BA Politics and Sociology (dual with Sociological Studies)

The dual degree in Politics and Sociology combines political analysis and awareness of conceptual debates with a strong policy studies orientation. It is taught jointly by the Departments of Politics and Sociological Studies, both of which are highly regarded for both research and teaching.

The politics component of the course introduces you to a wide range of theories related to contemporary issues, political theory and to the discipline of political studies. It will teach you to apply concepts, theories and methods used in the study of politics to the analysis of political ideas, institutions and practices. The study of sociology offers theoretical and empirical studies of modern industrial societies and patterns of social change, a concern with social interaction and the detail of everyday life and the comparative sweep of social anthropology.

Level One

• Two core Politics options (POL113 Introduction to Political Analysis and POL111 The Politics of Globalisation), worth 20 credits each, and one further Politics option worth 20 credits
• Six core modules in Sociology worth 60 credits

Level Two

• One core module in Politics worth 20 credits (POL229 Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis)
• Two option modules in Politics worth 40 credits
• One core module in Sociology worth 20 credits
• Two option modules in Sociology worth 40 credits

Level Three

• One core module in Politics worth 20 credits (POL3018 Advanced Political Analysis)
• One of the following options worth 40 credits:
  One Politics module with the associated project module
  or
  A Dissertation in Politics:
  POL3017 Dissertation in Politics
  POL3104 Dissertation in Political Analysis
  POL3103 Work Based Learning Dissertation
• Two Sociology modules worth 40 credits
• One of the following options worth 20 credits:
  One Level 2 or Level 3 Sociology Module
  or
  Unrestricted modules worth 20 credits