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Social Sciences
Politics & International Relations
BA Political Science & Geography
4 years
€3000 pa
Programme profile
In a rapidly changing international economic, political, security and environmental context the tools of political science and geography are becoming increasingly important to analyse global problems and provide policy solutions. This course combines analytical rigour with an understanding of real-world variations and complexities.
These two disciplines have been associated through the sub-fields of political geography, which covers geographical differences in voting patterns, for example, and through geo-politics, which examines how the great powers influence other parts of the planet. However, in a context of globalisation, interdisciplinary understandings of socio-environmental issues are becoming increasingly key in solving the problems of the future, such as political instability in parts of the developing world as a result of climate change
Programme content
In Years One and Two, you will study foundation modules: Introduction to Physical Geography;Introduction to Political Geography; Introduction to Human Geography; Changing worlds; Collection and analysis of geographical data; Introduction to political science; Introduction to sociology; Introduction to economic policy; Comparative politics; International relations; History of political thought.
In the Third Year, students take each subject equally. On the geography side two modules are mandatory with the other four modules being drawn from a list of options. The mandatory geography courses are Geographic information systems, and History and philosophy of geography. On the political-science side, students may take any three options.
In the Fourth Year, students may take both subjects equally or one subject alone. For students taking geography or political science as their sole subject in this year a research thesis or dissertation is compulsory.
Entry Requirements
Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. Others must be at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. The six subjects above must include:English, Mathematics and a language other than English.
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