2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Politics with Quantitative Research Methods Commencing at level two

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

There will be no direct recruitment to the ‘quantitative methods’ pathways. Students will be able to transfer to the quantitative methods pathway at the end of level one subject to achieving a minimum mark of 60 in PIED1110 Comparative Politics and an average of 60 overall.

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

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Politics and International Studies

Programme specification:

The programme will critically engage with the nature of Political 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.

The Pathway will:
- Provide students with an understanding of the logic and principles of quantitative analysis
- Enable students to apply the logic and principles to a range of substantive settings, including case-study and comparative approaches
- Teach students to use simple statistical tests to assess the rigour and robustness of empirical data sources
- Provide the opportunity to carry out exploratory analysis of quantitative data using bivariate techniques
- Understand secondary analyses using complex statistical techniques
- Conceive, construct and interpret advanced statistical analyses, including multivariate regression and causal analysis

Such learning outcomes will contribute to students’ capacity to progress to further study at postgraduate level, bring a substantial set of social science analytical tools to the full range of disciplinary Masters and PhD programmes, as well as a very strong analytical skillsets for the employment market. Combined with the wide array of subjects in a School the size of POLIS, the applications of QM for undergraduates will be extremely broad. Similarly, the opportunity to undertake short-courses and attend other events run by the University’s Q-Step Centre will introduce students to a much wider network of social scientists working in different disciplines, and allow them to develop understanding of social enquiry through QM. Graduates from the Pathway programme should enter the new cohort of academic, public- and private-sector analysts.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Discovery modules:

You must choose 20 credits of discovery modules. Please check to see that you have the necessary pre-requisites before you enrol.

Your total credits for the year should be 120.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules.

Optional modules:

Political Theory Options:
You are required to study 20 - 40 credits from the following Political Theory modules. You must pass at least 20 credits of modules in this group

Government and Political Systems options:
You are required to study 20 - 40 credits from the following Government and Political Systems modules. You must pass at least 20 credits of modules in this group

FURTHER OPTION AND DISCOVERY MODULES
To make up your total to 120 credits, you may take further options from the following, or alternatively may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules:

Further options:
To make up your total to 120 credits, you may take further options from the following, or alternatively may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Discovery modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules.

Optional modules:

You are required to study 40 - 60 credits of optional modules from the following list:

Further options and discovery modules:
You can take up to 20 credits from the following list. Alternatively you may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules
Further options and discovery modules:

You can take up to 20 credits from the following list. Alternatively you may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

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