BA Politics and Geography (Joint Honours)

This programme blends analyses of politics at different territorial scales with the study of the way environments are organised and managed through cultural, economic and political processes. It allows you to explore various political systems across the globe and the connections and comparisons between them, and also develops practical geographical techniques and fieldwork.

Programme structure:

Year 1

• Modern Political Analysis 1

• Modern Political Analysis 2

• 30 credits (typically 1-2 modules) from Politics. Current list:

- British Government and Politics
- State of Britain: Actors and Agenda Setting in UK Public Policy
- History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity
- History of Political Thought: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
- Globalisation of World Politics 1
- Globalisation of World Politics 2

• Introduction to Qualitative Methods for Geographers

• Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Geographers

• Introduction to Environment and Society

• Approaches to Geographic Knowledge

Visit the Geography Department website for more information about Geography modules

Year 2

• 30 credits (typically 1-2 modules) from Politics options. Current list:

- Modern Political Thought: From Hobbes to Wollstonecraft (15 credit)

- Modern Political Thought: From Kant to Marx (15 credit)

- Media, Public Opinion and Campaigns (15 credit)

- Introduction to Postcolonial Politics (15 credit)

- Gendering World Politics (15 credit)

- The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (15 credit)

- American Politics (15 credit)

- Introduction to Security in World Politics (15 credit)

 

• Human Geography Fieldtrip

• Human Geography Research Training

• 30 credits (typically 1-2 modules) from Human Geography. Current list:

- Geographies of Youth and Popular Culture

- Society and Space

- Historical Geographies of Science and Exploration

Visit the Geography Department website for more information about Geography modules

Year 3

PATHWAY A

• Politics Dissertation

• 30 credits (typically 1-2 modules) from Politics. Current list:

- Political Psychology of Elites and Masses

- Political Participation

- Justice, Rights, and Violence

- Gender, Militarization, and Resistance

• 60 credits (typically 3-4 modules) from Geography

- Geographies of Youth and Popular Culture
- Society and Space
- Historical Geographies of Science and Exploration
- Human Geography Fieldtrip

PATHWAY B

• Geography Dissertation

• 30 credits (typically 1-2 modules) from Geography. Current list

- Geographies of Youth and Popular Culture
- Society and Space
- Historical Geographies of Science and Exploration
- Human Geography Fieldtrip

• 60 credits (typically 3-4 modules) from Politics

- Political Psychology of Elites and Masses

- Borders in World Politics

- Political Participation

- Justice, Rights, and Violence

- Gender, Militarization, and Resistance

Visit the Geography Department website for more information about Geography modules

Entry Requirements

For details of Entry Requirements for this course, please refer to the Politics Entry Requirements on our Undergraduate Study site.

Applicants with other qualifications please refer to Entrance Requirements on our Undergraduate Study webpages.

Typical Offer
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Offers/Interviews
If you receive an offer, you will be invited to visit us at a Post Offer Open Day at the Cornwall Campus.  Exceptionally, some applicants may be required to attend for formal interview.

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