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Associate Dean (Undergraduate) Senior Academic Selector BA in Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Course Structure in Strathclyde & Scottish
Universities.
- UCAS & The Application Process.
- Politics & International Relations at the
University of Strathclyde.
- What can you do with a degree in Politics &
International Relations?
Politics & International Relations: Lecture Outline
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Can be combined with Humanities subjects: English, History, Journalism & Creative Writing, French, Italian, Spanish. … Social Science subjects: Education, Law, Psychology, Social Policy New Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Degree from 2016-17
Politics & International Relations BA (Hons) degrees in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Subjects can be combined with some in Business School: Economics Human Resource Management Marketing Tourism Science Faculty: Mathematics The University of Strathclyde Course Structure is not unlike that at Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and other Scottish Universities
BA degrees in Humanities and Social Sciences
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Year 1: Politics & International Relations + two subjects Year 2: Politics & International Relations + narrow down to two subjects Years 3 and 4: Single (one subject) honours or two subjects (joint or major/minor honours) All students have the opportunity to spend Year 3 abroad in Europe, North and Central America, Asia, Australia & New Zealand.
Politics & International Relations Degree Structure
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AAAA at Higher from one sitting or AAAAB from two (require an AAB 5th year profile to have a realistic chance of a conditional offer) HNC in Social Sciences with A in the graded unit SWAP access course with ABB in the grades profile Second year entry possible for HND in Social Science for applicants with ABB in the graded units including classes in the relevant subjects
Politics & International Relations/PPE BA entry requirements: all BA (H&SS) degrees
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- Admission to full-time study is via the UCAS system
- Operating a Gathered Field admissions process
- Entry competitive (2015-16: 4800 applications for
455 BA places). Number of applications going up, number of places going down.
- Satisfactory References and Personal Statements
required
- Grade concessions for SIMD40, Focus West
applicants and Care Leavers
Admissions
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- UCAS-University and Colleges Admissions Service
- Acknowledges, checks, records, distributes
- UCAS does not make the offer
- Deadlines very important
– School deadlines – UCAS deadlines
- Make Five Degree Choices (no order of preference)
- Universities can only see your choices to their institution
UCAS and course choices (same processes for all Scottish Universities)
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Sources of Information when deciding which university
– UCAS website – University Prospectuses and websites – key information sets – University Open Days – Careers Conventions – Teachers – League tables
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- Motivation for studying a politics and
international relations; academic interests.
- Work experience and skills accrued.
- Interests and hobbies.
- Any positions of responsibility held,
contribution to community.
- Articulates ideas about likely/possible
career(s).
UCAS personal statement
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- Required from teacher - comments on your
- verall academic ability.
- Comment on your motivation and attitude
towards study (e.g. via attendance, participation in class discussions etc.).
- Corroborate any special circumstances
stated in personal statement.
UCAS reference
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- Teaching Quality. The lecturers teaching
you are have often written the key teaching resources used. Why Politics & International Relations at Strathclyde?
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- University of Strathclyde Politics has a 97% overall
satisfaction (the highest of any subject at Strathclyde)
- Politics at Strathclyde is Scotland's top-ranked politics
department in terms of overall satisfaction and teaching.
- In National Student Survey 2015 Politics at
Strathclyde is 8th (out of 81) in the UK in terms of
- verall satisfaction. For comparison, politics at
University of Glasgow is 49th, University of Aberdeen 59th, University of Edinburgh is 65th.
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- Research Quality.
- High quality professorial research active staff who are
teaching on courses.
- All are experts in their teaching fields.
Why Politics & International Relations at Strathclyde?
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- Strathclyde has a long tradition of ‘real world’
research informing quality teaching in a student friendly environment.
- Was ranked No.1 in Scotland for research
- impact. 7th (of 56) in the UK.
- Was ranked No.2 in Scotland for overall
research and 11th (of 56) in the UK Was ranked
Why Politics & International Relations at Strathclyde?
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- Engagement with the Outside World.
Why Politics at Strathclyde?
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- L2102 Politics & International Relations : Concepts
- Power, Democracy, Nation, Citizenship, Security, Terrorism.
- L2103 Politics & International Relations : Government and
Governance
- Key formal and informal institutions. Executives, Legislatures,
Intergovernmental Bodies, Supra-national, Global bodies.
Politics & International Relations at Strathclyde
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- International Relations and Global Politics Security, cooperation,
economy, environment and identity in a global political environment.
- Comparative Politics Comparative analysis of different political
systems and processes
- Political Philosophy Key concepts such as: human nature, the
state, political authority, political obligation, liberty, equality, justice, political change, class and gender. Political ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and feminism.
Year 2
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- Students can specialise in whatever areas of politics
they choose. We offer classes in American Politics, European Politics, Chinese Politics, UK Politics, Scottish Politics, Quantitative Methods, Elections, War, Terrorism and Conflict, Parliamentary
- Studies. International Development, International
Security, Green Politics, Feminism, Political Parties, International Relations Theory , Religion & Politics, Regulatory Politics, Governance and Development, US Foreign Policy and more.
Years 3 & 4
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- As part of the BA we run a structured Personal Development
Planning system designed encourage student reflection on and acquisition of study and employment-related skills (confidence, self- expression/awareness, written and oral communication skills, self- reliance and problem solving, analytical and research skills).
- Universities have dedicated careers service units to help guide
students into graduate employment.
- Politics & International Relations BA students go on to wide variety
- f careers in government, law, education, research, media, health
and social welfare, commerce and industry.
- Most graduate employers in banking, commerce and industry recruit
graduates from any discipline i.e. politics and IR graduates are welcome to apply.
Careers after a Politics & International Relations BA
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General admissions enquiries: hass-admissions-ba@strath.ac.uk Contact:
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