BA Politics and...
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Overview
2013 Entry Requirements
- A Levels: AAA
- IB: 38 (7/6/6)
- BTEC: DDD
- Access to HE: Minimum of 30 Level 3 Credits at Distinction
- Scottish Highers: AAAAA
- Scottish Advanced Highers: AAA
- Irish LC: 360 points from 5 Higher level subjects at grade C1 or above
- Advanced Placement: 4 5 5 (Two semesters - UCAS Group A) plus US HSGD with GPA 3.0
- Euro Bacc: 85%
- French Bacc: 15/20
- German Abitur: 1.5
- Italy DES: 85/100
- Austria Mat: 1.5
- Polish Mat: 80%
Subjects Preferred: No
Interview Policy: Candidates with "non-standard" qualifications usually invited
The Politics degree at SOAS is structured around four core subdisciplines, namely political theory, political sociology, political economy, and international relations. Students receive a thorough training in the theories and methods of these sub-disciplines, which are then applied to the analysis of real world political situations.
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By studying Politics at SOAS, students will gain detailed knowledge and a thorough understanding of some of the most important power shifts and conflicts of ideas unfolding in the world today. They will also learn to critically engage with and explore the relevance of social science concepts for understanding contemporary geopolitics, regional politics of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, as well as the ability to undertake analyses and comparisons of political developments in specific countries.
Teaching in the Department of Politics and International Studies combines an introduction to the discipline of politics as a comparative exercise together with awareness that comparisons must always respect the individuality of each country and population. This awareness is complemented by the work carried out in other departments of SOAS. A Politics degree at SOAS therefore gives our students a better opportunity than most to understand global politics since our courses cover the politics of three quarters of the globe. BA Politics may be taken as a single subject or two-subject degree. A sampling of the courses we offer include Government and Politics of Asia, of China, of the Middle East, and of Africa, International Politics, Islam and Democracy, Politics of Development, Globalization and Global Governance, and Politics of Culture.
Key Information Set Data
The information for BA, BSc, or LLB programmes refer to data taken from the single subject degrees offered at SOAS; however, due to the unique nature of our programmes many subjects have a separate set of data when they are studied alongside another discipline. In order to get a full picture of their chosen subject(s) applicants are advised to look at both sets of information where these occur.
Combinations
May be combined with
African Studies TL52 BA/POLAF
Arabic+ LT26 BA/PLOA
Burmese++ LT2H BA/POLBU
Chinese+ LT21 BA/POLCH
Development Studies LL92 BA/POLDVS
Economics LL12 BA/POLEC
Geography** LL72 BA/POLGE
Georgian LT29 BA/POLGN
Hausa+ LTF5 BA/POLHA
Hebrew+ LQ24 BA/POLHE
Hindi+ LT2J BA/POLHN
History LV21 BA/POLH
Indonesian++ LTFH BA/POLI
Japanese LT22 BA/POLJ
Korean+ LTFL BA/POLKO
Law LM21 BA/POLLW
Linguistics LQ23 BA/LGPOL
Nepali+ LTGH BA/POLNE
Persian LTG6 BA/POLP
Social Anthropology LL62 BA/SAPOL
South Asian Studies TLHF BA/SASPOL
South East Asian Studies TLH2 BA/POLSEA
Study of Religions LV26 BA/SRPOL
Swahili+ LTG5 BA/SWOL
Thai+ TL32 BA/THPOL
Turkish+ LTF6 BA/TUPOL
Vietnamese TL3G BA/VPOL
** Taught at King's College, London
*** Taught at Birkbeck College, London
Structure
This information describes the Politics component of a two-subject degree. Students taking Joint Honours with a language which requires the second year to be spent overseas will normally be required to take three course units in the language, plus Introduction to Political Study, in their first year. These students are required to take Comparative and International Politics after their return plus the requirements listed from Year Two.
- Students may take a minimum of FIVE courses in Politics to qualify for a joint degree.
- Students may take no more than TWO course units as 'open options'.
Year One
- Introduction to political theory - 153400001 (1 Unit) - Full Year
AND EITHER
- Comparative and international politics - 153400063 (1 Unit) - Full Year
OR
- States, people, and power in Asia and Africa - 153400056 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Year Two
ONE of the following DISCIPLINARY units:
- Comparative political sociology of Asia and Africa - 153400067 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International politics - 153400014 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Political theory - 153400054 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Politics of development - 153400042 (1 Unit) - Full Year
AND
ONE of the following REGIONAL units:
- Government and politics of China - 153400071 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Government and politics of South Asia - 153400020 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Government and politics of the Middle East - 153400060 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Southeast Asian government and politics - 153400022 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- The state and politics in Africa - 153400064 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Taiwan's political and economic development - 153400072 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Year Three
ONE to THREE units from the following:
A course from the Year 2 DISCIPLINARY list
A course from the Year 2 REGIONAL list
The following units are available ONLY to FINAL year students, please see prerequisites
- Nationalism, ethnicity and state in Asia and Africa - 153400057 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Islam and democracy - 153400065 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Identity in international relations - 153400073 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Globalisation and global governance - 153400070 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2 - Not Running 2012/2013
- The international organisation of world politics - 153400068 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
- Politics of Culture - 153400075 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Politics of Gender - 153400074 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
- Issues in Turkish Politics - 15 340 0076 (0.5 Unit)
- Independent study project in Politics - 153400053 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Extended essay in Politics - 153400058 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Extended essay in Politics b - 153400061 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
AND/OR
Any course available to Year 3 students- an 'open option'
Prerequisites
To take 153400057 you need to have taken 153400067 OR 153400014
To take 153400065 you must have taken a unit in Middle East OR South Asian Politics
To take 153400073, 153400070 or 153400068 you must have taken 153400063 OR 153400014
To take 153400075 or 153400074 you must have taken 153400063 OR 153400056 OR a Politics course from the list of regional courses
To take 153400053 you must have a mark of 2:1 or above in Year Two. Students CANNOT take BOTH an Independent Study Project and two Extended Essays.
Programme Specification
Teaching & Learning
Year abroad
If Politics is combined with a language in a 4-year degree course, students spend a study year abroadTeaching & Learning
Classes are taught through lectures, tutorials and seminars. Assessment is by a combination of written examination and essays.
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