Political Studies degree
Political Studies degree - (L200) - 3 years
Political Studies degree
The Political Studies degree will not simply teach you about how we are governed, it will explain about the ends that government is meant to achieve: the conditions of the good life. The Aberystwyth Political Studies degree is therefore not only about politicians and governments, but about all the groups and organisations which influence politics - national and multinational companies, trade unions, civil society groups - and their effect upon the wellbeing of the citizen. As a student of the Political Studies degree, you will also explore the fundamental political concepts which shape our daily life: justice, freedom, power, and citizenship. You will consider how factors such as ethnicity, gender, and ecology reflect and produce changes in political thought and how all these ideas are translated into practice; so that you will emerge from your degree in Political Studies equipped for political engagement in many contexts.
Political Studies Degree - Year 1
In the first year of your Political Studies degree, you will take the following core modules, which are the foundation for all your further studies
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Introduction To International Politics
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Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy
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World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars
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War, Strategy And Intelligence
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Introduction To The Third World In International Politics
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Politics In Europe
Political Studies Degree - Years 2+3
Building on the foundation laid in the first year of your Political Studies degree, in later years you broaden your knowledge of European Politics in a core module; then you can choose from an outstanding range of Option modules including, amongst many others:
- Women And Military Service
- The Vietnam War
- Politics In Russia Since 1953
- Studying Hamas
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Marxism And Post-modernism
The range of options within the Political Studies degree at Aberystywth University allows you to develop your own interest in particular periods, locations, or theories, of politics, the fulfillment of which is the final year Dissertation module, a more extensive project of research and analysis, written up in a 12,000 word Dissertation