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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Politics and Parliamentary Studies

Programme code:BA-POLI&PSUCAS code:L242
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Alexandra Meakin Contact address:A.Meakin@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:

PIED1100British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1212Making of the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

You may choose one of the following optional modules 0-20 credits:

PIED1201Global Development Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1806Contemporary Africas: Politics, Society and the Environment20 creditsSemester 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

PIED1551Power and Conflict - an Introduction20 creditsSemester 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:

PIED2706The UK Parliament: Between Tradition and Reform20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 creditsSemester 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.

PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

FURTHER OPTIONS
You must choose at least 20 and up to 60 credits from the following list:

FOSS2001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED2139The Labour Party Since 194520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2161Media and Democracy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2220North-South Linkages20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2250Latin American Development Challenges in Global Historical Perspective20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2559Global Security Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2570Forced Migration20 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 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:

PIED3771Parliamentary Studies (Placement)120 creditsSemesters 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:

PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

You must choose at least 40 and up to 80 credits from the following list:

FOSS3001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3305The Far Right in Europe and Beyond20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3611Radical Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3617Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3650Global Political Economy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

FURTHER OPTIONS
You may take up to a further 40 credits of modules from the following list:

PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3342Gender and Security in Global Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3504Critically Analysing The Responsibility to Protect20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3500Gender, Technologies and the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3995Ethnicity and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 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.

Last updated: 28/04/2023 14:29:26

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