Study Schemes

BSC  Sociology and Politics [LL32]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Single Honours scheme - available from 2020/2021

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
IP12420

Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills

or
GW12420

Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd

IP12620

Behind the Headlines

or
GW12620

Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau

Semester 2
IP12920

Politics in the 21st Century

or
GW12920

Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain

Year 1  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS15120

Thinking Sociologically

Semester 2
GS14220

Place and Identity

GS16120

Key Concepts in Sociology

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS21600

Sociological Research in the 'Field'

GS24220

Understanding (in)equality and (in)justice

Semester 2
GS21620

Sociological Research in the 'Field'

GS25020

Introduction to Social Theory

Year 2  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 2
IQ23920

People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today

or
GQ23920

Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw

Year 2  Options

Choose 40 credits from the following options in the Department of International Politics.

Semester 1
GQ23820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW25820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP20720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP23620

European Security in 21st Century

IP25320

Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918

IP26020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP26720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP29220

International Politics and Global Development

IP29620

Women and Global Development

IQ20920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ22620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline

IQ23820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ24320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ25520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ26020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GW20120

Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau

GW29920

Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti

IP20120

International Relations: Perspectives and Debates

IP20420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP21320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP21820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP22320

The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module

IP22720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP28820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP29820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP29920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ20020

Race in Global Politics

IQ24420

Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics

IQ25120

Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics

IQ25620

Refugee Simulation

IQ27120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Final Year  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS31200

Sociology Dissertation

or
DA31200

Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg

GS33320

Everyday Social Worlds

Semester 2
GS31240

Sociology Dissertation

or
DA31240

Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg

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.

Semester 1
GQ33820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW30000

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

GW35820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP30000

Dissertation

IP30720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP33620

European Security in the 21st Century

IP36020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP36720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP39620

Women and Global Development

IQ30920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ32620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:

IQ33820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ34320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ35520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ36020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GW30040

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

GW39920

Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti

IP30040

Dissertation

IP30420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP31320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP32720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP38820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP39820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP39920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ30020

Race in Global Politics

IQ35620

Refugee Simulation

IQ37120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
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  • Aberystwyth Bursary
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