BSC Sociology and Politics [LL32]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Single Honours scheme - available from 2020/2021
Duration 3 years
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 2 Options
Choose 20 credits from the following options in the Department of International Politics.
Y Meddwl Cymreig mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
The Second World War in Europe
Questions of International Politics
China From the Opium War to the Present
Intervention and Humanitarianism
The BRICS in World Politics
Total War, Total Peace
Politics in Diverse Societies
Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
Datganoli a Chymru
International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
Russian Security in the 21st Century
Political Theory
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Devolution and Wales
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
America at War: A Military History of the United States
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Contemporary Latin America
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
The Century of the Superpowers and the Global Cold War
Final Year Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Everyday Social Worlds
Final Year Options
Students must choose 60 credits from the following optional modules. Students may not register for year 3 variants of year 2 modules, which they have already studied. Up to 20 credits may be taken from appropriate modules offered elswhere in the University.
Y Meddwl Cymreig Mewn Syniadaeth Ryngwladol
Gwleidyddiaeth mewn Cymdeithasau Amrywiaethol
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Dissertation
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
Terrorism & Counter Terrorism in the Modern World: Policing, Intelligence & War
The Second World War in Europe
Intervention and Humanitarianism
Politics in Diverse Societies
Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
Datganoli a Chymru
Dissertation
Political Theory
Science, Technology, and International Relations
Devolution and Wales
America At War: a Military History of the United States
A War on the Mind: Propaganda and Secret Intelligence from the Great War to the 21st Century
Contemporary Latin America
Trade Wars and the Liberal Order
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