2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Politics and Parliamentary Studies
Programme code: | BA-POLI&PS | UCAS code: | L242 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Richard Hayton | Contact address: | R.Hayton@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
There will be no direct recruitment to the Politics and Parliamentary Studies (PPS) programme. Students on BA Politics are eligible to apply to transfer to PPS at the end of level one. This is a competitive process, involving a written application and, for shortlisted candidates, an interview.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Politics and International Studies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Politics and International Studies exam board
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Politics and International Relations.
Programme specification:
The programme will critically engage with the nature of politics and parliamentary studies, furnishing the student with a historically informed and theoretically aware academic understanding of the dynamics of political phenomena and an in depth understanding of political processes, both at the domestic and international levels.
This is a well-established programme which provides the opportunity for students to spend a year on placement in a political office, normally that of an MP at Westminster. All assessment during the year is set by POLIS and does not contribute to the degree classification.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory modules:
PIED1100 | British Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1212 | Making of the Modern World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
You may choose one of the following optional modules 0-20 credits:
PIED1201 | Global Development Challenges | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1806 | Contemporary Africas: Politics, Society and the Environment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Alternatively you may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Discovery modules:
Alternatively, you may choose 20 credits of discovery modules. . Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.
POLIS hosts the multi-disciplinary power and conflict module which you may choose to take if you wish. However, there are also numerous other discovery modules based in other schools that you may choose from
PIED1551 | Power and Conflict - an Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Your total credits should be 125.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory modules:
PIED2706 | The UK Parliament: Between Tradition and Reform | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
POLITICAL THEORY OPTIONS
You must choose at least 20 and up to 40 credits of modules from the following list. You must pass at least 20 credits of modules in this list.
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
FURTHER OPTIONS
You must choose at least 20 and up to 60 credits from the following list:
FOSS2001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2160 | Spin Doctors and Electioneering | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2558 | Security Studies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2711 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
You may choose up to 40 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.
Your total credits for the year should be 120. You are required to study 120 credits. The classification average for the year will be based on the average across the full 120 credits.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You will undertake a parliamentary placement and will be enrolled on the following module:
PIED3771 | Parliamentary Studies (Placement) | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory dissertation module:
PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
You must choose at least 40 and up to 80 credits from the following list:
FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3160 | Prime Ministers and British Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3199 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3304 | Extreme Right Parties | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
FURTHER OPTIONS
You may take up to a further 40 credits of modules from the following list:
PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3340 | France and Europe | 20 credits | ||
PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3504 | Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
You must choose 100 credits of Politics modules at Level 3.
Discovery modules:
You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary prerequisities before you enrol.
Your total credits for the year should be 120.
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