BSc Politics and Management (Cornwall)

at University of Exeter

Modules:
 

Full-time undergraduates need to take 120 credits each year and choose from modules worth 15 or 30 credits, with students having more choice and more opportunity to study in-depth the topics that interest them most in Years 2 and 3. Core modules are mainly designed to develop applied research skills and include a third year dissertation on a subject of your choice. You will also have the option to take up to 30 credits from another department within the University subject to approval.
 

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

Year 1:
 

60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules, of which at least 15 credits must be selected from stage 1 Politics optional modules and 15 credits from stage 1 Business optional modules
 

Compulsory modules

Stage 1: 60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules of which at least 15 must be taken from level 1 politics options and 15 credits from stage 1 Business Study options

• Theory and Practice of Management    
• Understanding Work and Organisations    
• The Public Policy Process    
• Political Communication  
   

Year 2:
 

Compulsory modules

Stage 2: 60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules of which at least 15 must be taken from level 1 politics options and 15 credits from stage 2 Business Study options

• Project Management    
• Sustainable Enterprise Economy    
• Political Analysis    
• Comparative Politics    
   

Final Year:
 

60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules of which at least 15 credits must be selected from final stage Politics optional modules and 15 credits from final stage Business optional modules
 

Compulsory modules

• Practice-Based Consultancy Management    
• Marketing Strategy    
• Dissertation    

A-Level    

• AAB-ABB

IB    

• 34/665-32/655

BTEC    

• DDD-DDM

GCSE    

• C or 4    
• English Language

Access to HE    

• 24 L3 credits at Distinction Grade and 21 L3 credits at Merit Grade

Contextual Offer    

• A-Level: BBB-BBC
• IB: 30/555-28/554
• BTEC: DDM-DMM"

UK students: £9,250 per year

International students: £20,000 per year

As a Politics and International Relations graduate you will have an understanding of complex political and cultural issues, often in changing environments which will be valued by employers in both the public and private sectors. Alongside this you will gain a range of academic and professional skills including:
 

• Analytical, critical and independent thinking
• Political participation and evaluation
• Policy making and implementation
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Independent research
• Discussion and group work
• Written communication
• Articulating ideas and arguments