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Politics, Philosophy and Area StudiesBA (Hons) Politics with a Placement Year

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AwardDegree of Bachelor of Arts

UCAS Course CodeL22P

Typical OfferABB

Contextual OfferBBC

Course Length4 years

Course Start DateSeptember 2027

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Course Overview

Why BA Politics with a Placement Year at UEA?

Study how power works while learning from experts shaping debates in Westminster and beyond. Develop analytical, communication, and practical skills to make an impact in your future career. Spend your third year in a real-world placement.

Why choose UEA?

Inside Westminster: Go beyond textbook politics by meeting officials and experiencing Westminster from the inside

Lively debates: Study how power works by debating your ideas in lively seminars

Politics in action: Explore elections, protest movements, public policy, political communication, and global justice across a dynamic curriculum

What is BA Politics with a Placement Year?

Politics examines how power is distributed, contested, and justified, from local councils to international institutions. You’ll study political ideas, institutions, and actors through comparative, theoretical, and empirical lenses.

Seminars emphasise debate, group projects, and real-world exercises that mirror real decision-making environments. Guest speakers, field visits, and online engagement bring contemporary politics into the classroom each week.

Flexible study pathways allow you to explore elections, protests, public policy, political communication, and global justice. You’ll be supported by a close-knit department committed to helping you succeed in your studies and future career.

You’ll spend your third year in a real-world placement gaining valuable professional experience. This will help you apply your knowledge, develop practical skills, and build confidence for your future career.

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Placement Year

Find out more about this exciting opportunity at placement years in Arts and Humanities.

Career Pathways

With a BA Politics with a Placement Year degree, you could develop a career as a:

Policy Officer: Develop and review policies for government departments, local councils, or public institutions

Campaign Manager: Organise advocacy campaigns and strategies for charities, NGOs, or political groups

Political Journalist: Report on elections, governments, and political events for media organisations

Public Affairs Consultant: Advise organisations on government relations, regulation, and political developments

Politics Researcher: Conduct research on political issues for universities, think tanks, or policy organisations

Career Support

Career Central offers one-to-one guidance, skills workshops, and employer events tailored to politics, public policy, and related careers. You can access mentoring from UEA alumni working in government, NGOs, and political communivation across the world. Specialist resources help you find internships, volunteering, and part-time roles that build relevant experience and networks. You’ll receive full access to career support and vacancies up to three years after graduation.

After the Course

Graduates progress into roles across government, NGOs, journalism, public affairs, consultancy, and international organisations. Your ability to analyse evidence, argue persuasively, and understand power dynamics is highly transferable between sectors. Many continue onto Master’s programmes in politics, public policy, international relations, or law, including at UEA. A global alumni community provides networking events, mentoring, and sector insights long after you graduate.

Study and Modules

Year 1Year 2Placement YearYear 4

Structure

In your first year, you’ll build a strong foundation in how politics works, in the UK and globally. You’re introduced to key institutions and actors, from governments and parties to interest groups, media, and social movements. You’ll explore the major ideologies that structure political debate - such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and feminism - and learn how they shape everyday policy choices. Throughout the year, you’ll develop core academic skills in reading political texts, constructing arguments, and communicating your ideas clearly in seminars and short written assignments.

Compulsory Modules

RIGHTS & WRONGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY

UNDERSTANDING POLITICS TODAY: APPROACHES, ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES

POWER, (DIS)ORDER & SECURITY: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 1

INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS 2

Optional A Modules (Credits: 20)

WORLDBUILDING: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

THEORISING MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE

MODERN READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY

THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

APPLIED SOCIAL THEORY

Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.

In your second year, you’ll move from learning about politics to analysing it more independently. You’ll deepen your understanding of different political systems by comparing how institutions, elections, and policy processes operate across countries and regions. You’re introduced to research methods that help you investigate political questions rigorously, from analysing data to interpreting speeches and campaign materials. At the same time, you’ll begin to specialise by choosing options that focus on particular themes or regions that interest you - such as environmental politics, political communication, security, or specific parts of the world. This mix of core analytical training and choice helps you start shaping a distinctive profile.

INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS FOR POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

STATES, INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENS

Optional A Modules (Min Credits: 20, Max Credits: 40)

ANALYSING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: FROM REALISM TO POSTCOLONIALISM

LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD

GENDER AND POWER

COOPERATION AND CRISIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

DIGITAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY

WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Optional B Modules (Min Credits: 20, Max Credits: 40)

MEDIA, GLOBALISATION AND CULTURE

POLITICAL VIOLENCE & CONFLICT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

PIR SEMESTER ABROAD MODULE

ALGORITHMS & BLOCKBUSTERS: THE MAKING OF MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLICY

POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

POST-APARTHEID: SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS TODAY

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

THE POWER PARADOX: AUTHORITY, FREEDOM, AND CONFLICT IN MODERN SOCIETY

ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING FOR SECOND YEARS

THE MEDIA AND IDENTITY

Optional C Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 20)

POLITICS IN THE USA

U.S. EMPIRE

THE POLITICS OF STORYTELLING

Optional D Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 20)

SOUTH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT

AMERICA IN THE WORLD: THE HISTORY OF U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS

#NON! FRENCH SOCIAL UNREST THROUGH MEDIA

ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE

SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING

Optional G Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 40)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I

BEGINNERS' ARABIC I

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I

BEGINNERS' CHINESE I

BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR

ADVANCED ENGLISH I

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR

Optional H Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 40)

BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' ARABIC II

BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR

ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II

BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' CHINESE II

Your third year will be spent on your placement, providing you with the opportunity to experience the world of work. You’ll apply some of the skills and knowledge you’ve developed during your first two years of study.

HUM PLACEMENT YEAR

Your final year is about specialisation and independence. You’ll select from a wide range of advanced options, allowing you to focus on the topics and debates you care most about - for example elections, activism, global justice, or media and politics. Under the guidance of an academic supervisor, you can choose to write a dissertation or undertake a group research project, designing and carrying out your own in-depth study. Teaching in year three often draws directly on staff research and public engagement, connection you with current projects, speakers, and initiatives such as Eastminister blog and Politics on the Edge podcast. By the end of the year, you’ll have honed the analytical, theoretical, and methodological tools needed for graduate employment or further study.

DISSERTATION OR RESEARCH PROJECT IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Optional A Modules (Min Credits: 30, Max Credits: 60)

DIGITAL POLITICS

DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE

POLITICS AND POPULAR CULTURE

BETTER WORLDS? UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS

DATA, POLITICS AND SOCIETY

PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES

POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE INDO-PACIFIC

Optional B Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 30)

MULTICULTURALISM

GREENING THE WORLD: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

WEAPONS OF WAR

RHETORIC: DEMOCRACY AND THE POLITICS OF PERSUASION

POLITICAL JOURNALISM

ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING

CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS

Optional C Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 30)

BLACK INTERNATIONALISM

WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER: GLOBAL SEXUALITIES AND CONTEMPORARY QUEER CULTURES

Optional D Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 30)

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

US INTERVENTIONISM, THE CIA AND COVERT ACTION

Teaching and Learning, and Assessment

Teaching and Learning

Teaching combines lectures, small-group seminars, workshops, and simulations, all delivered by research-active political specialists. Discussion-led seminars connect theory to current events, encouraging debate and critical reflection on live political controversies. Guest speakers, public events, and digital platforms like Eastminister and Politics on the Edge extend learning beyond the classroom. You’re supported to become an independent learner through guided reading, formative tasks, and regular academic advising.

Year one builds core knowledge through lectures plus seminars where you debate readings and practise presenting arguments.

Year two introduces more specialised topics and research methods, with workshops developing your independent research and policy-writing skills.

You’ll spend your third year on a placement. You’ll be responsible for securing the placement with the support of UEA’s well-established connections throughout the UK and beyond. You’ll receive remote support from UEA to make your year as smooth and beneficial as possible.

Year four centres on advanced option modules, small-group supervision, and extended projects such as dissertations or external research collaborations.

Assessment

Assessment is varied to help you develop strong academic and professional skills. You’ll complete essays, policy briefs, case studies, and presentations across the degree. Assessments are designed to test your analytical ability, communication skills, and understanding of global issues. Support is available through feedback, academic skills workshops, and supervisor guidance.

In the first year, assessments introduce you to academic writing and evidence‑based argument. Tasks help you build confidence in presenting ideas clearly.

In year two, you’ll complete more analytical assessments, including research methods tasks and thematic essays. Assignments strengthen your ability to interpret data and evaluate complex global issues.

On completion of your placement year, you'll offer a self-appraisal of what you’ve learnt and demonstrate your broader commercial awareness of your placement’s sector.

In your final year, you’ll produce an independent research project with specialist guidance. Advanced modules include applied assessments that reflect real-world professional tasks.

Entry Requirements

UKInternational

This course is open to

UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.

We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.

You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.

English and Mathematics

All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade C or grade 4

In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics

We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies page.

Contextual Offers

UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes(opens in a new window).

Typical UK Entry Requirements

A levels

Contextual offer: BBC

Contextual offer: DMM

BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers

Combinations of BTEC and A levels

Access to HE Diploma

Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 30 credits at Level 3 and with Merit in 15 credits at Level 3.

Contextual Offer: Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Merit in 30 credits at Level 3 and pass in 15 credits at Level 3.

T levels

Obtain an overall Merit

Foundation Year Options:

If you do not meet the academic requirements for direct entry, you may be interested in one of our Foundation Year programmes such as BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics (with a Foundation Year)

Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements

International Baccalaureate

32 points overall.

Irish Leaving Certificate

3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3

Scottish Highers

AAABB or above.

Scottish Advanced Highers

BCC or above.

A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable.

Deferred Entry

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy(opens in a new window) applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.

Progression

Once enrolled onto a course at UEA, your progression and continuation (which may include eligibility for study abroad, overseas experience, placement or year in industry opportunities) is contingent on meeting the assessment requirements which are relevant to the course on which you are enrolled.

Typical International Entry Requirements

32 points overall

We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students(opens in a new window)

UEA International Study Centre

If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, UEA International Study Centre offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):

IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, UEA International Study Centre offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:

English language at UEA International Study Centre

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Fees and Funding

Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2027/28 are:

UK Students: £10,050

International Students: £24,250

We estimate living expenses at £1,171 per month.

Further Information on tuition fees can be found here(opens in a new window).

Scholarships and Bursaries

We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships(opens in a new window) for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.

Course Related Costs

Please see additional course fees for details of course-related costs.

How to Apply

Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.

UCAS Hub is a secure online application system that allows you to apply for full-time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.

Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS to get started. (opens in a new window)

Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.

The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.

View our guide to applying through UCAS for useful tips, key dates and further information:

How to apply through UCAS(opens in a new window)

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