Political Science and Geography
Students now focus on the research-based development of their core topics as they prepare for their final degree grade. Students may be required to write a dissertation or prepare a case study which provides an excellent opportunity to position themselves for a career in a specific sector or for postgraduate study.
Senior Sophister - Programme Requirements
Students must take modules to the value of 60 ECTS credits.
- Students taking both subjects equally in the Senior Sophister year are required to take modules to the value of 30 credits in both subjects
- Students taking Political Science only are required to take PO4600 and PO4690 (30 credits) and any other two political science modules (30 credits)
- Students taking Geography only are required to take GG4030 (20 credits) and any other geography modules (40 credits), including up to 20 credits of Broad Curriculum modules over the Junior and Senior Sophister years.
Senior Sophister - Module Outlines
SS Module Code | SS Module Title |
ECTS | Pre-requisites |
Department/School |
---|---|---|---|---|
POU44000 |
20 |
POU33011 & POU33012 |
Political Science |
|
POU44010 |
10 |
POU33011 & POU33012 |
Political Science |
|
POU44021 |
5 |
POU22021 & POU22022 |
Political Science |
|
POU44032 | Contemporary International Relations B | 5 |
POU22021 & POU22022 | Political Science |
POU44040 |
10 |
None |
Political Science |
|
POU44050 |
5 |
None |
Political Science |
|
POU44061 | Autocracy | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44062 | Human Rights | 5 |
POU44061 | Political Science |
POU44081 | Interest Groups | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44101 | Topics: Transparency in Modern Democracies | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44111 | Topics: Political Parties | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44122 | Topics: Media and Politics | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44132 | Topics: Military and Politics | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44141 | Economic Equality and Democracy | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44152 | Right Wing Populism in Contemporary Democracies | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44162 | Political Theory: Contemporary Topics | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44171 | Russian Politics after Communism | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44191 | Advanced Topics in Civil Conflict | 5 |
None | Political Science |
POU44202 | Ethnic Politics and Identity | 5 |
None | Political Science |
GGU34975 | Glacial Geomorphology | 10 |
None | Geography |
GGU34979 |
10 |
None |
Geography |
|
GGU44926 | Environmental Governance 2 | 10 |
None | Geography |
GGU44930 |
20 |
GGU33928 |
Geography |
|
GGU44936 |
5 |
None |
Geography |
|
GGU44961 |
10 |
None |
Geography |
|
GGU44962 |
5 |
None |
Geography |
|
GGU44966 | Historical Geography 1 | 5 |
None | Geography |
GGU44967 | Historical Geography 2 | 5 |
None | Geography |
GGU44971 | Stormy Geomorphology | 10 |
None | Geography |
BOU44111 | Restoration Ecology and Re-wilding | 5 |
None | Geography |
TEU |
5-20 |
None |
Geography/College |