In the first year, you will take four modules: an introduction to economics, an introduction to philosophy, a module on contemporary issues in political economy (such as the financial crisis) and one of the existing politics first year modules.
The second year becomes more interdisciplinary and critical. It includes a module in political and economic anthropology, exploring the nature of money, property and markets. The philosophy module brings in elements of continental philosophy and critical theory.
In the third year, you will have the chance to choose from a large variety of modules, from across different departments, and also have the option to do a dissertation. This will allow you to draw on the skills you have acquired over the first two years, to take your own approach to the questions of politics, philosophy and economics. By the third year, we expect you to see various connections between the separate fields of politics philosophy and economics, and be able to combine them in critical and imaginative ways.
Year 1 (credit level 4)
Students take a total of 90 credits comprised of these compulsory modules:
Module title
- Foundations of Economics
- Introduction to Philosophy: The Problems of Ethics
- Introduction to Political Philosophy
- Issues in Cultural and Political Economy
You will also take one of the following modules.
Module title
- UK and European Comparative Governance and Politics
- World Politics 30 credits
- Colonialism, Power, and Resistance
Year 2 (credit level 5)
Students take the following compulsory modules:
Module title
- Knowledge and Subjectivity
- Aesthetics
Students must also select 60 credits from the following economics options:
Module title
- Political Economy
- Mathematics for Economics and Business
- International Political Economy 1
- Topics in International Economics
- The Making of Global Capitalism
Students can then select modules to the value of 30 credits from the following Politics and International Relations options:
Module title
- Making Modern Japan
- Chinese Politics: The Revolutionary Era
- Contemporary International Relations Theories
- Europe Since 1945
- Global Governance and World Order
- Ideologies and Interests: Political Thought in Modern Britain
- Liberalism and its Critics
- Life: A User's Manual
- Modern Britain: Politics from 1979 - today
- Modern Political Theory
- International Politics of the Middle East
- Politics of Vision
- Rough Politics
- US Politics and Foreign Policy
Year 3 (credit level 6)
Students write a research dissertation (30 credits) and take the compulsory module Global Cultural Politics. They then select their remaining 60 credits from the following 3rd year Politics and International Relations options:
Module title
- An(other) China: Streetscenes of Politics
- An(other) IR – Views from the South
- Anarchism
- Beyond All Reason
- Britain and Europe
- Colonialism and Non-Western Political Thought
- Companies in the World Economy
- Critical Security Studies
- Ethics and Economics of Environmental Protection
- Feminist Politics
- Finance and the Global Political Economy
- International Political Economy 2
- Liberal Government and Power
- Political Islam: Ideology and Discourse
- Nationalist Conflict and International Intervention
- New Radical Political Economy
- Political Economy of the European Union
- Politics of Conflict and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa
- Rhetoric and Politics
- Work Placement
- Applied quantitative economics
- Quantitative
- An(other) Japan: Politics, Ideology and Culture
- The Political Economy of International Development Assistance
- Digital Anthropology
- Armed Politics and Political Violence
- The Politics of Popular Music
