Politics

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 11.4 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 19.3 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
121 place StudyQA ranking:8949 Duration:3 years

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Teaching covers a range of topics, including international relations, governance and public policy, political theory and comparative politics. 
The geographical areas covered include Europe (Central, Southern and Eastern Europe and the European Union), the Americas, Asia (South) and Africa. 
In the first year, you'll take five core modules and one unrestricted module, including Introduction to Political Analysis, Comparing Modern Polities, British Politics, An Introduction to Western Political Thought and The Politics of Globalisation. 
In the second and third years, you'll deepen your subject knowledge by taking further core and optional modules followed by a project module or a dissertation. 
You can apply to spend your second year at a university in Europe, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore or Canada. 
We also offer this course as a four-year degree with employment experience.

First year

Core modules:

  • An Introduction to the History of Western Political Thought
  • Comparing Modern Politics
  • Consensus, Crisis and Coalition: Introduction to British Politics
  • Introduction to Political Analysis
  • The Politics of Globalisation
  • State of Sheffield - Global perspectives on local issues

Optional modules:

  • Introduction to Security Studies

Second year

Core modules:

  • Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis
  • Political Theory in Practice

Optional modules:

  • Career Management Skills
  • Comparative Politics: Citizens, States, Power, and Protest
  • Contemporary Chinese Politics
  • Contemporary Security Challenges
  • Contemporary US Foreign Policy
  • Development
  • International Relations Theory
  • Making Ideas Happen
  • Never Mind the Ballots! State and Society in the UK Today
  • The Global Political Economy
  • The Politics and Government of the European Union

Third year

Core modules:

  • Explaining Politics

Optional modules:

  • Dissertation (Work Related)
  • Dissertation in Political Analysis
  • Dissertation in Politics
  • Beastly Politics: Animals, Ethics and Public Policy
  • Beastly Politics: Animals, Ethics and Public Policy Project
  • Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony
  • Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony: Project
  • Elections and Voting
  • Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, and Slavery in the Global Economy
  • Gender in the Global Political Economy
  • Gender in the Global Political Economy Project
  • German Politics: Domestic Contestation and Global Impact
  • Liberalism and its Critics
  • Making Ideas Happen
  • Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics
  • Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics Project
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Parliamentary Studies Project
  • Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns
  • Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns Project
  • Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention
  • Politics and the Quality of Life
  • Politics and the Quality of Life Project
  • Practical Politics: How to Make Policy and Influence People
  • Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security
  • Terrorism, Violence and the State
  • Terrorism, Violence and the State Project
  • The Ethics of Political Leadership
  • The Political Economy of Africa
  • The Politics of Asylum

Requirements

  • GCSE Maths grade 4 or grade C or equivalent
  • International students need overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or an equivalent English language qualification
  • All applications for undergraduate programmes should be made through UCAS.
  • Successful completion of a first year of Bachelor degree/Bakalvr from a recognised institution or a Diploma of Completed Specialised Secondary Education (basic level) will be considered.

Scholarships

  • Social Science International Scholarships
  • International Santander Undergraduate Scholarships
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