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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Politics with Quantitative Research Methods (Industrial)

Programme code:BA-POLI/QS4UCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Yoshiharu Kobayashi Contact address:Y.Kobayashi@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

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:

The School of Politics and International Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

The School of Politics and International Studies Examination Board

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

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:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

PIED1001The Politics of Global Challenges: Becoming an Independent Researcher40 creditsNot running until 202425
PIED1100British Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules


Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules.

PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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

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

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

FOSS2002Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches20 creditsNot running until 202425
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)
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)
PIED2570Forced Migration20 creditsNot running in 202324

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:

PIED2220North-South Linkages20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2559Global Security Challenges20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED2706The UK Parliament: Between Tradition and Reform20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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:

PIED8800POLIS Industrial Placement (Full Year)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 modules.

PIED3704Advanced Statistical Analysis20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3769Dissertation for Q-Steps Students40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

You are required to study 40 - 60 credits of optional modules 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 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


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)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

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