Year one modules

• the politics of everyday life • social thinking and reflection • the politics of the USA • shaping societies • introduction to international relations • political ideas and concepts

Year two modules

• personal learning portfolio • research methods in politics • understanding global societies 

You also choose one from • work-related learning and four option modules • project management and two option modules • work placement • study abroad.

Option modules 
May include • divided societies • the politics of social capital • education and schooling • families, kinship and households • the politics of inequality • gangs and subcultures • post war British foreign and defence policy • globalization and politics • health and society • religion, belief and community •  politics, ideology and the media • spin, propaganda and the media • politics of the environment • global issues in welfare • understanding modern societies • research methods

Year three modules

Modules include • dissertation • professional development •comparing social issues and policy in global context • comparative politics • policy making and analysis • anarchism: direct action in theory and practice • British political parties in the modern era • contemporary security studies • failed states and democratisation • gender in political thought and action • terrorism and counter-terrorism • the politics of violence • world politics • policy making and analysis • belief, meaning and culture • crime and the media • culture, media and consumption • drug use in context • families and kinship; a global perspective • global identities • power, sex and the body • work, employment and globalisation • rehabilitation and punishment • advanced research methods • organisation, work and psychology • youth justice systems in international context • individual differences and mental health • welfare rights and legal issues • counselling and psychotherapy • evidence for welfare practice • politics of inequality and social division