Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies Programme Catalogue 2017/18 |
UHPL-AAB30: BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad |
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
Mode of attendance: Full-time with Study Year Abroad |
Normal programme duration: 4 years |
Possible DAPs for this programme:
Please see your programme handbook for circumstances where transfer to DAP may be permitted/required. | Possible exit awards for this programme:
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Year 1 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL10952 | Europe since 1789 | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
PS10086 | Mind and behaviour | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL10712 | Introduction to comparative politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL10967 | Introduction to politics: theory and analysis | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 credits from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
MN10354 | An introduction to law | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
MN10545 | Organisational behaviour | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL10082 | Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio) | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
SP10002 | Social problems & social policy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10043 | Understanding society: Britain in global context | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10204 | Introduction to international development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10206 | Thinking and working cross-culturally: Introduction to social analysis of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL10417 | Introduction to British politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL10877 | Introduction to international political economy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL10966 | Introduction to international relations | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
MN10248 | Introduction to accounting | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL10085 | Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10001 | Social policy, welfare and the state | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10044 | Classical sociological theory | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10205 | Introduction to politics of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP10287 | Social policy and YOU | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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Year 2 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL20721 | International organisation | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20878 | Research design and methods | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20970 | Political theory | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
FL20275 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20414 | American politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20726 | European integration | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20889 | Contemporary politics of the Middle East | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20904 | Political violence and terrorism in the UK | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20935 | Russian written and spoken language 2A | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PS20109 | Social psychology: traditional and critical approaches | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20004 | Family matters: the sociology of the family & family policy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20112 | Contemporary sociological theory | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20207 | Researching social change | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20244 | Political sociology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL20720 | Foreign policy-making and its analysis | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20968 | International comparative politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20969 | Advanced international relations | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
FL20276 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20416 | Totalitarian politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20724 | European Union politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20883 | Parliament in modern British politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20899 | Quantitative research methods | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL20936 | Russian written and spoken language 2B | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PS20107 | Developmental psychology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20003 | 'Race' & racism | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20005 | Making and communicating policy: theories and practices | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20069 | Philosophy of the social sciences | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20208 | International politics of development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20209 | Development policy and practice | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP20262 | The manufacture of consent: propaganda, public relations and power | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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Year 3 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3 |
Compulsory Units: |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL20754 | Study year abroad | 60 credits [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
Notes:
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Year 4 |
NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 4 |
Dissertation Units: Select 1 unit from the following list: |
Students must take a dissertation unit during this programme year.
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Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
PL30670 | Politics dissertation | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
PL30983 | Extended politics dissertation | 24 credits [equivalent to 48 CATS credits] |
Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4 |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
FL30277 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30101 | Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30294 | In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30441 | Gender and politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30548 | Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30741 | US global politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30864 | Europe in global politics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30881 | Contemporary security challenges in Asia | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30895 | Meltdowns, conflicts and resistance: capitalism in flux and shifts in economic governance | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30897 | Peace processes in the Middle East and Europe | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30937 | Russian written and spoken language 3A | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30013 | Social protection and welfare reform | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30210 | Conflict, security and international development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30288 | Lobbying, policy communications and democracy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4 |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list: |
Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
FL30278 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30102 | Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30108 | Politically committed European culture | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30295 | In search of Europe (2): integration and disintegration in Europe since 1989 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30744 | Anti-politics and direct action | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30745 | Culture and religion in international relations | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30756 | The politics of Latin America | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30875 | Comparative elections and voting | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30879 | Modern silk roads: international trade in a global economy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30880 | The rise of the extreme right: from the margins to the mainstream | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30882 | The disunited kingdom: devolution and the end of British politics? | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30890 | Environment, sustainability and democracy | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30898 | Politics in China | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30902 | Contemporary critical thinkers: theory and praxes | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30903 | Politics and religion in contemporary Europe | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30938 | Russian written and spoken language 3B | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
PL30971 | Language, power and society | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30263 | Ideas about 'terrorism' | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30264 | Understanding religion in the contemporary world | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP30286 | Policy evaluation | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SP40215 | Critical issues in social development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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