Bachelor of Arts - Global Studies with Politics (Including Placement Year) (L912)

In this course, students will investigate how democracies operate, how the world is shaped by dominant ideas of capitalism and colonialism, and how historical events affect current affairs. They will study topics including but not limited to:

• War, and the war on terror • International relations • Political power • Globalization • Migration

At Essex they train their students to be fearless and independent, to question everything and to draw on the broadest possible range of facts and ideas.

Based in the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre, students will be taught by experts from a range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.

They will also be taught by academics from their Department of Government – one of the most prestigious in Europe, with an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication. They have always been the highest-rated politics department in the UK for their research (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014) and they are top 5 in the UK for social science research (REF 2014).