Course Summary
Discover how politics changes your world on our full-time degree in Cambridge. Choose to study abroad for one semester in the US, and get support to find work placements. Develop your critical skills by analysing key political structures and institutions from history and use them to gain an insight into future political landscapes in a career as an analyst, journalist or politician.
Entry Requirement
96 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent).
3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
You may also be accepted to this course with an IELTS 5.5 (Academic level- with no individual score being lower than 5.5) or equivalent English Language qualification as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University, but will then be required to undertake additional compulsory free English language modules in your first year.
Foundation year
Foundation in Humanities, English, Media, Social Sciences and Education
Year one
- Rights and Responsibilities
- The Sociology of Globalisation
Year Two
- Comparative Political Systems
- Britain in the 19th century
- Theories of Deviance, Crime and Social Control Body Politics
- The United States in the 20th Century
- Learning from Work Experience (incorporates work placements)
- Britain in the 20th Century
- Europe in the Age of the First World War
Year Three
- Undergraduate Major Project
- Politics and Social Media
- Feminist Theory and Practice
- Race, Racism and Cultural Identity
- Capitalism in Crisis: The Depression and War in Europe
- Talk to us for more information.
