BA Politics with Foundation Year (POLU31) FT

2018 - 2019

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
POL119 + Restricted to students studying single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Introduction to Global Political Economy	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL120 + Restricted to students studying single/dual honours Politics degrees..	Analysing Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL121 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Introduction to Western Political Thought	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
POL109 + Restricted to programmes listed in 14 above..	Introduction to Comparative Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
POL117 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Introduction to International Relations	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL118	British Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
POL229 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL234 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics.	Political Theory in Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (80 credits)

A student will take 80 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL223 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	International Relations Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL226 + Restricted to students studying single and dual degrees in Politics..	Comparative Politics: Citizens, States, Power, and Protest	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL232 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics.	Contemporary US Foreign Policy	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
POL206 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Politics and Government of the European Union	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL217 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics.	The Political Economy of Global Capitalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL230 + Restricted to studentsstudying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Contemporary Security Challenges	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL231 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics.	Never Mind the Ballots! State and Society in the UK Today	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL235 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Development	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL236 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Contemporary Chinese Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL3005 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3006 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3027 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Political Realism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3030 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Marx and Contemporary Marxism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3032 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3033 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3034 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Narcopolitics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3035 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Justice in World Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3107 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3108 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: ECN213 SCS223 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics. Not available to students who have previously taken ECN213 or SCS223..	Politics and the Quality of Life	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3109 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3110 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single and Dual degrees in Politics..	Britain and the European Union	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3119 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3120 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3129 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3130 (when the module is running)	Parliamentary Studies	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3133 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	State Failure	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3137 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3138 (when the module is running)	Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3139 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3140 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3149 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3150 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Ethics of Political Leadership	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3151 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Animals, Ethics and Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3161 + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Political Theory in An Age of Total War	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
POL3001 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics.	The Political Economy of Africa	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3019 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Terrorism, Violence and the State	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3026 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	War, Peace and Justice	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3028 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Ecology: Power, Nature and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3031 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	The Making of the Modern Middle East	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3123 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Liberalism and its Critics	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3147 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics..	The Politics of Asylum	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3153 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security	SPR SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
POL3040 CCo-requisites: POL3041 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Research Project 1	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3041 CCo-requisites: POL3040 + Restricted to students studying Single Honours degrees in Politics..	Research Project 2	SPR SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Full academic year
POL3039 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Dissertation in Politics	ACAD YR	40 credits
POL3103 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Dissertation (Work Related)	ACAD YR	40 credits
POL3104 + Satisfactory completion of POL229. Restricted to students studying dual/single honours degrees in Politics..	Dissertation in Political Analysis	ACAD YR	40 credits

Year 0

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
ACE0350	Introduction to the Social Sciences	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
ACE0340	Academic Literacy and Communication Skills	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0345	Maths and Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ACE0354 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: ACE0355 ACE0356 (when the module is running)	Foundations of Biology (Core)	AUT SEM	10 credits
ACE0357 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: ACE0358 (when the module is running)	Foundations of Chemistry (Core)	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
ACE0355 ⇐PPre-requisites: ACE0354	Foundations of Biology (Human)	SPR SEM	10 credits
ACE0356	Foundations of Biology (Organisms & Environment)	SPR SEM	10 credits
ACE0358 ⇐PPre-requisites: ACE0357	Foundations of Chemistry (Further)	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
ACE0343 + Only available to students on DLL FY programmes. .	Foundations of Psychology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0344	Foundations of Sociology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0346	Foundations of History	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0347	Foundations of Geography	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0348	Foundations of English	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0353	Foundations of Time and Humanity	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F4 Level ACE or MLTC or Languages for All units to the value of 20 credits.

Before proceeding to Level 1, a student will attain 120 credits and a weighted mean grade of 60.0 or above; a student with 120 credits and a weighted mean grade of between 57.0 and 59.9 may be permitted to proceed at the discretion of the Board of Examiners and the cognate department.

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X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
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Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2018/19 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.