Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies Programme Catalogue 2024/25
UHPL-AKB10: BSc (hons) Politics with Economics
Route: BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICS WITH ECONOMICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 31 May 2024]
This course is for students who will be in Year 3 or later in 2024/25
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced Years 1 and 2 of this version of the course are not available in 2024/25. |
 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 |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Stage 3
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| PL20413 | Work placement | 60 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list:
Students must take a dissertation unit during this programme year. - Students taking PL30670 (12 credits) must also take optional units totalling 48 credits;
- Students taking PL30983 (24 credits) must take optional units totalling 36 credits.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| PL30670 | Politics dissertation | 12 Credits |
| PL30983 | Extended politics dissertation | 24 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
- Students must select at least 12 credits from the combination of this list and PL30879 and SP30278 in Semester 2.
- You may not repeat a unit already taken in Year 2 or take more than 12 credits of Year 2 units in this programme year.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| ES20175 | Money and finance | 12 Credits |
| PL30895 | Meltdowns, conflicts and resistance: capitalism in flux and shifts in economic governance | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list:
- You may not repeat a unit already taken in Year 2 or take more than 12 credits of Year 2 units in this programme year.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| PL30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 Credits |
| PL30441 | Gender and politics | 6 Credits |
| PL30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 Credits |
| PL30548 | Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy | 6 Credits |
| PL30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 Credits |
| PL30741 | US global politics | 6 Credits |
| PL30744 | Anti-politics and direct action | 6 Credits |
| PL30864 | Europe in global politics | 6 Credits |
| PL30881 | Contemporary security challenges in Asia | 6 Credits |
| PL30897 | Comparative peace processes | 6 Credits |
| PL31011 | Political violence | 6 Credits |
| SP30013 | Social protection and welfare reform | 6 Credits |
| SP30210 | Conflict, security and international development | 6 Credits |
| SP30288 | Lobbying, policy communications and democracy | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
- Students must choose at least 12 credits from the combination of units in this list and ES20175 and PL30895 in Semester 1.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| PL30879 | Modern silk roads: international trade in a global economy | 6 Credits |
| SP30278 | Development finance | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list:
- You may not repeat a unit already taken in Year 2 or take more than 12 credits of Year 2 units in this programme year.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| MN30076 | Business strategy | 6 Credits |
| PL30102 | Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia | 6 Credits |
| PL30108 | Art and politics | 6 Credits |
| PL30745 | Culture and religion in international relations | 6 Credits |
| PL30756 | The politics of Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PL30875 | Comparative elections and voting | 6 Credits |
| PL30880 | The resurgence of reactionary politics: from the margins to the mainstream | 6 Credits |
| PL30898 | Politics in China | 6 Credits |
| PL30902 | Contemporary critical thinkers: theory and praxes | 6 Credits |
| PL30971 | Language, power and society | 6 Credits |
| PL31008 | Conflict and the media | 6 Credits |
| PL31010 | War and conflict in Africa: causes and transformation | 6 Credits |
| PL31012 | Closing global gender gaps | 6 Credits |
| SP30286 | Policy evaluation | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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