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Faculty of Social Sciences:
Politics
MH112 - BA (Level 8 Honours)
Entrance requirements |
2HC3 + 4 OD3, English, Irish + a third language |
Duration |
3 year (BA) or 4 year (BA International) |
Points 2010 |
350 |
Cannot be combined with |
First Year: English, Mathematical Studies, Psychology Second Year: Computer Science, English, Mathematical Studies, Music, Psychology, Spanish |
FETAC link |
No |
Course Outline |
First Year
- Democracy and Active Citizenship - Political Institutions: Theory and Practice - Political Institutions and Civil Society in Ireland
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Second Year
- Political Theory - Active Citizenship Placement - Politics of the EU - International Relations - Gender, Nationalism and Armed Conflict - Political Geography - Northern Irish Society - Structures of Inequality - Media and Society |
Third Year
- Society and State - American Politics - International Public Policy - Irish Public Policy - Sociology of Revolutions - Special Topic Research Project
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Street protests, local elections, European treaties, parliamentary debate, local council decisions, industrial conflict – all are part of the everyday life of politics. Politics is about how we figure out what our society should look like. It is also about power and inequality. At NUI Maynooth, you will explore the way politics shapes our lives, the different forms that politics takes, and how politics is organised in different countries.
As a student, you will examine the nature of active citizenship, international issues, and the tensions between democracy, power and injustice. You will explore Irish and international politics, including a focus on Europe, the US, or Latin America. You will also have an opportunity to carry out research into political life, developing analytical and presentation skills.
Course Structure
As a Double Honours BA degree, Politics is taken with two other subjects in First Year and with one other subject in Second and Third Year.
(Note: In First Year, students can choose at most one subject from among Biology, Computer Science, Law, Music, Physics with Astronomy, Sociology, Spanish.)
Students who opt to spend a year studying abroad are awarded a BA (International) degree.
Career Options
Politics students acquire useful tools such as the ability to understand topical issues, investigative and research capabilities, and strong communication skills – opening up a wide variety of career options. While some graduates may enter electoral and party politics, many more will work in areas such as public policy, the media, international affairs, the European Union, human rights, community work, activism and business and management.
Postgraduate Options
- MA Programmes: ‘Societies in Transition’ and ‘Society & Space’.
- MLitt
- PhD
Department of Sociology |
Tel: 01 708 3659 Fax: 01 708 3528 Email: sociology.department@nuim.ie http://sociology.nuim.ie |