BA Politics
Course Overview
This course provides an in-depth exploration of political theory, governance, and the role of citizens, examining the sources of conflict, cooperation, and power within and between societies. You will analyze how contemporary global challenges, from democratic innovations to international security, shape our political world in this dynamic and ever-relevant field.
Key Program Highlights
- Examine pressing global issues like Brexit, migration, environmental politics, and conflict
- Study real-world democratic innovations, including citizens' assemblies and populism
- Develop a deep understanding of political power, ideology, and state governance
- Learn from experts engaged in cutting-edge research on topical political challenges
- Gain critical insights into freedom, equality, and how political disagreements are resolved
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4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
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Course Overview
This course provides an in-depth exploration of political theory, governance, and the role of citizens, examining the sources of conflict, cooperation, and power within and between societies. You will analyze how contemporary global challenges, from democratic innovations to international security, shape our political world in this dynamic and ever-relevant field.
Key Program Highlights
- Examine pressing global issues like Brexit, migration, environmental politics, and conflict
- Study real-world democratic innovations, including citizens' assemblies and populism
- Develop a deep understanding of political power, ideology, and state governance
- Learn from experts engaged in cutting-edge research on topical political challenges
- Gain critical insights into freedom, equality, and how political disagreements are resolved
Requirements
The requirements may vary based on your selected study options.
Modules
- Perspectives on Politics
- Introduction to Politics
- Comparative Politics
- What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene
- Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
- World Politics
- Contemporary Europe
- Studying Politics
- Modern Political Thought
- Politics and Policy of the European Union
- Theory Counts
- Security and Terrorism
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Irish Politics
- International Relations
- American Politics
- The Politics of Deeply Divided Societies
- The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
- Democracy, Ethics & Economics
- Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
- British Politics in crisis?
- Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
- International Organisations
- Modelling the Social World
- Social Identity: Differences and Inequalities
- Gender and Politics
- Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
- Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
- US Foreign Policy
- European Cultural Identities
- National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
- Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
- Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
- Security and Technology
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
- Contemporary Critical Theory
- Middle Eastern Politics
- Challenges to contemporary party politics
- Long Placement
- Dissertation (Politics and International Studies)
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Short Placement
- War and Visual Culture and Surveillance
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4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted