23 July 2024

Following University approval, we have now updated this webpage and the core modules listed, from second year 'Political Theory from Hobbes' to 'Foundations in Political Theory' and 'Topics in Political Theory'. We have also removed the fourth year module 'Issues in Political Theory'.

31 August 2023

Amended information about the year abroad

Modules

Year two

Added:

You can spend this year studying abroad, or on a work placement. Alternatively you can study the following modules this year, and spend the next year abroad instead.

Year Three

Changed from:

This year is spent studying or on a work placement abroad.

to:

Your third year will normally be spent abroad. If you did not spend your second year abroad, you will spend this year studying abroad, or on a work placement. If you spent your second year abroad, you will then follow the syllabus below for your third year.

1st March 2023

Made the following changes to the list of available optional modules:

Year 2

Removed:

• Introduction to Qualitative Methods
• Introduction to Social Analytics I
• Introduction to Social Analytics II
• Understanding Social Inequalities
• Intermediate Social Analytics: Survey Design and Data Collection
• Intermediate Social Analytics: Survey Analysis and Reporting

Added:

• The Political Economy of Southeast Asia
• Introduction to Casual Inference in Quantitative Political Analysis
• Gender Matters in International Relations

Year 3

Removed:

• Governing Britain Since 1918
• Britain and the War on Terror
• East Asian Transformations: A Political Economy Perspective
• Applying Quantitative Methods to Social Research
• Experiments in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Added:

• The Politics of Religion
• Gender, War and Militarism
• Race and International Politics
• The Political Economy of Islam in Southeast Asia