
governmental and non-governmental agencies;
obtain strategic roles in private companies and
in politics; and to develop policy and
decision-making through research and analysis.
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BA Politics (L200)
Why do people vote the way they do? How and why
do governments interact with society? What
determines a countrys foreign policy? How do
countries interact with each other and why do
international conflicts arise? The BA Politics
course can give you an insight into these
questions and many more.
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BA Politics with Human Rights (LM29)
What is the nature of the changing global system
and how does it have an impact on individual
well-being? What have been the major
achievements, setbacks, and challenges to the
global human rights movement? The course
combines requisite and optional modules in the
Department of Government with core modules in
the Human Rights Centre.
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BA
Politics and Law (LM21)
This BA Politics and Law course examines the
most important rules that govern the
relationship between the various branches of
government and between the individual citizen
and the state. It asks a number of large
questions about our democracy, such as Who
should decide our laws politicians or judges?
Joint Courses
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LLB Law and Politics (ML12)
LLB Law and Politics provides students with a rigorous academic
training in the disciplines of Law and Politics. The course
enables students to develop the critical, reflexive and
analytical skills that are common to both disciplines.
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BA
Modern History and Politics (LV21)
Students obtain a thorough grounding in the fields of modern
history and politics and are also encouraged to consider how the
two disciplines can be integrated.
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BA Philosophy and Politics (LV25)
Some of the most fundamental questions about political life, to
do with its principles and ideals, are philosophical in
character. This BA brings the disciplines of philosophy and
politics together and provides a sound academic grounding in
both.
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BA Politics and Modern Languages (LR29)
This is a four-year course which allows you to
combine the study of a wide range of Politics
options with the study of one or two Modern
Languages (out of French, German, Italian,
Spanish and Portuguese).
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BA Sociology and Politics (LL32)
These two disciplines offered here by two of the
UK's leading social science departments -
combine very well together. Both pose broad
questions about the world and both offer
practical research skills to help students to
investigate these questions.
Last modified on 21 May 2013