Undergraduate Modules (2012-13)
Note: Due to staff restructuring some module specifications are subject to change.
Level 1 modules
The Level 1 module offers an introduction to Politics:
- Politics and Public Policy (PO11001) (Semester 1)
Compulsory core module for Politics, and European Politics degree pathways - optional for other pathways.
Many students also chose to take the interdisciplinary module The Globalizing World (HU12001).
Level 2 modules
Our two Level 2 modules are designed to provide an introduction to the essential theories, concepts and processes that are central to understanding politics and international relations:
- International Relations (PO21001) (Semester 2)
Compulsory core module for all degree pathways except European Politics, for which it is optional. - Comparative Politics (PO22002) (Semester 1)
Compulsory core module for Politics, and European Politics degree pathways - optional for other pathways.
Students taking Geopolitics and International Relations must also take a Level 2 Geography module (see the list of Geography modules), and those taking European Politics must take the interdisciplinary module 'Contemporary Challenges for Europe' in addition to 'Comparative Politics'.
On completing Level 2 and entering Level 3 you can decide to follow any of the four degree pathways as long as you have studied the required compulsory modules at levels 1 and 2.
Level 3 modules
The centrepiece of our Level 3 programme is the following module:
- Theorising Politics (PO32005) (Semester 2)
Compulsory core module for those taking single honours Politics and joint honours Politics and International Relations degree pathways.
In addition to Theorising Politics, Single Honours students normally take three further optional modules chosen from the list below. Joint Honours students will normally take one further Politics module and two from their other subject.
Semester 1
- Governing the USA (PO31002)
- Contemporary Politics in Ireland (PO31008)
- The Collapse of the Soviet Union (PO31011)
- The Politics of Transatlantic Relations (PO32003)
Semester 2
- European Politics and Simulation (PO32007)
- Contemporary African Politics (PO32012) (twin-track module delivered jointly with History programme)
- The Cold War (HY32028) (twin-track module delivered jointly with History programme)
- America in the Sixties (HY32032) (twin-track module delivered jointly with History programme)
Level 4 modules
At level 4 students on the programme choose either four Politics modules from the list below if doing single honours, and normally two each of Politics options and their other subject if they are following a joint honours pathway.
Semester 1
- International Peacekeeping (PO41004)
- Modern South Africa: Apartheid, African Liberation and Democracy (PO41010)
- Politics of the Middle East (PO41011)
- Surveillance in a Post-9/11 World (PO42009)
- Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement: 1945-1970 (HY42038) (twin-track module delivered jointly with History programme)
- Dissertation (PO40006) (Semesters 1&2; compulsory for single honours students)
Semester 2
- Russian Politics in Transition (PO41009)
- Gender, Power and Sexuality (PO42001)
- The Global Politics of Illegal Drugs (PO42011)
- Studying Human Rights (PO42013)
- Europe and International Security (PO42014)
- Dissertation (PO40006) (Semesters 1&2; compulsory for single honours students)

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