Undergraduate | Programme Specifications

Programme summary

Awarding body/institution	Loughborough University
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department	Department of Politics, History and International Relations - pre 2018
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body
Final award	BA (Hons)/BA (Hons) + DPS/BA (Hons) + DIntS
Programme title	Politics with a Minor Subject
Programme code	EUUB03
Length of programme
UCAS code	L200/L201
Admissions criteria	The duration of the Programme is 6 semesters (three-year Programme), 8 semesters (four year programme) or 6 semesters plus one academic year (four-year thick sandwich programme). The three-year programme allows, at Part B (Semester Two) for a course of study to be taught in English at a foreign University.
Date at which the programme specification was published	Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:19:35 BST

1. Programme Aims

To introduce the concepts and principles that underpin politics, informed by research that fosters critical and independent thought.
To introduce students to debates about power and distribution which lie at the heart of politics (‘who gets what, when, how and why’) and hone the analytic skills required to determine the legitimacy of distributions.
To engage students in debates about political events, institutions and ideas as a route to their engagement in politics as citizens and actors in the global political arena.
To familiarise students with the methodological and theoretical assumptions which underpin political arguments.
To familiarise students with key concepts in critical political analysis, including power, justice, accountability, order, dissent, violence, sovereignty, governance and decision-making.
To combine the study of politics with related disciplines in humanities and social sciences and to enable students to extend, apply and/or reflect on their learning through training in the UK or abroad and/or through the study of a modern language.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

QAA Benchmarking statement for Politics and International Relations
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
University Learning and Teaching Strategy
Departmental Learning and Teaching policies
The research interests and specialisms of the teaching staff and their professional involvement in the discipline

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

K1. discuss the nature and characteristics of a variety of political issues, ideas and phenomena;

K2. analyse the social, economic and historical context in which political systems evolve and operate;

K3. explain competing interpretations of political issues and events;

K4. apply concepts, theories and methods used in the study of politics to analyse political ideas, institutions and practices;

K5. explain and evaluate concepts of political change such as revolution, war, crisis, protest, agency, and modernity.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

C1. choose appropriate methods in explanatory and normative political theory and political science to investigate key issues and events in politics;

C2. evaluate political opinions, ideas and events and defend personal preferences through reasoned argument;

C3. use supporting evidence and illustrative examples to discuss and/or explain complex political phenomena and events;

C4. use sophisticated argument and analysis to propose solutions to complex problems.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

P1. use information technology to retrieve information from a variety of primary and secondary sources and to communicate ideas orally, visually and in writing;

P2. evaluate sources and the ethical issues relating to research in politics;

P3. undertake independent research under supervision;

P4. organise personal learning and development self-critically.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

T1. use constructive criticism to improve and strengthen work;

T2. work independently, demonstrating initiative and the ability to manage time and resources effectively;

T3. apply research skills and practices to offer interpretations of complex and unfamiliar ideas, abstract concepts, political phenomena and events;

T4. summarise academic debates drawn from a range of introductory and specialist research literatures, fluently and with sophistication, to a range of specialist and non-specialist audiences;

T5. evaluate alternative solutions to complex problems.

T6. work with others for collective benefit and knowledge advancement

4. Programme structure

4.1

Modules with a total modular weight of 80 must be studied in each Academic Year (Parts A, B and C) from Politics. Candidates may take 40 credits of minor subject modules in each Part. Candidates choose modules derived from a list provided by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on the candidates' previous qualifications. Due to timetabling constraints, not all option combinations may be available.

4.2 Content

(1) Part A – Introductory Modules

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester

(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 80)

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUA001	Introduction to Academic Studies	1	10
EUA601	The Contemporary World Arena	1	20
EUA607	Introduction to Democratic Government	1	10
EUA610	Conceptions of Democracy	2	10
EUA613	Political Ideologies	2	20
EUA619	Analysing Current Issues in Politics and International Relations	2	10

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES – MINOR SUBJECT (total modular weight of 40)

Candidates should choose two minor subject groups which must be followed through Part A from:

Code	Title	Semester(s)	Modular Weight
Economics
ECA001	Principles of Macroeconomics	1 & 2	20
English
EAA777	Narrative Forms and Fiction	1	20
French
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
German
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
Geography
GYA004	Geographies of Global Economic Change	1	10
GYA104	Geographies of Identity	2	10
International Relations
EUA702	Modern Europe: From the Enlightenment to the Present (10 Credit) NB: Or EUA701 if the other minor is History	1	10
EUA617	Approaches to International Relations	2	10
Business
BSA505	Organisational Behaviour	1	10
BSA506	Management of Human Resources	2	10
Mandarin Chinese
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
History
EUA702	Modern Europe: From the Enlightenment to the Present (10 Credit) NB: Or EUA701 if the other minor is International Relations	1	10
EUA707	Modern World History: New Perspectives (10 Credit)	2	10
Social Sciences
SSA001	Introduction to Sociology: Identities and Inequalities	1	10
SSA002	Introduction to Sociology: Global, Social and Cultural Change	2	10
SSA201	Introduction to Criminology & Social Policy A	1	10
SSA202	Introduction to Criminology & Social Policy B	2	10
SSA301	Introduction to Communication and Media Studies: Contemporary Trends and Issues	1	10
SSA302	Introduction to Communication and Media Studies: Historical Debates and Perspectives	2	10
Spanish
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20

(2) Part B – Degree Modules

EITHER

(a) Standard Route

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester

(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 40)

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUB605	Theories and Methods in Political Research	1	10
EUB628	History of Political Thought	1	20
EUB608	Research Design	2	10

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES

POLITICS (total modular weight 40)

In addition to the compulsory modules EUB605, EUB628 and EUB608, candidates must choose a total modular weight of 40 credits over Semesters 1 and 2 from the list below, noting the combinations of modules of the same titles but with different credit-weightings are mutually exclusive:

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUB601	The European Union (20 Credit)	1	20
EUB625	The European Union (10 Credit)	1	10
EUB630	British Politics	1	20
EUB634	The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20^th Century	1	20
EUB604	Comparative European Politics (20 Credit)	2	20
EUB620	Comparative European Politics (10 Credit)	2	10
EUB631	Protest and Resistance	2	20
EUB633	Enterprise, Employability and Personal Development	2	10

(iii) OPTIONAL MODULES – MINOR SUBJECT (total modular weight 40)

Candidates must choose 40 Credits from one of the minor subject groups listed below. Again, the combinations of modules of the same titles but with different credit-weightings are mutually exclusive. Candidates studying French, German, Spanish or Mandarin Chinese must study 20 Credits from one of the minor subject groups along with 20 Credits of their language modules. Choices of minor subject modules will be subject to satisfying any prerequisites set out in individual module specifications.

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
Business
BSB530	Accounting for Business	1	10
BSB560	Principles of Marketing	1	10
BSB532	Accounting for Managers	2	10
BSB562	The Marketing Mix	2	10
Economics
ECB037	Microeconomics	1 & 2	20
English
EAB008	Victorian Literature	1	20
EAB039	Nineteenth-Century American Writing	1	20
EAB113	Introduction to Linguistics	1	20
EAB710	Renaissance Writings	1	20
EAB012	African American Culture	2	20
EAB110	Introduction to Multimodality	2	20
EAB114	Elephants and Engines	2	20
EAB711	Eighteenth Century Literature	2	20
French
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
German
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
Geography
GYB210	Globalization	1 & 2	20
GYB220	Geographies of Social Difference	1 & 2	20
GYB211	Globalization	1	10
GYB222	Geographies of Social Difference	1	10
GYB110	Sustainable Urban Geographies	2	10
GYB113	Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation	2	10
GYB320	Global Migration	2	10
History
EUB702	Cold War Europe (20 Credit)	1	20
EUB703	Cold War Europe (10 Credit)	1	10
EUB724	Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)	1	20
EUB725	Slavery in Global History (10 Credit)	1	10
EUB712	Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization (20 Credit)	2	20
EUB713	Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization (10 Credit)	2	10
EUB714	Modern China in a Global Perspective (20 Credit)	2	20
EUB715	Modern China in a Global Perspective (10 Credit)	2	10
EUB726	British Social History 1918-1979: Other Worlds of Labour (20 Credit)	2	20
EUB727	British Social History 1918-1979: Other Worlds of Labour (10 Credit)	2	10
International Relations
EUB619	Security Studies	1	20
EUB615	Challenges to International Governance	2	20
Mandarin Chinese
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
Politics
EUB628	History of Political Thought	1	20
EUB630	British Politics	1	20
EUB604	Comparative European Politics	2	20
EUB631	Protest and Resistance	2	20
Social Sciences
SSB020	Race and Racism	1	10
SSB216	Women and Crime: Victims, Offenders and Survivors	1	10
SSB360	The Media in Global Context	1	10
SSB023	Religion and Society	2	10
SSB234	Media, Culture and Crime	2	10
SSB239	Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy	2	10
Spanish
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.			20

OR

(b) INTERNATIONAL SEMESTER ROUTE

Candidates may replace the modules required for Part B Semester 2 with an approved course of study taught in English at a foreign University. In Semester 2, candidates will undertake assessed work equivalent to 50 credits, as required by the Department of P{olitics, History and International Relations, along with a Distance Learning Research Design module. Candidates who opt for this route must ensure that they have selected a total of 60 credits from Semester 1 modules.

(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 100)

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUB605	Theories and Methods in Political Research	1	10
EUB628	History of Political Thought	1	20
EUB625	The European Union (10 Credit)	1	10
EUB001	International Semester	2	50
EUB614	Research Design (Distance Learning)	2	10

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES – MINOR SUBJECT (total modular weight 20)

Candidates must choose 20 credits from one of the minor subject groups listed below. Candidates studying French, German, Spanish or Mandarin Chinese should choose 10 credits from one of the minor subject groups and one 10 credit Language module. Choices of minor subject modules will be subject to satisfying any prerequisites set out in individual module specifications.

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
Business
BSB530	Accounting for Business	1	10
BSB560	Principles of Marketing	1	10
English
EAB008	Victorian Literature	1	20
EAB039	Nineteenth-Century American Writing	1	20
EAB113	Introduction to Linguistics	1	20
EAB710	Renaissance Writings	1	20
French
One 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1	10
German
One 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1	10
Geography
GYB211	Globalization	1	10
GYB222	Geographies of Social Difference	1	10
History
EUB702	Cold War Europe (20 Credit)	1	20
EUB703	Cold War Europe (10 Credit)	1	10
EUB724	Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)	1	20
EUB725	Slavery in Global History (10 Credit)	1	10
International Relations
EUB619	Security Studies	1	20
Mandarin Chinese
One 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1	10
Politics
EUB628	History of Political Thought	1	20
EUB630	British Politics	1	20
Social Sciences
SSB020	Race and Racism	1	10
SSB216	Women and Crime: Victims, Offenders and Survivors	1	10
SSB360	The Media in Global Context	1	10
Spanish
One 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1	10

(3) Part I

Candidates following the four-year programme are required to undertake an academic year abroad (Part I) which occurs between Part B and Part C at a French-, German- or Spanish-speaking university, following an approved course of study leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI. Candidates may also follow an approved course of study at a foreign university where teaching is in English leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.

Candidates following the four-year thick sandwich programme are required to spend the third academic year (Part I) EITHER undertaking an approved Assistantship at a school or other approved placement in a French-, German- or Spanish-speaking country, leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI, OR undertaking an approved placement in the UK or abroad leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI. Participation in study abroad or a placement is subject to Departmental approval and satisfactory academic performance during parts A and B.

(4) PART C – Degree Modules

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester

(i) COMPULSORY MODULE (total modular weight 40)

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUC643	Dissertation in Politics and International Relations	1 & 2	40

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 80)

In choosing optional and minor subjects, candidates must ensure that they study a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester; credit from the Dissertation in Politics and International Relations must be split equally (20:20) over both Semesters

In addition to the compulsory module EUC643, candidates must choose a minimum modular weight of 40 and a maximum modular weight of 60 from Group 1 (optional) modules over semesters 1 and 2, as well as a minimum modular weight of 20 and a maximum modular weight of 40 from Group 2 (Minor) Modules.

Group 1

Code	Title	Semester	Modular Weight
EUC602	Nationalism: blood, soil and citizens	1	20
EUC604	State Violence and Terrorism	1	20
EUC628	The Asia Pacific in Global Politics	1	20
EUC657	The Civil Rights Movement in the US	1	20
EUC660	Contemporary Political Philosophy	1	20
EUC677	Britain and the European Union	1	20
EUC664	Politics and Religion	2	20
EUC665	Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline	2	20
EUC666	Gender and Politics	2	20
EUC674	Power, Violence and Human Suffering	2	20
EUC679	1968 – World Revolution?	2	20
EUC714	The Soviet Security State	2	20

Group 2 – Choices of elective subject modules will be subject to satisfying any prerequisites set out in individual module specifications.

Code	Title	Semester	Module Weight
Business
BSB035	Sales Management	1	10
BSB555	Organisational Studies	1	10
BSB580	Operations Management	1	10
BSC105	International Human Resource Management	1	10
BSC520	Business Systems	1	10
BSC522	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	1	10
BSB590	Contemporary Business Environment	2	10
BSC124	Marketing Communications	2	10
BSC144	Project Management	2	10
BSC524	Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning	2	10
BSC575	Leadership and Interpersonal Skills	2	10
Economics
ECC012	Introduction to Finance	1 & 2	20
ECC013	International Economic Relations	1 & 2	20
ECC014	Economics of the Financial System	1 & 2	20
ECC017	Economics of the Welfare State	2	20
English
EAC034	Narratives of American Sport	1	20
EAC042	Dimensions of Texts	1	20
EAC227	Myth and History: Milton’s Paradise Lost	1	20
EAC016	Cruel and Unusual	1	20
EAC014	Aphra Behn	1	20
EAC022	Ulysses	2	20
EAC103	Modernisms	2	20
EAC300	Rare Shakespeare	2	20
EAC109	Romantic Writings	2	20
EAC701	Global America	2	20
French
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
History
EUC703	Revolution in the Head: The Beatles and Sixties Britain	1	20
EUC713	Jim Crow, Bootleggers and Okies: American Cultural History 1890-1930	1	20
EUC715	Fear of East Asia and the Global Order	1	20
EUC705	The Rise of the Nazis	2	20
EUC714	The Soviet Security State, 1917 – present	2	20
Geography
GYC107	Regional Worlds	1	20
GYC212	Globalised Urbanisation	1	20
GYC205	Central America: Dependency and Development	2	10
GYC214	Geographies of Children and Youth	2	10
GYC325	Geographies of Transnational Mobility and Diaspora	2	20
German
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
International Relations/Politics
EUC602	Nationalism: Blood, soil and citizens	1	20
EUC604	State Violence and Terrorism	1	20
EUC628	The Asia Pacific in Global Politics	1	20
EUC657	The Civil Rights Movement in the US	1	20
EUC660	Contemporary Political Philosophy	1	20
EUC672	The European Union and the Global Political Economy	1	20
EUC677	Britain and the European Union	1	20
EUC658	Art, Politics and Society	2	20
EUC664	Politics and Religion	2	20
EUC665	Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline	2	20
EUC666	Gender and Politics	2	20
EUC674	Power, Violence and Suffering	2	20
EUC679	1968 – World Revolution?	2	20
EUC714	Soviet Security State	2	20
Mandarin Chinese
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20
Social Sciences
SSC024	Gender, Sex and Society	1	20
SSC030	Debating Society	1	20
SSC128	Political Psychology	1	20
SSC138	Forensic Psychology	1	20
SSC238	Youth Justice	1	20
SSC316	Media, Memory and History	1	20
SSC022	The Body, Health and the Digital	2	20
SSC233	Crime and Deviance in Sport	2	20
SSC237	Sex Work and Sex Industries	2	20
SSC357	Producing the News	2	20
Spanish
Two x 10 credit modules, one from each Semester from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.		1 & 2	20

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

5.1 In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to Part C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX but also achieve a module mark of at least 30% in all modules in each Part.

5.2 Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of reassessment in any Part of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University's special assessment period.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40%, Part C 60% to determine the final programme percentage mark.

Programme Specifications

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

c. Key transferable skills:

4. Programme structure

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

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