BA (Hons) Politics with Economics
Degrees from the Department of Politics cover areas including health, local government, globalisation, post-colonialism, European politics, British politics, political ideas, political theory and ideologies, and public administration.
Saifur Rahman Wahid, BA Politics with Economics
3 years full-time or a minimum of 4 years part-time.
L2L1
AAB or equivalent; see entrance requirements for alternative qualifications.
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As well as developing intellectually, you'll work on transferable and communication skills - learning to plan your workload, to research solutions, and to express your ideas coherently.
Graduates go on to a wide variety of careers. Some go on to postgraduate study or further training in law, accountancy, social work, business administration, or to specialise in one area of their academic studies, whilst others go directly into employment. Areas of employment include administration and management, central and local government, finance, the media, research, computing, voluntary agencies, the probation service, company management, teaching, and health, education and housing management.
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Politics
The Department provides a lively interdisciplinary environment, specialising in the study of cultures and conflicts in a way that crosses boundaries between disciplines. For most of our degrees you develop a broad foundation in politics in the first year, and then specialise in the subjects that interest you most. In the second year of all programmes you can choose an approved course from another department. The degrees are taught through lectures and seminars.
What you study
First year
For all of our degrees, you take four units. The topics these courses cover consist of: UK and European government and politics; key concepts in political theory, including the state, democracy, freedom, rights and power; the development of social welfare systems, combined with the main theories, concepts, problems and questions of political economy; and theories of international relations and the main developments in international politics since 1945.
Second and third years
In your second year you pick at least two politics courses and at least one economics course. The politics options allow you to investigate: the evolution of European society since 1945; Chinese politics; the development of modern political theory; public administration in the British government; art and politics; or themes and issues in British politics since 1945. The economics courses enable you to study: the modern African economy; or the main theories, concepts and problems in political economy. You also take a fourth course from the previous list or from approved options in other departments in Goldsmiths.
In the third year, you take a selection of politics and economics courses. The options currently available focus on: risk and politics; Northern Ireland; nationalism; culture; globalisation and power; political theory; public policy; welfare policy; liberalism; non-western political thought; anarchism; and a compulsory dissertation. To be awarded an Honours degree in Politics with Economics, you should have taken at least six course units in politics and at least three in economics.
Assessment
Written examination; essays; project work.
Application enquiries
Please see how to apply for information on applying to this programme.