该学位的主要重点是个人，社会团体和国家之间的权力关系-因此，您将探索地方，国家和国际如何相交以影响高低政治，以及权力和正义问题。您将研究广泛的主题，从英国政治，政治思想和理论，到国际政治，国际关系和诸如人权，环保主义，恐怖主义和冲突等“问题”政治。而这仅仅是个开始。多种选择意味着您可以追求自己的兴趣-随着课程的进行，事情变得越来越灵活。在最后一年，您将更直接地参与当前的学术辩论和当代政治发展。通过实践技能培训，包括高级分析方法，以及出国留学的机会-带来的所有经验-政治学位为一系列有趣而有意义的职业机会打开
Studying politics allows you to know what is happening today, how change is enacted, and how you can be a part of it. The principal focus of the degree is power relations between individuals, social groups and nations – so it is one of the most exciting ways to understand why things are the way they are. You’ll study a broad range of social and public policy areas and explore fundamental issues that affect communities in the UK and elsewhere, including: emancipatory political thought and theory, international politics, digital politics, and ‘issue’ politics such as environmentalism and climate change. The course is underpinned by both the research specialisms of the staff who will teach you and a wide variety of options mean you can pursue your own interests, depending on what you choose to specialise in – with things becoming increasingly flexible as you progress through the course. In the final year, you will engage more directly with current academic debates and contemporary political developments. We place a heavy emphasis on employability and offer practical skills training, including advanced analytical approaches, which many employers look for when offering placement opportunities. This, alongside the opportunity to study a foreign language or do an exchange abroad, means that a politics degree opens doors to a range of interesting and rewarding career possibilities, as well as providing you with a much better understanding of what is happening right now. You can also combine politics with another subject and broaden your outlook still further. In your third year, you may have the opportunity to take a placement year with an employer or study abroad, broadening your horizons and boosting your employability.Career prospectsGraduates of politics possess a number of transferable skills that are highly valued in a wide range of employment sectors. Previous graduates have gone into a variety of careers in the fast-track civil service, the armed forces intelligence corps, publishing, recruitment, journalism, media, charities, academic research and company management.There is also the opportunity to engage in further study and professional training, for example some of our graduates go on to study MA International Relations and Global Communications and MSc Digital Society (with specialisms in Digital Sociology and Digital Politics), where we have a growing, innovative research cluster focusing on digital society and culture.