BSc Politics with Business
Colchester, United Kingdom
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English
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Full time
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On-Campus
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Introduction
BSc Politics with Business
The BSc Politics with Business will allow you to develop a strong quantitative analytic toolkit, and to bring this perspective to study a wide variety of political phenomena, including source of power, democratic representation and distributional justice, the political underpinnings of economic development in countries of the Global South, to international phenomena such as migration, trade, conflict. You will also acquire the skills to manage organizations and gain an understanding in how business works in an increasingly complex world.
Our BSc Politics with Business provides you with leading analytic and quantitative skills increasingly thought in a data-driven word. Drawing on these skills will allow you to make sense of motives and actions of a wide range of political actors, such as social movements, political parties, governments, and non-government organizations. At the same time, management training gives you the tools to translate insights into organisational practice.
Areas that you can expect to explore include, but are not limited to:
- Statistical methods of social data analysis.
- Concepts in political science: state, laws, wars and political parties
- International relations
- Democratic systems and political power
- Human Resource Management
- Organisations
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Curriculum
Year 1
- Introduction to Politics
- Introduction to Management
- Introduction to Marketing
- Thinking Like a Social Scientist
- Career Portfolio
- Doing Political Research
Year 2
- Quantitative Political Analysis
- Organisational Behaviour
- Business Strategy
- Career Portfolio
- Issues in Politics: Final Year Project preparation
Final Year
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Business Ethics
- Advanced Quantitative Political Analysis
- Career Portfolio
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Career Opportunities
All Essex, politics graduates have the distinction of a qualification from one of the worldโs leading politics departments.
Our students are in demand from a host of employers, in politics, the civil service fast stream, management, journalism, police, armed forces, commerce, business, finance, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), teaching and graduate research.
Program delivery
BSc Politics with Business: 3 years
BSc Politics with Business (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
BSc Politics with Business (Including Placement Year): 4 years
- Teaching is arranged to allow a lot of freedom in how you organise your learning experience
- Lab sessions allow you to improve your technical research skills
- Opportunities to gain work experience on placements and internships