BA (Hons) Politics at Keele University

Empowering you to create positive change, answer big questions and make sense of society in an ever-changing political world. Politics BA at Keele is designed to help you understand society and the events and forces that shape it. Our wide-ranging course develops your knowledge and understanding of government, people, ideas, institutions, and their interactions.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years or 4 years with international or placement year  |  Study mode: full-time; placement year option  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 compulsory modules: Making Sense of Politics, Becoming a Social Scientist, Exploring Inequalities. Year 2 compulsory modules: Global Democracy under Threat: Resilience or Retreat?, Social Science Methods, Data Analysis in Social Sciences. Year 3 compulsory modules: Dissertation in Politics and IR - ISP, Engaged Social Science.

Career pathways

Having a degree in Politics from Keele will equip you with a broad set of skills, transferable to various careers. You will learn how to communicate clearly to a range of audiences, work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team and critically evaluate using different methods, grounded in social science.

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