Pathway + Bachelor

Politics (Including Placement Year) BA (Hons)

UK

What will I learn?

Why should we obey the law? Why don’t democratic countries go to war with each other? Why don’t young people vote? Why do oil-rich countries have worse human rights records? These are the kinds of questions addressed in our BA Politics course, which provides a thorough training in all major areas of political science, and is based in the top politics department in the country.Always seeking political cause and effect, our course casts light on aspects of life you might never ordinarily connect to politics and government. You investigate the scope of political science as a field of inquiry, and the methods used by political scientists, in order to explore questions concerning both what does occur in politics, and what should occur in politics.You study topics including:- Concepts in political science: state, laws, wars and political parties- International relations- Democratic systems- Political power- Obligations, freedom, rights and equalityPolitics at Essex is all about moving from opinions to evidence. You will quickly learn to ask – and how to answer – the "how do you know?" question. We train our students to be fearless and independent, to question everything and to draw on the broadest possible range of facts and ideas.

Which department am I in?

Government

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£20,500.00 (22,33,602) per year
£20500 Per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2025

Venue

Colchester Campus

University of Essex,

Wivenhoe Park,

Colchester,

Essex,

CO4 3SQ, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

Pathways options

Offered by other partners

This university accepts pathways courses from
  • University of Essex International College - Kaplan UK
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About University of Essex

At Essex, students learn to think differently, find new ways of doing things and adopt new techniques for solving problems.

  • World-leading academics in a research-intensive environment
  • Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees
  • Flexible course structure, students study what matters to them
  • Internationally diverse university